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.
It's a very starry night though the moons not very bright.
It's a very attractive sight this fair and starry night.
It's a very starry night watching barristers
In flight see them disappear from sight on this fair
And starry night though I'm by myself
I am not alone there are lots of little creatures
Who call this their home
And I am so loose I'm not afraid to say
I don't know what is keeping my body
From just floating away.
It's a very starry night watching solicitors in flight.
See them hovering like kites on this fair and starry night.
Though I'm by myself I am not alone.
There are lots of little creatures who call this their home
And l am so loose I'm not afraid to say.
I don't know what is keeping my body from just floating away.
It's a very starry night
It's a very attractive sight this fair and starry night.
It's a very starry night watching barristers
In flight see them disappear from sight on this fair
And starry night though I'm by myself
I am not alone there are lots of little creatures
Who call this their home
And I am so loose I'm not afraid to say
I don't know what is keeping my body
From just floating away.
It's a very starry night watching solicitors in flight.
See them hovering like kites on this fair and starry night.
Though I'm by myself I am not alone.
There are lots of little creatures who call this their home
And l am so loose I'm not afraid to say.
I don't know what is keeping my body from just floating away.
It's a very starry night
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Sometimes I like to sing it to myself as "it's a very stare decisis".