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.
It's not the words I want to tell you
It's not the tension that I feel
It's not the face that I'm showing you today
That betrays the way, the way I want to feel
What I need, what I need, what I need right now
Is right here, right in front of me
What I need, what I need, what I need right now
Is right here, right in front of me
A million times, a million thoughts
And I really don't know what I want
But then I see you, now I'm almost lost
And everything that I know went wrong
And if it means that it's done and I'm a fool
But I want to forget what we've been through
Just to save us both from what we knew
Losing our way, sometimes, it's cruel
No distraction, no distraction
Can I, can I be with you?
No distraction, no distraction
Can I, can I be with you?
They pull you to the left, they pull you the right
Pull you in all directions
They pull you to the left, pull you the right
Pull you in all directions
It's not the objects that I hold in my possession
It's not the worldly things that shine
Sometimes the worst will come and bring us back together
Well, hold me up and get me through the night
What I need, what I need, what I need right now
Is all right, right in front of me
What I need, what I need, what I need right now
Is you, you, only you and me
A million times, a million thoughts
And I really don't know what I want
But then I see you, now I'm almost lost
In everything that I know went wrong
And if it means that it's done and I'm a fool
But I want to forget what we've been through
Just to save us both from what we knew
Losing our way, sometimes it's cruel
No distraction, no distraction
Can I, can I be with you?
No distraction, no distraction
Can I, can I be with you?
They pull you to the left, they pull you the right
Pull you in all directions
They pull you to the left, pull you the right
Pull you in all directions
I'm losing time, I'm losing time
There's so many ways to live or love or die (I'm losing time)
I'm losing time, I'm losing time
I've wanted to know, are you still on the line? (on the line)
Wasted time trying to prove things
Instead of proving my love
I'm losing, I'm losing my mind
Oh, oh, oh, a million times, a million thoughts
And now I really don't know what I want
But then I see you, I'm almost lost
In everything that I know went wrong
If it means that it's done and I'm a fool
Don't want to forget what we've been through
Just to save us both from what we knew
Losing our way, sometimes it's cruel
No distraction, no distraction
Can I, can I be with you?
No distraction, no distraction
Can I, can I be with you?
They pull you to the left, they pull you the right
They push you in all directions
They pull you to the left, pull you the right
They push you in all directions
It's not the tension that I feel
It's not the face that I'm showing you today
That betrays the way, the way I want to feel
What I need, what I need, what I need right now
Is right here, right in front of me
What I need, what I need, what I need right now
Is right here, right in front of me
A million times, a million thoughts
And I really don't know what I want
But then I see you, now I'm almost lost
And everything that I know went wrong
And if it means that it's done and I'm a fool
But I want to forget what we've been through
Just to save us both from what we knew
Losing our way, sometimes, it's cruel
No distraction, no distraction
Can I, can I be with you?
No distraction, no distraction
Can I, can I be with you?
They pull you to the left, they pull you the right
Pull you in all directions
They pull you to the left, pull you the right
Pull you in all directions
It's not the objects that I hold in my possession
It's not the worldly things that shine
Sometimes the worst will come and bring us back together
Well, hold me up and get me through the night
What I need, what I need, what I need right now
Is all right, right in front of me
What I need, what I need, what I need right now
Is you, you, only you and me
A million times, a million thoughts
And I really don't know what I want
But then I see you, now I'm almost lost
In everything that I know went wrong
And if it means that it's done and I'm a fool
But I want to forget what we've been through
Just to save us both from what we knew
Losing our way, sometimes it's cruel
No distraction, no distraction
Can I, can I be with you?
No distraction, no distraction
Can I, can I be with you?
They pull you to the left, they pull you the right
Pull you in all directions
They pull you to the left, pull you the right
Pull you in all directions
I'm losing time, I'm losing time
There's so many ways to live or love or die (I'm losing time)
I'm losing time, I'm losing time
I've wanted to know, are you still on the line? (on the line)
Wasted time trying to prove things
Instead of proving my love
I'm losing, I'm losing my mind
Oh, oh, oh, a million times, a million thoughts
And now I really don't know what I want
But then I see you, I'm almost lost
In everything that I know went wrong
If it means that it's done and I'm a fool
Don't want to forget what we've been through
Just to save us both from what we knew
Losing our way, sometimes it's cruel
No distraction, no distraction
Can I, can I be with you?
No distraction, no distraction
Can I, can I be with you?
They pull you to the left, they pull you the right
They push you in all directions
They pull you to the left, pull you the right
They push you in all directions
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
No Distraction Lyrics as written by Gregory Kurstin Beck David Campbell
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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