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.
And after all the feelings go, I see I still love you so
I just thought I'd let you know now that everything's okay
And you are on your way back, back to where you came
She said with pain in her heart, it was there from the start
Now I know why everything turns grey, but it's our own world we paint
And I want the brightest, I want flourescence every day and night
For the rest of my life, open your eyes, won't you
Can't you see you're so beautiful to me
Don't look back as a matter of fact there's
A ten foot jack wants to break your back
You stole his girl, you wrecked his world
Now it's your your head that he's gonna twirl
He won't think once, he won't think twice
'Cause he knows just what he's gonna do tonight
He will commit a crime, a crime of love
And he won't be happy till he sees your blood
Looking back on when you left me
Standing in the rain
Don't look back as a matter of fact there's
A son of a bitch and he's digging a ditch
For you my friend, my lucky one
So grab your things it's time to run to the other side
Where love takes pride, and your souls
The only thing that stays alive
Ma maooba goo goo ga ga
Hey! quit talkin that terminal jive
Looking back on when I left you
Crying in pain
Don't look back
Looking back on when you left me
Standing in the rain, in-credible pain
I understand. you have to be your own person. and that's ok with me
Hurts, hurts, hurts, like a like a motherfucher
Love, it hurts. it kills, like a sonofabitch
That feeling, it gets me, down inside, deep down there
No further, keep going, oh man that's right out my system
I just thought I'd let you know now that everything's okay
And you are on your way back, back to where you came
She said with pain in her heart, it was there from the start
Now I know why everything turns grey, but it's our own world we paint
And I want the brightest, I want flourescence every day and night
For the rest of my life, open your eyes, won't you
Can't you see you're so beautiful to me
Don't look back as a matter of fact there's
A ten foot jack wants to break your back
You stole his girl, you wrecked his world
Now it's your your head that he's gonna twirl
He won't think once, he won't think twice
'Cause he knows just what he's gonna do tonight
He will commit a crime, a crime of love
And he won't be happy till he sees your blood
Looking back on when you left me
Standing in the rain
Don't look back as a matter of fact there's
A son of a bitch and he's digging a ditch
For you my friend, my lucky one
So grab your things it's time to run to the other side
Where love takes pride, and your souls
The only thing that stays alive
Ma maooba goo goo ga ga
Hey! quit talkin that terminal jive
Looking back on when I left you
Crying in pain
Don't look back
Looking back on when you left me
Standing in the rain, in-credible pain
I understand. you have to be your own person. and that's ok with me
Hurts, hurts, hurts, like a like a motherfucher
Love, it hurts. it kills, like a sonofabitch
That feeling, it gets me, down inside, deep down there
No further, keep going, oh man that's right out my system
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Who's a better vocalist is irrelevant.
Moseley's original is infinitely better.