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 won't compromise
I won't live a life
On my knees
You think I am nothing
I am nothing
You've got something coming
Something coming because
I hear God's whisper
Calling my name
It's in the wind
I am the savior
(Sing it again!)
Savior
Savior
(I can't hear you! What?)
Savior (What?)
Savior
We are indigos
(Savior, savior)
Living lives we chose
(Savior, savior)
Show you're brave
Those will faith
(Savior, savior)
On a mission
Led by intuition
You should listen because
I hear God's whisper
Calling my name
It's in the wind
I am the savior
I hear God's whisper
Calling my name
It's in the wind
I am the savior
We are the saviors!
I hear God's Whisper
Calling my name
We are the saviors!
It's in the wind
I am the savior
We are the saviors!
I hear God's Whisper
Calling my name
We are the saviors!
It's in the wind
I am the savior
We are the saviors!
Savior, (we are the saviors!) savior
Savior, (we are the saviors!) savior
Savior, (we are the saviors!) savior
Savior
I won't live a life
On my knees
You think I am nothing
I am nothing
You've got something coming
Something coming because
I hear God's whisper
Calling my name
It's in the wind
I am the savior
(Sing it again!)
Savior
Savior
(I can't hear you! What?)
Savior (What?)
Savior
We are indigos
(Savior, savior)
Living lives we chose
(Savior, savior)
Show you're brave
Those will faith
(Savior, savior)
On a mission
Led by intuition
You should listen because
I hear God's whisper
Calling my name
It's in the wind
I am the savior
I hear God's whisper
Calling my name
It's in the wind
I am the savior
We are the saviors!
I hear God's Whisper
Calling my name
We are the saviors!
It's in the wind
I am the savior
We are the saviors!
I hear God's Whisper
Calling my name
We are the saviors!
It's in the wind
I am the savior
We are the saviors!
Savior, (we are the saviors!) savior
Savior, (we are the saviors!) savior
Savior, (we are the saviors!) savior
Savior
Lyrics submitted by logicandlove
God's Whisper Lyrics as written by Raury Deshawn Tullis
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Thank you logicandlove! Does anyone know what the 3 syllable refrain is? It sounds like it could be anything. O la la O na na O ba ma Etc. Anyone know for sure?
@RadCon <br /> Sounds like "oh-lai-ah" <br /> But not sure what it means <br /> (If it means anything)