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.
What did you think I'd be doing now
While you left me, I was thinking aloud
Would there be no end to my sorrow
Will I make it through tomorrow
Chorus:
Let the autumn leaves fall
The chilly raindrops freeze
The white snow melts
I'll just sail on those seas
Fate, fate, fate stay with me
I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be free
Fate, fate, fate stay with me
I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be free
That wouldn't be any fun
I'd rather be lying on the sun
Together alone with you
Beneath the sky of blue
Repeat Chorus
Tell me! Tell me!
Will my light be blown out crying
Baby! Baby!
I feel as though I'm dying
Fate, Fate, Fate
Repeat chorus into fade
While you left me, I was thinking aloud
Would there be no end to my sorrow
Will I make it through tomorrow
Chorus:
Let the autumn leaves fall
The chilly raindrops freeze
The white snow melts
I'll just sail on those seas
Fate, fate, fate stay with me
I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be free
Fate, fate, fate stay with me
I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be free
That wouldn't be any fun
I'd rather be lying on the sun
Together alone with you
Beneath the sky of blue
Repeat Chorus
Tell me! Tell me!
Will my light be blown out crying
Baby! Baby!
I feel as though I'm dying
Fate, Fate, Fate
Repeat chorus into fade
Lyrics submitted by Lamia
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"I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be free." Alanis Nadine Morissette. 1984. 1994. 2004. Probably 2014. One her most consistent themes has been the freedom to perceive the world as it actually is rather than as culture dictates. (Somebody =please= give this woman an honorary Ph.D. before I =explode=.)