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.
Soldiers of fire
Rage of the universe
Cold steel and bloodshed
In the lost barren wasteland
Fear rising higher,
Rage of the winter war
Death calls at night fall,
Our hatred still burns as
We march through endless skies
Mankind will fall, death will arise
[Chorus]
For a lifetime we fight without reason,
Still we wait for the warriors return
Though we're cast out and broken, we still carry on
Alone in a lost fallen world
Woah yeah!
Flames burning higher,
Curse of the winter land,
Black, torn, and twisted
In the fast-fading twilight
Storm winds still blowing
Steel shapes our destiny,
Death calls at night fall
Our curse with be lifted
Disguise this timeless crime
Brave men will fall, evil will rise!
[Chorus]
Still heroes we're born with promises so blind
The light at the end of the road that we all must climb (climb)
For a lifetime we fight without reason
Still we wait for the warriors return
Though we're cast out and broken we still carry on
Alone in a lost fallen world
Alone in a lost fallen world
Woah yeah!
Rage of the universe
Cold steel and bloodshed
In the lost barren wasteland
Fear rising higher,
Rage of the winter war
Death calls at night fall,
Our hatred still burns as
We march through endless skies
Mankind will fall, death will arise
[Chorus]
For a lifetime we fight without reason,
Still we wait for the warriors return
Though we're cast out and broken, we still carry on
Alone in a lost fallen world
Woah yeah!
Flames burning higher,
Curse of the winter land,
Black, torn, and twisted
In the fast-fading twilight
Storm winds still blowing
Steel shapes our destiny,
Death calls at night fall
Our curse with be lifted
Disguise this timeless crime
Brave men will fall, evil will rise!
[Chorus]
Still heroes we're born with promises so blind
The light at the end of the road that we all must climb (climb)
For a lifetime we fight without reason
Still we wait for the warriors return
Though we're cast out and broken we still carry on
Alone in a lost fallen world
Alone in a lost fallen world
Woah yeah!
Lyrics submitted by Smoke_Rulz
Fallen World Lyrics as written by Herman Li Frederic Leclercq
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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in my opinion this song sounds like it takes place in a world right before a nuclear winter or even during it.
"For a lifetime we fight without reason, Still we wait for the warriors return Though we're cast out and broken, we still carry on Alone in a lost fallen world Woah yeah!"
this part sounds like they are fighting for no reason except hoping for a better tomorrow
"Flames burning higher, Curse of the winter land, Black, torn, and twisted In the fast-fading twilight"
this part is describing the nuclear bomb and how it changed the land to a black, torn, and twisted winter land with dark clouds "fast-fading twilight"
"Storm winds still blowing Steel shapes our destiny, Death calls at night fall Our curse with be lifted"
This part describes them doing whatever it takes to stay alive. "Steel shapes our destiny" could mean those with weapons will survive. "death calls at night fall" could mean night time is a very dangerous time but if they survive long enough they will not suffer as badly.