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.
You caught me in another person's dream last night
Defeated, but I know I'll fight
You tell yourself I'm evil so you can sleep at night
But I got taught to shoot on sight
I'm telling you're a stranger
Or am I the stranger in my own house?
Is that how it was?
I'm finding other place to go
I just need time to breathe
And you just try to get me feeling
The million times I hold you crying
Covering your ears while they fight
You caught me in another person's room last night
Defeated, but I know I'll fight
You tell yourself I'm evil so you can sleep at night
But I got time to shoot on sight
He can't hear you now
He can't hear you now
What's it like to lose the hope?
Defeated, but I know I'll fight
You tell yourself I'm evil so you can sleep at night
But I got taught to shoot on sight
I'm telling you're a stranger
Or am I the stranger in my own house?
Is that how it was?
I'm finding other place to go
I just need time to breathe
And you just try to get me feeling
The million times I hold you crying
Covering your ears while they fight
You caught me in another person's room last night
Defeated, but I know I'll fight
You tell yourself I'm evil so you can sleep at night
But I got time to shoot on sight
He can't hear you now
He can't hear you now
What's it like to lose the hope?
Lyrics submitted by middledistancerunner
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