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.
I. Overture (Instrumental)
II. The Dreamer And The Healer
So the dream of days has passed you by
Fast as lightning flashing in the sky
From the depths you search within the soul
While the shadows lead you down below
The Dreamer and the Healer
Await for you
They wait for you
The Caller and Conceiver
Believe you will
They're calling you
Into the blue
Like the summer days redeem the time
So the winter storms can chill the mind
Oceans far away can call you forth
While a desperate wind cries from the North
The Dreamer and the Healer
Await for you
They wait for you
The Caller and Conceiver
They're with you now
You hear the sound
They're calling you
Into the blue
III. A New Beginning
Your Demons crawl back when the sun rises
Feels like a flower in the dirt
If you see worries in these blue eyes
Those memories hit you where it hurts
Now you go throw your newborn hopes in
All for a new beginning
A blue beginning
A new beginning
A new beginning
And if you find the book of Eli
A secret story never told
It'll cause you pain much as you realize
It was not ready for the world
But you throw your hopes in
The tried toolbox of deception and tyranny
You'll see it works so well
It's proven throughout history
They lead us on in darkness just like stupid sheep
With every single step,
we're sinking deeper and deeper
Deeper and deeper
Deeper and deeper
IV. Written In Your Heart
The Dreamer and the Healer
They wait for you
They wait for you
The Caller and Conceiver
They're with you now
You hear the sound
They call to you
Into the blue
Clear the way - the highway
Move the stones that we might make it through
You know it's true
There's a breeze that's blowing, it will soon be here
There's a life that's growing from each desperate tear
Just respond to what you feel and be a part
'Til it's written in your heart
Leave the rage - the lonely way
It takes a warrior to just turn around
and feel the flow
Sentimental feelings, they will come and go
There's a deeper meaning if you want to know
Let it come and write upon the deepest part
'Til it's written in your heart
V. The Dreamer And The Healer (Reprise)
So the days have passed into the sun
But here you are, there's much more to be done
Let this massive love consume the whole
Let the fire of freedom fill your soul
The Dreamer and the Healer
They wait for you
They wait for you
The Caller and Conceiver
You hear them sing
Awakening
The Dreamer (The Dreamer)
And the Healer (And the Healer)
They wait for you (Filling you now)
They wait for you (Spirit, come down)
The Caller and Conceiver
Are with us now
We know the sound
That every dreamer's dream
might come again...
II. The Dreamer And The Healer
So the dream of days has passed you by
Fast as lightning flashing in the sky
From the depths you search within the soul
While the shadows lead you down below
The Dreamer and the Healer
Await for you
They wait for you
The Caller and Conceiver
Believe you will
They're calling you
Into the blue
Like the summer days redeem the time
So the winter storms can chill the mind
Oceans far away can call you forth
While a desperate wind cries from the North
The Dreamer and the Healer
Await for you
They wait for you
The Caller and Conceiver
They're with you now
You hear the sound
They're calling you
Into the blue
III. A New Beginning
Your Demons crawl back when the sun rises
Feels like a flower in the dirt
If you see worries in these blue eyes
Those memories hit you where it hurts
Now you go throw your newborn hopes in
All for a new beginning
A blue beginning
A new beginning
A new beginning
And if you find the book of Eli
A secret story never told
It'll cause you pain much as you realize
It was not ready for the world
But you throw your hopes in
The tried toolbox of deception and tyranny
You'll see it works so well
It's proven throughout history
They lead us on in darkness just like stupid sheep
With every single step,
we're sinking deeper and deeper
Deeper and deeper
Deeper and deeper
IV. Written In Your Heart
The Dreamer and the Healer
They wait for you
They wait for you
The Caller and Conceiver
They're with you now
You hear the sound
They call to you
Into the blue
Clear the way - the highway
Move the stones that we might make it through
You know it's true
There's a breeze that's blowing, it will soon be here
There's a life that's growing from each desperate tear
Just respond to what you feel and be a part
'Til it's written in your heart
Leave the rage - the lonely way
It takes a warrior to just turn around
and feel the flow
Sentimental feelings, they will come and go
There's a deeper meaning if you want to know
Let it come and write upon the deepest part
'Til it's written in your heart
V. The Dreamer And The Healer (Reprise)
So the days have passed into the sun
But here you are, there's much more to be done
Let this massive love consume the whole
Let the fire of freedom fill your soul
The Dreamer and the Healer
They wait for you
They wait for you
The Caller and Conceiver
You hear them sing
Awakening
The Dreamer (The Dreamer)
And the Healer (And the Healer)
They wait for you (Filling you now)
They wait for you (Spirit, come down)
The Caller and Conceiver
Are with us now
We know the sound
That every dreamer's dream
might come again...
Lyrics submitted by Octavarium64
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