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.
This map hung up on the truck stop hallway door
is looking worn and I can hardly read it anymore
I feel like I'm a speck thrown on the map and
I can't help my urge to laugh, I never used to feel like that.
Well I'm half awake and half a world away
all my past mistakes and every mispent day
I wouldn't have it any other way.
I'll try through my haze and half-shut eyes to
count up all the reasons why
I should be back at home tonight
Well I'm half awake and half a world away
all my past mistakes and every mispent day
Proves that I'll never change, I'll always stay the same
I wouldn't have it any other way
I wouldn't have it any other way
I wouldn't have it any other way
I wouldn't have it any other way
Gainesville rock city
Gainesville rock city
Gainesville rock city
Well I'm half awake, a world away
my past mistakes, endless wasted days
I wouldn't have it any other way
I wouldn't have it any other way
is looking worn and I can hardly read it anymore
I feel like I'm a speck thrown on the map and
I can't help my urge to laugh, I never used to feel like that.
Well I'm half awake and half a world away
all my past mistakes and every mispent day
I wouldn't have it any other way.
I'll try through my haze and half-shut eyes to
count up all the reasons why
I should be back at home tonight
Well I'm half awake and half a world away
all my past mistakes and every mispent day
Proves that I'll never change, I'll always stay the same
I wouldn't have it any other way
I wouldn't have it any other way
I wouldn't have it any other way
I wouldn't have it any other way
Gainesville rock city
Gainesville rock city
Gainesville rock city
Well I'm half awake, a world away
my past mistakes, endless wasted days
I wouldn't have it any other way
I wouldn't have it any other way
Lyrics submitted by sugarsweete122
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best band ever. to me this songs about being on the road and having no regrets about your past choices. "i wouldnt have it any otherway"