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.
Everyone that you love is dead
Unholy ghost of Crane's delirium
Trace the fear of your silhouette
You wanted madness
Undead ahead
Oh, how the wind, it whispers
The moonlit fog ignites
With Lucifer as witness
The pumpkin rides tonight
Crimson coagulates
Severed head bouquet
Body incomplete
Sealer of your fate
Crimson calligraphy
Written on the trees
Creature from the grave, Headless and hellbent for me
Headless, headless
Headless, headless
Line the streets, murder for keeps
That's how you play trick or treat with a heartbeat
Bloody does he, bloody does he storm through the gateway
Race the sunset, head for the bridge
You cannot kill that which has no soul or life to take
The blood of our beloved
The Hessian comes to claim
Crimson coagulates
Severed head bouquet
Body incomplete
Sealer of your fate
Crimson calligraphy
Written on the trees
Creature from the grave
Headless and hellbent for me
The woods, the woods
The bridge of souls too far to reach
You can't escape
Damnation on All Hallows' Eve
This place is haunted
The woods, the woods
The bridge of souls too far to reach
You can't escape
Damnation on All Hallows' Eve
Crimson coagulates
Severed head bouquet
Body incomplete
Sealer of your fate
Crimson calligraphy
Written on the trees
Creature from the grave, Headless and hellbent for me
Live or die in the tale of the midnight ride
Where reality and superstition collide
Close your eyes, kiss your dearest Katrina goodbye
And beware of the tale, tale of the midnight ride
Revenge is cold and their heads will roll
(Headless, headless, headless)
Menace in the moonlight
Unholy ghost of Crane's delirium
Trace the fear of your silhouette
You wanted madness
Undead ahead
Oh, how the wind, it whispers
The moonlit fog ignites
With Lucifer as witness
The pumpkin rides tonight
Crimson coagulates
Severed head bouquet
Body incomplete
Sealer of your fate
Crimson calligraphy
Written on the trees
Creature from the grave, Headless and hellbent for me
Headless, headless
Headless, headless
Line the streets, murder for keeps
That's how you play trick or treat with a heartbeat
Bloody does he, bloody does he storm through the gateway
Race the sunset, head for the bridge
You cannot kill that which has no soul or life to take
The blood of our beloved
The Hessian comes to claim
Crimson coagulates
Severed head bouquet
Body incomplete
Sealer of your fate
Crimson calligraphy
Written on the trees
Creature from the grave
Headless and hellbent for me
The woods, the woods
The bridge of souls too far to reach
You can't escape
Damnation on All Hallows' Eve
This place is haunted
The woods, the woods
The bridge of souls too far to reach
You can't escape
Damnation on All Hallows' Eve
Crimson coagulates
Severed head bouquet
Body incomplete
Sealer of your fate
Crimson calligraphy
Written on the trees
Creature from the grave, Headless and hellbent for me
Live or die in the tale of the midnight ride
Where reality and superstition collide
Close your eyes, kiss your dearest Katrina goodbye
And beware of the tale, tale of the midnight ride
Revenge is cold and their heads will roll
(Headless, headless, headless)
Menace in the moonlight
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Undead Ahead 2: The Tale of the Midnight Ride Lyrics as written by Ricky Olson Chris Cerulli
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