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.
Don't sit there and watch it fall apart (fall apart)
There's no one coming to save you
You've got to make your stand now
Stop bleeding from your broken heart (your broken heart)
Time to let go of what used to be, now
Take back your life (take back your life)
You've got to let them know you won't be denied
Take back your life (take back your life)
Time to take it back again
Make it worth remembering now
Do not let this moment pass you by
(Now, now, now)
You're the only one who can decide
You've got to make that change now
You need to break out from behind the lie (behind the lie)
Show the world what you were meant to be now
Take back your life (take back your life)
You've got to let them know you won't be denied
Take back your life (take back your life)
Time to take it back again
Make it worth remembering now
Oh, take it, you're gonna make it
Let them hear your voice like never before
Bring it back now, and attack now
You know it's time, my friend, to start living again
Oh, take it, you're gonna make it
Let them hear your voice like never before
Bring it back now, and attack now
You know it's time, my friend, to start living again (now, now)
Take back your life (take back your life)
You've got to let them know you won't be denied
Take back your life (take back your life)
Time to take it back again
Make it worth remembering now
Take back your life (take back your life)
You've got to let them know you won't be denied
Take back your life (take back your life)
Time to take it back again
Make it worth remembering
Time to take it back again
Make it worth remembering now
Don't let this moment pass you by
Don't let this moment pass you by
(Now)
There's no one coming to save you
You've got to make your stand now
Stop bleeding from your broken heart (your broken heart)
Time to let go of what used to be, now
Take back your life (take back your life)
You've got to let them know you won't be denied
Take back your life (take back your life)
Time to take it back again
Make it worth remembering now
Do not let this moment pass you by
(Now, now, now)
You're the only one who can decide
You've got to make that change now
You need to break out from behind the lie (behind the lie)
Show the world what you were meant to be now
Take back your life (take back your life)
You've got to let them know you won't be denied
Take back your life (take back your life)
Time to take it back again
Make it worth remembering now
Oh, take it, you're gonna make it
Let them hear your voice like never before
Bring it back now, and attack now
You know it's time, my friend, to start living again
Oh, take it, you're gonna make it
Let them hear your voice like never before
Bring it back now, and attack now
You know it's time, my friend, to start living again (now, now)
Take back your life (take back your life)
You've got to let them know you won't be denied
Take back your life (take back your life)
Time to take it back again
Make it worth remembering now
Take back your life (take back your life)
You've got to let them know you won't be denied
Take back your life (take back your life)
Time to take it back again
Make it worth remembering
Time to take it back again
Make it worth remembering now
Don't let this moment pass you by
Don't let this moment pass you by
(Now)
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