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.
Save up, until you've had it
Your purse gone, but you won't go on
Brought down with a force of nature
Breathing off my lung
It's not easy to like it
(It's not easy to like it)
It's not easy at all (It's not easy at all)
It's not easy to like it at all
Fill up to the limit
Winter has come as an appetite
Money clips, equipped with paper
Pockets brimming and tight
It's not easy to like it
(It's not easy to like it)
It's not easy at all (It's not easy at all)
It's not easy to like it at all
It's not easy to like it
(It's not easy to like it)
It's not easy at all (It's not easy at all)
It's not easy to like it at all
(Breathing off of my lung)
(When you breathe off of my lung)
Save up, until you've had it offers come
But you won't go on
Brought down (It's not easy to like it)
With a force of nature
Breathing off of my lung
It's not easy at all it's not easy at all
Your purse gone, but you won't go on
Brought down with a force of nature
Breathing off my lung
It's not easy to like it
(It's not easy to like it)
It's not easy at all (It's not easy at all)
It's not easy to like it at all
Fill up to the limit
Winter has come as an appetite
Money clips, equipped with paper
Pockets brimming and tight
It's not easy to like it
(It's not easy to like it)
It's not easy at all (It's not easy at all)
It's not easy to like it at all
It's not easy to like it
(It's not easy to like it)
It's not easy at all (It's not easy at all)
It's not easy to like it at all
(Breathing off of my lung)
(When you breathe off of my lung)
Save up, until you've had it offers come
But you won't go on
Brought down (It's not easy to like it)
With a force of nature
Breathing off of my lung
It's not easy at all it's not easy at all
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i like how everyone goes on this thing and goes 'oh yeah this is eerie', fuck that..this song rocks..we don't need to know what this song is about, all we need to do is play the song and love it, instead of wondering what it's about...jerks.