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.
I once had marigolds for eyes.
I've seem to fade on sunny days.
When it's cold as the rain outside
Well then, so am I
So when it comes down
You'll know
I'm with you
How could I show you?
It feels good to know
It feels good to know you
We once had oceans left to fly,
Now the trees and the river have parted ways
When it seems like the phone has died
Well then, so have I
So when it comes down
You'll know
I'm with you
How could I show you?
It feels good to know
It feels good to know you
And how will you know?
We storm from a small, thin line
We're torn from the old frames
There's no one here to pull you back again
So when it comes down, you'll know.
Mmmmm, you'll know
Helena spilt to the ground how do I show you?
Should've known soon she would come down
Words were the first thing to go it feels good to know
The light they would never show
Helena how will you know?
Helena how do I show?
Helena how can you show
It feels good to know
It feels good to know you
It feels good to know you
I've seem to fade on sunny days.
When it's cold as the rain outside
Well then, so am I
So when it comes down
You'll know
I'm with you
How could I show you?
It feels good to know
It feels good to know you
We once had oceans left to fly,
Now the trees and the river have parted ways
When it seems like the phone has died
Well then, so have I
So when it comes down
You'll know
I'm with you
How could I show you?
It feels good to know
It feels good to know you
And how will you know?
We storm from a small, thin line
We're torn from the old frames
There's no one here to pull you back again
So when it comes down, you'll know.
Mmmmm, you'll know
Helena spilt to the ground how do I show you?
Should've known soon she would come down
Words were the first thing to go it feels good to know
The light they would never show
Helena how will you know?
Helena how do I show?
Helena how can you show
It feels good to know
It feels good to know you
It feels good to know you
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It sounds like Jeff Buckley.
I like it.
He seems to be expressing remourse for the days when he was young...from the days when the world was so beautiful and full of life.