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.
If I give up on you, I give up on me
If we fight what's true, will we ever be?
Even God himself and the faith I knew
It shouldn't hold me back, shouldn't keep me from you
Tease me by holding out your hand
Then leave me or take me as I am
And live our lives stigmatized, yeah
I can feel the blood rushing though my veins
When I hear your voice, driving me insane
Hour after hour, day after day
Every lonely night that I sit and pray
Tease me by holding out your hand
Then leave me or take me as I am
And live our lives stigmatized, oh, yeah
We live our lives on different sides
But we keep together, you and I
Just live our lives stigmatized
We'll live our lives, we'll take the punches everyday, oh
We'll live our lives, I know we're gonna find our way, yeah
I believe in you even if no one understands
Yeah, I believe in you and I don't really give a damn
Oh, we're stigmatized, yeah
We live our lives on different sides
But we keep together, you and I
We live our lives on different sides
We're gonna live our lives
We gotta live our lives
We're gonna live our lives, yeah, yeah
We're gonna live our lives
We're gonna live our lives, yeah, stigmatized
If we fight what's true, will we ever be?
Even God himself and the faith I knew
It shouldn't hold me back, shouldn't keep me from you
Tease me by holding out your hand
Then leave me or take me as I am
And live our lives stigmatized, yeah
I can feel the blood rushing though my veins
When I hear your voice, driving me insane
Hour after hour, day after day
Every lonely night that I sit and pray
Tease me by holding out your hand
Then leave me or take me as I am
And live our lives stigmatized, oh, yeah
We live our lives on different sides
But we keep together, you and I
Just live our lives stigmatized
We'll live our lives, we'll take the punches everyday, oh
We'll live our lives, I know we're gonna find our way, yeah
I believe in you even if no one understands
Yeah, I believe in you and I don't really give a damn
Oh, we're stigmatized, yeah
We live our lives on different sides
But we keep together, you and I
We live our lives on different sides
We're gonna live our lives
We gotta live our lives
We're gonna live our lives, yeah, yeah
We're gonna live our lives
We're gonna live our lives, yeah, stigmatized
Lyrics submitted by punkmebabygal
Stigmatized Lyrics as written by Alex Band Aaron Kamin
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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for me, it means me and phil. i dont care if u dont understand.