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.
There must be more to this
and some way of finding it
but if all we know is all there is that would be enough
Now a hard rain’s falling down
and every drop calls out
I am just a part of something else right where I belong
right where I belong
oh, oh, oh
right where I belong
If the questions stay the same
then how could the answers change?
for what quickly burns quickly fades and leaves you in the dark
And so uncertainty
is just humility
when you face the vast infinity who could know at all?
who could know at all?
oh, oh, oh
right where I belong
right where I belong
right where I belong
and some way of finding it
but if all we know is all there is that would be enough
Now a hard rain’s falling down
and every drop calls out
I am just a part of something else right where I belong
right where I belong
oh, oh, oh
right where I belong
If the questions stay the same
then how could the answers change?
for what quickly burns quickly fades and leaves you in the dark
And so uncertainty
is just humility
when you face the vast infinity who could know at all?
who could know at all?
oh, oh, oh
right where I belong
right where I belong
right where I belong
Lyrics submitted by squirrelonspee
Hard Rain Lyrics as written by Christopher Hyslop
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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