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.
(Ég) er kominn aftur (á ný)
Inn í þig
(Það er) svo gott að vera (hér)
En stoppa stutt við
Ég flýt um í neðarsjávar hýði
(á hóteli)
Beintengdur við rafmagnstöfluna
(og nærist)
Tjú, tjú
Tjú, tjú
En biðin gerir mig (leiðan)
Brot (hættan) sparka frá mér (og kall á)
Ég verð að fara (hjálp)
Tjú, tjú, tjú
Tjú, tjú, tjú
Tjú, tjú, tjú, tjú, tjú
Ég spring út og friðurinn í loft upp
(Baðaður nýju ljósi
Ég græt og ég græt, aftengdur)
Ónýttur heili settur á brjóst og mataður af svefn
Svefn-g-englum
Tjú, tjú, tjú
Tjú, tjú, tjú
Tjú
Inn í þig
(Það er) svo gott að vera (hér)
En stoppa stutt við
Ég flýt um í neðarsjávar hýði
(á hóteli)
Beintengdur við rafmagnstöfluna
(og nærist)
Tjú, tjú
Tjú, tjú
En biðin gerir mig (leiðan)
Brot (hættan) sparka frá mér (og kall á)
Ég verð að fara (hjálp)
Tjú, tjú, tjú
Tjú, tjú, tjú
Tjú, tjú, tjú, tjú, tjú
Ég spring út og friðurinn í loft upp
(Baðaður nýju ljósi
Ég græt og ég græt, aftengdur)
Ónýttur heili settur á brjóst og mataður af svefn
Svefn-g-englum
Tjú, tjú, tjú
Tjú, tjú, tjú
Tjú
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This song means more to me than I think I could ever say...it's probably the most beautiful piece of artwork I have ever heard.