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.
Such a pity, Such a shame
When all of your high school regrets fill this bottle in this bar so far away
He's the predator, You're the prey
I can almost feel your teardrops when you hear him say
When he says darlin' I don't love you
But I will for just tonight
Cause somewhere back there they took my heart and burned it up in candlelight
And I want to stand up, I want to be new
But I know I'll fall again
So go ahead, do your worst, come on in
Such a pity, such a shame
When all of my lifes worst regrets fill this bottle in my hand each and every day
I was the predator, You we're the prey
I can still feel your teardrops from when you heard me say
When I said darlin' I don't love you
But I will for just tonight
Cause somewhere back there they took my heart and burned it up in candlelight
And I want to stand up, I want to be new
But I know I'll fall again
So I went ahead, I did my worst, I came on in
And I'm sorry for all that I said
I don't know what went wrong, I didn't know what I did
And I'm sorry for all the I hurt
I didn't think your mind, I didn't think of your soul
And I'm sorry for all that I broke
I didn't think of your heart when I didn't have my own
And I'm sorry but I swear that I've changed
I've become a new man, let me show you the same
But then you said darlin' I can't love you
But I will for just tonight
Cause somewhere back there you took my heart and burned it up in candlelight
And I want to stand up, I want to be new
But I know I'll fall again
So go ahead, but I can't love you again
When all of your high school regrets fill this bottle in this bar so far away
He's the predator, You're the prey
I can almost feel your teardrops when you hear him say
When he says darlin' I don't love you
But I will for just tonight
Cause somewhere back there they took my heart and burned it up in candlelight
And I want to stand up, I want to be new
But I know I'll fall again
So go ahead, do your worst, come on in
Such a pity, such a shame
When all of my lifes worst regrets fill this bottle in my hand each and every day
I was the predator, You we're the prey
I can still feel your teardrops from when you heard me say
When I said darlin' I don't love you
But I will for just tonight
Cause somewhere back there they took my heart and burned it up in candlelight
And I want to stand up, I want to be new
But I know I'll fall again
So I went ahead, I did my worst, I came on in
And I'm sorry for all that I said
I don't know what went wrong, I didn't know what I did
And I'm sorry for all the I hurt
I didn't think your mind, I didn't think of your soul
And I'm sorry for all that I broke
I didn't think of your heart when I didn't have my own
And I'm sorry but I swear that I've changed
I've become a new man, let me show you the same
But then you said darlin' I can't love you
But I will for just tonight
Cause somewhere back there you took my heart and burned it up in candlelight
And I want to stand up, I want to be new
But I know I'll fall again
So go ahead, but I can't love you again
Lyrics submitted by resro12
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