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.
Wipe the blood from your nose
How come nobody knows
How the chorus should go
How the chorus should go
How come nobody knows
Do you know how it feels
When the rain hits the roof
But the roof of your mouth
It’s not wet anymore
Put the one by the two
Cut the rest into lines
But there’s blood on the door
And you’re feeling just fine
But you ran out of time
Wipe the blood from your nose
How come nobody knows
How the chorus should go
Remember who you are
How come nobody knows
How the chorus should go
How the chorus should go
How come nobody knows
Do you know how it feels
When the rain hits the roof
But the roof of your mouth
It’s not wet anymore
Put the one by the two
Cut the rest into lines
But there’s blood on the door
And you’re feeling just fine
But you ran out of time
Wipe the blood from your nose
How come nobody knows
How the chorus should go
Remember who you are
Lyrics submitted by bootypoppin
D.O.A. Lyrics as written by Sydney Alexis Krauss Derek Miller
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Wipe the blood from your nose how come nobody knows how the chorus should go how the chorus should go how come nobody knows
do you know how it feels when the rain hits the roof but the roof of your mouth it’s not wet anymore
put the one by the two cut the rest into lines but there’s blood on the door and you’re feeling just fine but you ran out of time
wipe the blood from your nose how come nobody knows how the chorus should go remember who you are