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.
Well I don't want your high position
And I don't need your riches and fame
I got no use for your way of thinkin',
'cause it only leads to trouble and shame
The way you talk just leaves me empty
The things you say, they leave me cold
It ain't my place to sit in judgement,
but I hate to see you growing so old
Down to the core, where we're all the same
Down to the core, we need something to believe in
Down to the core, it’s a cryin' shame
You'll never make it alone
There's no relief in your possessions
There's no relief in what you own
And what you reap in the coming future
Don't you know it's only what you have sown?
Down to the core, it's an empty hole
Down to the core, and there's nothin' at the bottom
Down to the core, you're an empty soul
You'll never make it alone
There's no belief in all your wisdom
There's no insurance in what you know
'Cause what you know is gonna leave you nowhere
when you're standin' at the end of the road
Down to the core, you need somethin' real
Down to the core, and there's only one solution
Down to the core, don't you really feel?
You'll never make it alone
Down to the core, where we're all the same
Down to the core, we need something to believe in
Down to the core, it’s a cryin' shame
You'll never make it alone
You'll never make it alone
You'll never make it
And I don't need your riches and fame
I got no use for your way of thinkin',
'cause it only leads to trouble and shame
The way you talk just leaves me empty
The things you say, they leave me cold
It ain't my place to sit in judgement,
but I hate to see you growing so old
Down to the core, where we're all the same
Down to the core, we need something to believe in
Down to the core, it’s a cryin' shame
You'll never make it alone
There's no relief in your possessions
There's no relief in what you own
And what you reap in the coming future
Don't you know it's only what you have sown?
Down to the core, it's an empty hole
Down to the core, and there's nothin' at the bottom
Down to the core, you're an empty soul
You'll never make it alone
There's no belief in all your wisdom
There's no insurance in what you know
'Cause what you know is gonna leave you nowhere
when you're standin' at the end of the road
Down to the core, you need somethin' real
Down to the core, and there's only one solution
Down to the core, don't you really feel?
You'll never make it alone
Down to the core, where we're all the same
Down to the core, we need something to believe in
Down to the core, it’s a cryin' shame
You'll never make it alone
You'll never make it alone
You'll never make it
Lyrics submitted by Octavarium64
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