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.
How can something shake up every dream I hoped for?
Wakin' up to everything around me turned cold, mm
Don't wanna go back to second-guessin' my world
But all I left behind has got me feelin' so torn, mm
Am I takin' it for granted?
Everything that I've been granted
I keep lyin' awake with these dreams in the dead of the night
'Cause somethin' don't feel right
Will I take it all for granted?
And be leavin' empty-handed?
Oh, I feel shaken, everything's changin' within me
It feels so dramatic how erratic I think
Chasin' everything but leave the one that chased me, oh
So much movin' forward just to take a step back
When all I ever wanted I already had, mm
Am I takin' it for granted?
Everything that I've been granted
I keep lyin' awake with these dreams in the dead of the night
'Cause somethin' don't feel right
I won't take it all for granted
And be leavin' empty-handed
Oh, I feel shaken, everything's changin' within me
Will my heart lead me home? 'Cause I can't do this anymore
Tryna be somebody else
If I never left, I'd never know just how far I didn't have to go
To finally feel like myself
Am I takin' it for granted?
Everything that I've been granted
I keep lyin' awake with these dreams in the dead of the night
'Cause somethin' don't feel right
I won't take it all for granted
And be leavin' empty-handed
Oh, I feel shaken, everything's changin' within me
Am I takin' it for granted?
Wakin' up to everything around me turned cold, mm
Don't wanna go back to second-guessin' my world
But all I left behind has got me feelin' so torn, mm
Am I takin' it for granted?
Everything that I've been granted
I keep lyin' awake with these dreams in the dead of the night
'Cause somethin' don't feel right
Will I take it all for granted?
And be leavin' empty-handed?
Oh, I feel shaken, everything's changin' within me
It feels so dramatic how erratic I think
Chasin' everything but leave the one that chased me, oh
So much movin' forward just to take a step back
When all I ever wanted I already had, mm
Am I takin' it for granted?
Everything that I've been granted
I keep lyin' awake with these dreams in the dead of the night
'Cause somethin' don't feel right
I won't take it all for granted
And be leavin' empty-handed
Oh, I feel shaken, everything's changin' within me
Will my heart lead me home? 'Cause I can't do this anymore
Tryna be somebody else
If I never left, I'd never know just how far I didn't have to go
To finally feel like myself
Am I takin' it for granted?
Everything that I've been granted
I keep lyin' awake with these dreams in the dead of the night
'Cause somethin' don't feel right
I won't take it all for granted
And be leavin' empty-handed
Oh, I feel shaken, everything's changin' within me
Am I takin' it for granted?
Lyrics submitted by Adriana1234567
Granted Lyrics as written by Joshua Kissiah Cumbee Jordan Powers Adelberger
Lyrics © Walt Disney Music Company
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