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.
She runs with hell, she destroys me with her eyes closed
I want to kill her, I want to kill my lone rose
So when I find her in fashion’s ugly trend
They say the hottest love has the coldest end
I’ll make it her end
Well it used to be a case of texting you to find out
The symbol of your being or the farewells of your mind
But the streets are my narcotics, the fields my only truth
In this cycle of a lonely day, round and round, I think...
I think I need you
But I feel older than I should, and Jesus knows
I can’t even picture my own future anymore
And I hate time - it passes faster than it should
So in my mind I’m just fifteen with vivid dreams and clean enthusiasm
And I need love
You walk in beauty like the night of cloudless climbs and starry skies
And I know, I know
Cause I can see God in your eyes and all that’s best of dark and bright
Oh, yeah
So I get up out of my car, take the hose from the exhaust and play guitar
Until I smile - yeah, I’m there for while
I’ve escaped again so close, so close but I’ll never let you know just how far
No I’ll never let you know baby
This valley of divine, with you and me stood by a lemon tree
From alpha to delta, through fury and pain
If love’s suppose to be shelter, I think I’ll walk in the rain
Oh, I think I’ll walk in rain, oh, I think I’ll walk in rain
I prefer to be drenched anyway
They promised so much
I want to kill her, I want to kill my lone rose
So when I find her in fashion’s ugly trend
They say the hottest love has the coldest end
I’ll make it her end
Well it used to be a case of texting you to find out
The symbol of your being or the farewells of your mind
But the streets are my narcotics, the fields my only truth
In this cycle of a lonely day, round and round, I think...
I think I need you
But I feel older than I should, and Jesus knows
I can’t even picture my own future anymore
And I hate time - it passes faster than it should
So in my mind I’m just fifteen with vivid dreams and clean enthusiasm
And I need love
You walk in beauty like the night of cloudless climbs and starry skies
And I know, I know
Cause I can see God in your eyes and all that’s best of dark and bright
Oh, yeah
So I get up out of my car, take the hose from the exhaust and play guitar
Until I smile - yeah, I’m there for while
I’ve escaped again so close, so close but I’ll never let you know just how far
No I’ll never let you know baby
This valley of divine, with you and me stood by a lemon tree
From alpha to delta, through fury and pain
If love’s suppose to be shelter, I think I’ll walk in the rain
Oh, I think I’ll walk in rain, oh, I think I’ll walk in rain
I prefer to be drenched anyway
They promised so much
Lyrics submitted by bassmaster
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