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.
Moving pictures
Wishes in the sky
Hang like fixtures
Every single one burned out a million years ago
Tell me what I want to know
Who are you turning
You are turning me into
Into myself
Blue umbrella
Guard against the rain
Acapella
Voices sing an old refrain to possibility
Mother Mary, let it be
Who are you turning
You are turning me into
Into myself
Darling, promise
Tell me with your eyes
Doubting Thomas
Wears a feminine disguise, and you can prove her wrong
We've been lonely for too long
Who are you turning
You are turning me into
Into myself
Wishes in the sky
Hang like fixtures
Every single one burned out a million years ago
Tell me what I want to know
Who are you turning
You are turning me into
Into myself
Blue umbrella
Guard against the rain
Acapella
Voices sing an old refrain to possibility
Mother Mary, let it be
Who are you turning
You are turning me into
Into myself
Darling, promise
Tell me with your eyes
Doubting Thomas
Wears a feminine disguise, and you can prove her wrong
We've been lonely for too long
Who are you turning
You are turning me into
Into myself
Lyrics submitted by Evilgranny606432
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