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 felt the break and roll of the nexus on a day when the whole world
Elected
To sell us out
There are the hands that grab my attention
When all is what I'm giving they slow me down
Slower
Then southern muddy rivers
When you think there's salvation when you don't want
To leave your room eyes with eyes open undreaming
When it's summertime in the void
When it's summertime in the void the sun is upside down
And facing the other way until days end with a skitzophrenic everjoy
And a sense of doubt you wait automatic and afraid
On ran the train through my solar plexis on the day I made good connection
With love out loud, home, hate and sound
And who wrote the words to my death sentence when life is what I'm living
And leaving now while I trip till time is over
When it's summertime in the void and the stars yell out your name all together
And insane 'cause they're broken words they are a noise there's
No answer for you wait automatic and afraid
Elected
To sell us out
There are the hands that grab my attention
When all is what I'm giving they slow me down
Slower
Then southern muddy rivers
When you think there's salvation when you don't want
To leave your room eyes with eyes open undreaming
When it's summertime in the void
When it's summertime in the void the sun is upside down
And facing the other way until days end with a skitzophrenic everjoy
And a sense of doubt you wait automatic and afraid
On ran the train through my solar plexis on the day I made good connection
With love out loud, home, hate and sound
And who wrote the words to my death sentence when life is what I'm living
And leaving now while I trip till time is over
When it's summertime in the void and the stars yell out your name all together
And insane 'cause they're broken words they are a noise there's
No answer for you wait automatic and afraid
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I\'ve been into IME for approximately 20 years give or take.... This song was my gateway to them. Here I sit in the spring of 2022, having been home for the first time in 15 years over this past winter, and I\'m now about to leave to go back to California for, at least the summer , and who knows how much longer. Never has the lyrics to this song resonated with me to such a degree as they do right now. It\'s amazing how the same song , over time, can change in meaning simply because our perspective has shifted over time , as life tends to do . Thank you , ime. You\'ve given me comfort in a time of change and self doubt. Thank you.