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.
She walks in beauty
Beyond the shadows I see
Your eyes have caught the sun
They peer inside the solemn one
She walks in beauty
Footsteps sold by duty
It trickles down the rooted line
Her tears have hardened over time
She walks (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
In beauty (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She walks (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
In beauty (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She walks (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
In beauty (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She walks (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
In beauty (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She walks in beauty
A fascinating story
You said it came before a dream
Your voice so thick agleam
Oh, she walks in beauty
Beyond the shadows I see
His eyes are closed to follow
His love no longer hollow
Oh-oh, oh-oh
She walks (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She walks (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She walks (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She walks (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Beyond the shadows I see
Your eyes have caught the sun
They peer inside the solemn one
She walks in beauty
Footsteps sold by duty
It trickles down the rooted line
Her tears have hardened over time
She walks (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
In beauty (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She walks (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
In beauty (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She walks (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
In beauty (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She walks (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
In beauty (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She walks in beauty
A fascinating story
You said it came before a dream
Your voice so thick agleam
Oh, she walks in beauty
Beyond the shadows I see
His eyes are closed to follow
His love no longer hollow
Oh-oh, oh-oh
She walks (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She walks (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She walks (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She walks (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Lyrics submitted by MCSMeister
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