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.
One, two, one, two, three
Oh, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, uh
Oh, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, uh
Never had much faith in love or miracles (miracles) uh
Never wanna put my heart on the line, uh
But swimming in your water is something spiritual (spiritual) uh
I'm born again every time you spend the night, uh
'Cause your sex takes me to paradise
Yeah, your sex takes me to paradise
And it shows, yeah, yeah, yeah
'Cause you make me feel like, I've been locked out of Heaven
For too long, for too long
Yeah, you make me feel like, I've been locked out of Heaven
For too long, for too long
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, uh
Oh, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, uh
You bring me to my knees
You make me testify, uh
You can make a sinner change his ways, uh
Open up your gates 'cause I can't wait to see the light, uh
And right there is where I wanna stay, uh
'Cause your sex takes me to paradise
Yeah, your sex takes me to paradise
And it shows, yeah, yeah, yeah
'Cause you make me feel like, I've been locked out of Heaven
For too long, for too long
Yeah, you make me feel like, I've been locked out of Heaven
For too long, for too long
Oh oh oh oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can I just stay here?
Spend the rest of my days here?
Oh oh oh oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can't I just stay here?
Spend the rest of my days here?
'Cause you make me feel like, I've been locked out of Heaven
For too long, for too long
Yeah, you make me feel like, I've been locked out of Heaven
For too long, for too long
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, uh
Oh, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, uh
Oh, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, uh
Oh, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, uh
Never had much faith in love or miracles (miracles) uh
Never wanna put my heart on the line, uh
But swimming in your water is something spiritual (spiritual) uh
I'm born again every time you spend the night, uh
'Cause your sex takes me to paradise
Yeah, your sex takes me to paradise
And it shows, yeah, yeah, yeah
'Cause you make me feel like, I've been locked out of Heaven
For too long, for too long
Yeah, you make me feel like, I've been locked out of Heaven
For too long, for too long
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, uh
Oh, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, uh
You bring me to my knees
You make me testify, uh
You can make a sinner change his ways, uh
Open up your gates 'cause I can't wait to see the light, uh
And right there is where I wanna stay, uh
'Cause your sex takes me to paradise
Yeah, your sex takes me to paradise
And it shows, yeah, yeah, yeah
'Cause you make me feel like, I've been locked out of Heaven
For too long, for too long
Yeah, you make me feel like, I've been locked out of Heaven
For too long, for too long
Oh oh oh oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can I just stay here?
Spend the rest of my days here?
Oh oh oh oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can't I just stay here?
Spend the rest of my days here?
'Cause you make me feel like, I've been locked out of Heaven
For too long, for too long
Yeah, you make me feel like, I've been locked out of Heaven
For too long, for too long
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, uh
Oh, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, uh
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