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.
And I remember that day
It was her last
And when the tempers that fray
Can't go back
Be careful what you're selling
You can't take a telling
No reason to your lesson
Is that you Son?
Is what you used to say
Now you're content in your ways, content in your ways,
Who cares if she stays, and counting your days
And I remember that day
It was her last
And when the tempers that fray
Can't go back
Be careful what you're selling
Careful what you're selling
You can't take a telling
Is that you son? It's what you used to say
Now you're content in your ways
Content in your ways
Content in your ways
Content in your ways
Content in your ways
Content in your ways
Content in your ways
Content in your way
There is only one way that it's gonna end
Only one way that it's gonna end
Is that you son? Is what you used to say
And there's a bedroom around the corner
Her bedroom across the hall
If you'd been there, seen her, fall to the ground
Been there, seen her, fall to the ground
Was it mine to give away?
It wasn't mine to give away
If you'd been there, seen her, fall to the ground
Been there, seen her, fall to the ground
No answer.
When you asked her over
No answer.
When you called over
And I can't wake her no more
Because we all knew who's fault it was
And we all knew who's fault it was
And I won't wake her no more
Because we all knew who's fault it was
And we all knew who's fault it was
And we all knew who's fault it was
And we all knew who's fault it was
And I write your requiem the day your dead
And I write your requiem the day your dead
Time. One day, goodbye.
Another one. Like her
And I write your requiem the day your dead
And I write your requiem the day your dead
And I won't wake no one
Because we all knew who's fault it was
And we all knew who's fault it was
And I write your requiem the day your dead
And I write your requiem the day your dead
Die, one day, goodbye
Another one
And I write your requiem the day your dead
And I write your requiem the day your dead
It was her last
And when the tempers that fray
Can't go back
Be careful what you're selling
You can't take a telling
No reason to your lesson
Is that you Son?
Is what you used to say
Now you're content in your ways, content in your ways,
Who cares if she stays, and counting your days
And I remember that day
It was her last
And when the tempers that fray
Can't go back
Be careful what you're selling
Careful what you're selling
You can't take a telling
Is that you son? It's what you used to say
Now you're content in your ways
Content in your ways
Content in your ways
Content in your ways
Content in your ways
Content in your ways
Content in your ways
Content in your way
There is only one way that it's gonna end
Only one way that it's gonna end
Is that you son? Is what you used to say
And there's a bedroom around the corner
Her bedroom across the hall
If you'd been there, seen her, fall to the ground
Been there, seen her, fall to the ground
Was it mine to give away?
It wasn't mine to give away
If you'd been there, seen her, fall to the ground
Been there, seen her, fall to the ground
No answer.
When you asked her over
No answer.
When you called over
And I can't wake her no more
Because we all knew who's fault it was
And we all knew who's fault it was
And I won't wake her no more
Because we all knew who's fault it was
And we all knew who's fault it was
And we all knew who's fault it was
And we all knew who's fault it was
And I write your requiem the day your dead
And I write your requiem the day your dead
Time. One day, goodbye.
Another one. Like her
And I write your requiem the day your dead
And I write your requiem the day your dead
And I won't wake no one
Because we all knew who's fault it was
And we all knew who's fault it was
And I write your requiem the day your dead
And I write your requiem the day your dead
Die, one day, goodbye
Another one
And I write your requiem the day your dead
And I write your requiem the day your dead
Lyrics submitted by sweetsuicidemusic, edited by Didz1
Nil Lyrics as written by James Graham Andrew James Macfarlane
Lyrics © ROUGH TRADE PUBLISHING, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I think it's "And I will write your requiem the day you're dead."
I wish you had interpreted the song :-(