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.
One moment I forget
Who I was before we met
Seems a difficult thing for me
My selective memory
All of my friends tell me
Whatever will be will be
One moment I become
Wrapped up in reflection
Whenever I want it mine
I see it disappear every time
All of my friends tell me
Whatever will be will be
[Chorus]
I'll make it up to you someday
I'll take it back from you anyway
There's always something missing from this
It's something I can't resist
I'll make it up to you someday
One moment I return
To that place where I had learned
That whatever I say or do
Falls short when I'm around you
All of my friends tell me
Whatever will be will be
[Chorus]
So take my picture
Take my picture away
'Cause that day
Is not so far
Not so far away
It's not so far away
[Chorus]
Who I was before we met
Seems a difficult thing for me
My selective memory
All of my friends tell me
Whatever will be will be
One moment I become
Wrapped up in reflection
Whenever I want it mine
I see it disappear every time
All of my friends tell me
Whatever will be will be
[Chorus]
I'll make it up to you someday
I'll take it back from you anyway
There's always something missing from this
It's something I can't resist
I'll make it up to you someday
One moment I return
To that place where I had learned
That whatever I say or do
Falls short when I'm around you
All of my friends tell me
Whatever will be will be
[Chorus]
So take my picture
Take my picture away
'Cause that day
Is not so far
Not so far away
It's not so far away
[Chorus]
Lyrics submitted by youvandal04
Make It Up to You Lyrics as written by Maggie Lee Larry Lee
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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this was the first song i heard by R.C.H. and its just so amazing....nothing better cud b given