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.
A song is worth, ah, ah no
Ah, a picture is worth a million and one songs
Now a million pictures, no
A song is worth a million pictures
But a song must be worth a million pictures also
Because we've got this song here
And it's worth a million pictures
And we wrote this song
And you should just listen to it
You can almost just picture the million pictures that we have
'Cause it's got more than a million words in it
And we wrote this song
'Cause we didn't have the camera
To take the pictures
So listen to this
Ah, a picture is worth a million and one songs
Now a million pictures, no
A song is worth a million pictures
But a song must be worth a million pictures also
Because we've got this song here
And it's worth a million pictures
And we wrote this song
And you should just listen to it
You can almost just picture the million pictures that we have
'Cause it's got more than a million words in it
And we wrote this song
'Cause we didn't have the camera
To take the pictures
So listen to this
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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