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.
Once you let in the troubles from your past
Once again
Take your time and decide which ones were worth
All the fights
That is all that I ask
Summer knows you the best
So once you learn every color coded word
That I wrote
Move your heart sing it, burn it in you mind
Once again
And now that you want me
I waste my love
And now that you know me
I waste my love
Let me tell you, I've seen better days
(we could make it work
Better turn me up)
That is all that I ask
Some believe it's a test
That is all that I ask
Summer knows you the best
And now that you want me
I waste my love
And now that you know me
I waste my love
And no more falling back
Let me tell I've seen better days
Better days
Better days
Once again
Take your time and decide which ones were worth
All the fights
That is all that I ask
Summer knows you the best
So once you learn every color coded word
That I wrote
Move your heart sing it, burn it in you mind
Once again
And now that you want me
I waste my love
And now that you know me
I waste my love
Let me tell you, I've seen better days
(we could make it work
Better turn me up)
That is all that I ask
Some believe it's a test
That is all that I ask
Summer knows you the best
And now that you want me
I waste my love
And now that you know me
I waste my love
And no more falling back
Let me tell I've seen better days
Better days
Better days
Lyrics submitted by walkawayben
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