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.
[Verse 1]
Watch for their people dawning
Watch for their evil task
A negative space revival
A negative faceless mask, hey
A child to be so wicked
Coming to steal your mind
Lost in a destructive space
Lost in a revolting time
[Chorus]
And the wheel keeps turning
Revelation song
Lest we forget
When it all went wrong
We denied our mothers
And our sisters too
Then we killed our brothers
On our father's tomb
[Verse 2]
Bloodlust for the power flaunted
Bloodlust for the life divine
The rise of unholy evil
Uprising that's by design, yeah
We left a mark eternal
Damaged with no escape
Slain by a divisive wall
Slain by a collective fate
[Chorus]
And the wheel keeps turning
Revelation song
Lest we forget
When it all went wrong
We denied our mothers
And our sisters too
Then we killed our brothers
On our father's tomb
[Guitar solo]
[Chorus]
And the wheel keeps turning
Revelation song
Lest we forget
When it all went wrong
We denied our mothers
And our sisters too
Then we killed our brothers
On our father's tomb
On our father's tomb
[Outro]
And the wheel keeps turning
Revelation song
Revelation song
And the wheel keeps turning
Revelation song
Lest we forget
When it all went wrong
And the wheel keeps turning
Revelation song
And the wheel keeps turning
Revelation song
And the wheel keeps turning
Revelation song
Watch for their people dawning
Watch for their evil task
A negative space revival
A negative faceless mask, hey
A child to be so wicked
Coming to steal your mind
Lost in a destructive space
Lost in a revolting time
[Chorus]
And the wheel keeps turning
Revelation song
Lest we forget
When it all went wrong
We denied our mothers
And our sisters too
Then we killed our brothers
On our father's tomb
[Verse 2]
Bloodlust for the power flaunted
Bloodlust for the life divine
The rise of unholy evil
Uprising that's by design, yeah
We left a mark eternal
Damaged with no escape
Slain by a divisive wall
Slain by a collective fate
[Chorus]
And the wheel keeps turning
Revelation song
Lest we forget
When it all went wrong
We denied our mothers
And our sisters too
Then we killed our brothers
On our father's tomb
[Guitar solo]
[Chorus]
And the wheel keeps turning
Revelation song
Lest we forget
When it all went wrong
We denied our mothers
And our sisters too
Then we killed our brothers
On our father's tomb
On our father's tomb
[Outro]
And the wheel keeps turning
Revelation song
Revelation song
And the wheel keeps turning
Revelation song
Lest we forget
When it all went wrong
And the wheel keeps turning
Revelation song
And the wheel keeps turning
Revelation song
And the wheel keeps turning
Revelation song
Lyrics submitted by Kingofstilport
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