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.
Hello dear stranger
I’ve got so much to tell you
Hopeful and tender
Is the autumn song
Comfort defender
Strikes through our wounds
And you decided
While I decided
So we keep hiding inside
So proud to ignore
Afraid to move on
And that is how the story goes
So dance with me some more
Find out why all the love
Is so grounded by this holy war of mine and yours
Hello dear stranger
I’ve got so much to tell you
So proud to ignore
Afraid to move on
And that is how the story goes
So dance with me some more
Find out why all the love
Is so grounded by this holy war of mine and yours
I’ve got so much to tell you
Hopeful and tender
Is the autumn song
Comfort defender
Strikes through our wounds
And you decided
While I decided
So we keep hiding inside
So proud to ignore
Afraid to move on
And that is how the story goes
So dance with me some more
Find out why all the love
Is so grounded by this holy war of mine and yours
Hello dear stranger
I’ve got so much to tell you
So proud to ignore
Afraid to move on
And that is how the story goes
So dance with me some more
Find out why all the love
Is so grounded by this holy war of mine and yours
Lyrics submitted by Octavarium64
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