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’m all alone in my room
and you far away
but when the falling snow speaks of you
i know there’s sunshine behind the gray
and in its golden light
we will be waiting for the night
when our dreams will bring us
closer once again
i think i loved you much too much
i put my heart into your hands
like a flower picked and set aside,
without the sunshine, will it die?
and if it comes to an end
would you be happy just to pretend
that everything will be okay?
and you far away
but when the falling snow speaks of you
i know there’s sunshine behind the gray
and in its golden light
we will be waiting for the night
when our dreams will bring us
closer once again
i think i loved you much too much
i put my heart into your hands
like a flower picked and set aside,
without the sunshine, will it die?
and if it comes to an end
would you be happy just to pretend
that everything will be okay?
Lyrics submitted by middledistancerunner
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