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.
Has anybody shared our bed yet?
Was it heavy? Was it hard?
Checked the time on the clock I used to set
On the jacket that I bought
Just for you when I was on the road
To remind you that I didn't forget
All the things that I shared with you
Has anybody done that yet?
Has anybody found the red shoes?
Have they found my cigarettes?
Have you gone back to the restaurant
That we'd go when we first met?
And are you starting to make promises?
Have you started taking bets
That it's better on the next round?
Has anybody done that yet?
Has it happened yet?
I am readying myself for a change
Has it happened yet?
I am trying to start again
Has it happened yet?
Is she living with all was mine?
If it hasn't happened yet
It will in time
I've got bad news for my heart
When two lives are torn apart
There is nothing you can claim
And no matter how you wish it
Nothing will ever be the same
Has anybody found the way to you?
Does anyone know what you need?
Does anyone remind you
The way we used to be?
And are you starting to make promises
That you made to me?
Has anybody found the secret?
Has anybody done that yet?
Has it happened yet?
I am readying myself for a change
Has it happened yet?
I am trying to start again
Has it happened yet?
Is she living with all was mine?
If it hasn't happened yet
It will in time
It will in time
Has it happened yet...?
Was it heavy? Was it hard?
Checked the time on the clock I used to set
On the jacket that I bought
Just for you when I was on the road
To remind you that I didn't forget
All the things that I shared with you
Has anybody done that yet?
Has anybody found the red shoes?
Have they found my cigarettes?
Have you gone back to the restaurant
That we'd go when we first met?
And are you starting to make promises?
Have you started taking bets
That it's better on the next round?
Has anybody done that yet?
Has it happened yet?
I am readying myself for a change
Has it happened yet?
I am trying to start again
Has it happened yet?
Is she living with all was mine?
If it hasn't happened yet
It will in time
I've got bad news for my heart
When two lives are torn apart
There is nothing you can claim
And no matter how you wish it
Nothing will ever be the same
Has anybody found the way to you?
Does anyone know what you need?
Does anyone remind you
The way we used to be?
And are you starting to make promises
That you made to me?
Has anybody found the secret?
Has anybody done that yet?
Has it happened yet?
I am readying myself for a change
Has it happened yet?
I am trying to start again
Has it happened yet?
Is she living with all was mine?
If it hasn't happened yet
It will in time
It will in time
Has it happened yet...?
Lyrics submitted by defglo
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This is now probably one of my favorite of hers.