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.
Wake me up from my slumber, oh God
Take these shaking hands and hold them still
Wake me up from my slumber, oh God
Lift my eyes to Yours
Where my help comes from
Over and over again
Your love and Your mercy begin
No matter how far
You'll find me where I am
When my fears chase my failures, oh God
Oh when heaven’s glow seems so far
Wake me up to Your glory, oh God
Draw my eyes to Yours
Where my help comes from
I will find You
Over and over again
Your love and Your mercy begin
No matter how far
You find me where I am
Over and over again
Your love and Your mercy begin
No matter how far
You find me where I am
In my suffering and
In my weakness and
When from You I ran
You find me
In the dark of sin,
When I’m there again
You find me
You find me
In my suffering and
In my weakness and
When from You I ran
You find me
In the dark of sin
When I’m there again
You find me
You find me
Over and over again
Your love and Your mercy begin
No matter how far
You find me where I am
Over and over again (Your mercy falls)
You are faithful to the end (and You lift me up)
No matter how far
You find me where I am
Over again
Wake me up to Your glory, oh God
Lift my eyes to Yours
Where my help comes from
Take these shaking hands and hold them still
Wake me up from my slumber, oh God
Lift my eyes to Yours
Where my help comes from
Over and over again
Your love and Your mercy begin
No matter how far
You'll find me where I am
When my fears chase my failures, oh God
Oh when heaven’s glow seems so far
Wake me up to Your glory, oh God
Draw my eyes to Yours
Where my help comes from
I will find You
Over and over again
Your love and Your mercy begin
No matter how far
You find me where I am
Over and over again
Your love and Your mercy begin
No matter how far
You find me where I am
In my suffering and
In my weakness and
When from You I ran
You find me
In the dark of sin,
When I’m there again
You find me
You find me
In my suffering and
In my weakness and
When from You I ran
You find me
In the dark of sin
When I’m there again
You find me
You find me
Over and over again
Your love and Your mercy begin
No matter how far
You find me where I am
Over and over again (Your mercy falls)
You are faithful to the end (and You lift me up)
No matter how far
You find me where I am
Over again
Wake me up to Your glory, oh God
Lift my eyes to Yours
Where my help comes from
Lyrics submitted by Skoobasteve24
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