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.
Whispering, whispering, whispering, whispering
As I pass myself down to my knees
Whispering, whispering, whispering, whispering
As I fall through the willow trees, and I said
Who will care for the fallen?
Who will care for the falling, leaves?
Whispering, whispering, whispering, whispering
As I fall through the willow trees, and I said
Who will care for the fallen?
Who will care for the fallen?
Autumn shades, calm my shaking hands,
Tender, cool breeze, keeps me where I am
Suddenly here, when I want to scream
Autumn calms me down, keeps me in my dreams
Then I went whispering, whispering, whispering, whispering
As I pass myself down to my knees
Whispering, whispering, those dew drops are glistening
As I fall through the willow trees, and I said
Who will care for the fallen?
Who would care for the fallen?
Autumn shades, calm my shaking hands
Tender, cool breeze keeps me where I am
Suddenly here, when I want to scream
Autumn calms me down, leaves me in her dreams
Keep on falling down, they keep on falling down
Keep on falling down, keep on falling down
Autumn shades, calm my shaking hands
Tender, cool breeze, keeps me where I am
Suddenly here, when I want to scream
Autumn calms me down, leaves me in my dreams
Autumn shades, calm my shaking hands
Tender, cool breeze, keeps me where I am
Suddenly hearing, when I want to scream
Oh, please just cut me down, leave me in my dreams
As I pass myself down to my knees
Whispering, whispering, whispering, whispering
As I fall through the willow trees, and I said
Who will care for the fallen?
Who will care for the falling, leaves?
Whispering, whispering, whispering, whispering
As I fall through the willow trees, and I said
Who will care for the fallen?
Who will care for the fallen?
Autumn shades, calm my shaking hands,
Tender, cool breeze, keeps me where I am
Suddenly here, when I want to scream
Autumn calms me down, keeps me in my dreams
Then I went whispering, whispering, whispering, whispering
As I pass myself down to my knees
Whispering, whispering, those dew drops are glistening
As I fall through the willow trees, and I said
Who will care for the fallen?
Who would care for the fallen?
Autumn shades, calm my shaking hands
Tender, cool breeze keeps me where I am
Suddenly here, when I want to scream
Autumn calms me down, leaves me in her dreams
Keep on falling down, they keep on falling down
Keep on falling down, keep on falling down
Autumn shades, calm my shaking hands
Tender, cool breeze, keeps me where I am
Suddenly here, when I want to scream
Autumn calms me down, leaves me in my dreams
Autumn shades, calm my shaking hands
Tender, cool breeze, keeps me where I am
Suddenly hearing, when I want to scream
Oh, please just cut me down, leave me in my dreams
Lyrics submitted by sherrybaby
Whispering Lyrics as written by James Lee Homes Alexander George Claire
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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