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.
Your love is strong and you're so sweet
You make me hard, you make me weak
Love is strong and you're so sweet
And someday babe, we got to meet
A glimpse of you was all it took
A stranger's glance, it got me hooked
And I followed you across the stars
I looked for you in seedy bars
What are you scared of, baby?
It's more than just a dream
I need some time
We make a beautiful team, a beautiful team
Well, love is strong and you're so sweet (you're so sweet)
And someday babe, we got to meet (got to meet)
Just anywhere out in the park
Out on the street and in the dark
I followed you through swirling seas
Down darkened woods with silent trees
Your love is strong and you're so sweet (you're so sweet)
You make me hard, you make me weak
What are you scared of, baby?
It's more than just a dream
I need some time
We make a beautiful team, beautiful
I wait for you until the dawn
My mind is ripped, my heart is torn
Your love is strong and you're so sweet
Your love is bitter and taken neat
Love is strong, yeah (you're so sweet)
(Got to meet) Love is strong, oh
(You're so sweet) you're so sweet, yeah
(Got to meet) strong
(You're so sweet) got to meet, got to meet
(You're so sweet)
(You're so sweet)
(Got to meet)
(You're so sweet)
You make me hard, you make me weak
Love is strong and you're so sweet
And someday babe, we got to meet
A glimpse of you was all it took
A stranger's glance, it got me hooked
And I followed you across the stars
I looked for you in seedy bars
What are you scared of, baby?
It's more than just a dream
I need some time
We make a beautiful team, a beautiful team
Well, love is strong and you're so sweet (you're so sweet)
And someday babe, we got to meet (got to meet)
Just anywhere out in the park
Out on the street and in the dark
I followed you through swirling seas
Down darkened woods with silent trees
Your love is strong and you're so sweet (you're so sweet)
You make me hard, you make me weak
What are you scared of, baby?
It's more than just a dream
I need some time
We make a beautiful team, beautiful
I wait for you until the dawn
My mind is ripped, my heart is torn
Your love is strong and you're so sweet
Your love is bitter and taken neat
Love is strong, yeah (you're so sweet)
(Got to meet) Love is strong, oh
(You're so sweet) you're so sweet, yeah
(Got to meet) strong
(You're so sweet) got to meet, got to meet
(You're so sweet)
(You're so sweet)
(Got to meet)
(You're so sweet)
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
Love Is Strong Lyrics as written by Mick Jagger Keith Richards
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