So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
Look at the mirror over there, what do you see? Tell yourself a lie
Are you as old as you seem? Feel something that you have to
Being open, an innocent, wise only when. Age can mellow the haste
New hopes, ambitions undone, you're only as old as you're young
Out of your youth and you'll find that the time goes
Slipping away where no-one knows
Soon enough Winter is changing to Spring
Always understand one life it goes
Never as old as you're young and everything still yet to find
Dreams not realized
Thoughts rising, duties and vows continue, can't wait for you
Now is the day, tomorrow comes without an end
Mark time follow the sun, you're only as old as you're young
So as you look around, look at the things you knew
Never seeking the past
Forget all the things you have done, you're only as old as you're young
Still open eyed and promises never quite complete
Working head in the air
The coming of age never comes, you're only as old as you're young
Are you as old as you seem? Feel something that you have to
Being open, an innocent, wise only when. Age can mellow the haste
New hopes, ambitions undone, you're only as old as you're young
Out of your youth and you'll find that the time goes
Slipping away where no-one knows
Soon enough Winter is changing to Spring
Always understand one life it goes
Never as old as you're young and everything still yet to find
Dreams not realized
Thoughts rising, duties and vows continue, can't wait for you
Now is the day, tomorrow comes without an end
Mark time follow the sun, you're only as old as you're young
So as you look around, look at the things you knew
Never seeking the past
Forget all the things you have done, you're only as old as you're young
Still open eyed and promises never quite complete
Working head in the air
The coming of age never comes, you're only as old as you're young
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As Old as You're Young Lyrics as written by Kerry Minnear Derek Shulman
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