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.
Everybody loves stars
Everyone fell
Into her world she made here
Where everybody rates love
But I don't care
'Cause it's her world, she made me
You think your half as good as me
The only thing you'll ever be
Is just a way for me to bleed
On this stage
Everybody loves stars
Everyone fell
Into her world she made here
Where innocence is taken
But I don't care
'Cause it's her world, she made me
Now she's old
She's been blessed
Take a bow
And confess
She threw it all away
My angel died that day
No one came
No one cared
Everyone fell
Into her world she made here
Where everybody rates love
But I don't care
'Cause it's her world, she made me
You think your half as good as me
The only thing you'll ever be
Is just a way for me to bleed
On this stage
Everybody loves stars
Everyone fell
Into her world she made here
Where innocence is taken
But I don't care
'Cause it's her world, she made me
Now she's old
She's been blessed
Take a bow
And confess
She threw it all away
My angel died that day
No one came
No one cared
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i think it's about how he was emotionally neglected and how nobody cared about him when the love of his life died...