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 gave your love to me softly
I heard your heart beating true
Still, your Bijan lingers on and on and on
You gave your love to me softly
When I'm feeling blue and lonely
All I have to do is think of you
We had just one night
But it lingers on and on and on
You gave your love to me softly
"La-la-la," you sang to me
"Baby, don't you cry
Put your arms around me, child
And lay with me tonight."
Yeah
You gave your love to me softly
"La-la-la," you sang to me
"Baby, don't you cry
Put your arms around me, child
And lay with me tonight."
La-la-la
La-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
I heard your heart beating true
Still, your Bijan lingers on and on and on
You gave your love to me softly
When I'm feeling blue and lonely
All I have to do is think of you
We had just one night
But it lingers on and on and on
You gave your love to me softly
"La-la-la," you sang to me
"Baby, don't you cry
Put your arms around me, child
And lay with me tonight."
Yeah
You gave your love to me softly
"La-la-la," you sang to me
"Baby, don't you cry
Put your arms around me, child
And lay with me tonight."
La-la-la
La-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
Lyrics submitted by toterkater
You Gave Your Love to Me Softly Lyrics as written by Rivers Cuomo
Lyrics © E O Smith Music
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man this song rocks.