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 have heard this tale a thousand times
All those mornings before dawn
We would whisper and wait for the sunrise
She saw me when it left without a sound
When her heart came crashing down
A thousand nights on marble balconies
Shadows fly into the sea
A thousand nights, none are the same
Sent to take my breath away
Do you see the way she watches you
With your back against the wall?
There was rain
You started to break her
There's a difference between wanting to live out a dream
And wanting to live in one
A thousand nights on marble balconies
Shadows fly into the sea
A thousand nights, none are the same
Sent to take my breath away
I remember how I found you
How I thought of you those days
I will let you walk away
I will watch you walk away
I have heard the way this story ends
I've heard them tell it in the streets
We would listen and wait for the sunset
You saw me when it left without a sound
When the stars rose all around
I remember how you found me
How you stood by me these days
We've found somewhere to hide
But we'll keep running tonight
Why not scream for one more day?
Why not race into the fray?
Don't you let this slip away into the darkness
I won't let this slip away
I won't let this slip away
I can't let this slip away
Into the darkness
Away
All those mornings before dawn
We would whisper and wait for the sunrise
She saw me when it left without a sound
When her heart came crashing down
A thousand nights on marble balconies
Shadows fly into the sea
A thousand nights, none are the same
Sent to take my breath away
Do you see the way she watches you
With your back against the wall?
There was rain
You started to break her
There's a difference between wanting to live out a dream
And wanting to live in one
A thousand nights on marble balconies
Shadows fly into the sea
A thousand nights, none are the same
Sent to take my breath away
I remember how I found you
How I thought of you those days
I will let you walk away
I will watch you walk away
I have heard the way this story ends
I've heard them tell it in the streets
We would listen and wait for the sunset
You saw me when it left without a sound
When the stars rose all around
I remember how you found me
How you stood by me these days
We've found somewhere to hide
But we'll keep running tonight
Why not scream for one more day?
Why not race into the fray?
Don't you let this slip away into the darkness
I won't let this slip away
I won't let this slip away
I can't let this slip away
Into the darkness
Away
Lyrics submitted by MrPerson
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