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.
We are the uprising,
Revivers of a dying scene.
We are the uprising of a dying scene.
The architects to rebuild
What once was standing,
We must purge the filth of our generation.
Infiltrate, reclaim and rebuild!
Reigning holocaust upon antagonists
And the elite immersed
In dissatisfaction and negativity.
Failing to surrender you won't succeed.
Your weaponized words are not so threatening.
Attacking from safe distance,
Only cowards throw shit and run.
We retaliate stronger!
We retaliate stronger,
Face to face stabbing straight to the front!
Predictable the routine has become,
Why are you trying to act tough?
Reveal your face from the flickering screen,
You're the next target.
No more arguments,
Let's cut straight to the chase,
We're calling you out to slit your throat!
A beheading of hypocrisy,
Choke on every final word you speak.
We are eternal
And your're the last of a dying breed.
We are eternal
Revivers of a dying scene.
We are the uprising of a dying scene.
The architects to rebuild
What once was standing,
We must purge the filth of our generation.
Infiltrate, reclaim and rebuild!
Reigning holocaust upon antagonists
And the elite immersed
In dissatisfaction and negativity.
Failing to surrender you won't succeed.
Your weaponized words are not so threatening.
Attacking from safe distance,
Only cowards throw shit and run.
We retaliate stronger!
We retaliate stronger,
Face to face stabbing straight to the front!
Predictable the routine has become,
Why are you trying to act tough?
Reveal your face from the flickering screen,
You're the next target.
No more arguments,
Let's cut straight to the chase,
We're calling you out to slit your throat!
A beheading of hypocrisy,
Choke on every final word you speak.
We are eternal
And your're the last of a dying breed.
We are eternal
Lyrics submitted by sokorny
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