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.
Jump all you can and you got out your right foot
The sooner you get out in your hideaway
I might be left dead, side of the road
Serves a place and time
I plan on never waking up
I plan on never waking up
Jump all you can and you got out your right foot
The sooner you get out in your hideaway
I might be left dead, just get out the way
Serves a place and time
I plan on never waking up
I plan on never waking up
I plan on never waking up
I plan on never waking up
The sooner you get out in your hideaway
I might be left dead, side of the road
Serves a place and time
I plan on never waking up
I plan on never waking up
Jump all you can and you got out your right foot
The sooner you get out in your hideaway
I might be left dead, just get out the way
Serves a place and time
I plan on never waking up
I plan on never waking up
I plan on never waking up
I plan on never waking up
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
Never Wake Up Lyrics as written by Deryck Jason Whibley
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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on the cd the lyrics say blah blah blah blah for the hole of the second and first verses but hey these make sense