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 in this place can up and move away
For all I care this town's already dead and empty
I'm told that I'm a victim of obsession
That's what my friends say
Oh I'm a fool for having ever let her tempt me
Well I turn pale
When she walks by
I am lost
In her eyes
She is always on my mind
She is always on my mind
She glances over but she keeps on walking down the street
All I can do is hope that she is thinking of me
If I could blink, if I could breathe, if I could get my legs to move
Well this could be the day I get this girl to love me
Well I turn pale
When she walks by
I am lost
In her eyes
She is always on my mind
She is always on my mind
She had turned
From a sound
Well I must have cried out loud
She is always on my mind
She is always on my mind
If I could blink, if I could breathe, if I could get my legs to move
Well this could be the day I get this girl to love me
Well I turn pale
When she walks by
I am lost
In her eyes
She is always on my mind
She is always on my mind
She had turned
From a sound
Well I must have cried out loud
She is always on my mind
She is always on my mind
She is always on my mind
She is always on my mind
For all I care this town's already dead and empty
I'm told that I'm a victim of obsession
That's what my friends say
Oh I'm a fool for having ever let her tempt me
Well I turn pale
When she walks by
I am lost
In her eyes
She is always on my mind
She is always on my mind
She glances over but she keeps on walking down the street
All I can do is hope that she is thinking of me
If I could blink, if I could breathe, if I could get my legs to move
Well this could be the day I get this girl to love me
Well I turn pale
When she walks by
I am lost
In her eyes
She is always on my mind
She is always on my mind
She had turned
From a sound
Well I must have cried out loud
She is always on my mind
She is always on my mind
If I could blink, if I could breathe, if I could get my legs to move
Well this could be the day I get this girl to love me
Well I turn pale
When she walks by
I am lost
In her eyes
She is always on my mind
She is always on my mind
She had turned
From a sound
Well I must have cried out loud
She is always on my mind
She is always on my mind
She is always on my mind
She is always on my mind
Lyrics submitted by ChErRyCoLa
Always on My Mind Lyrics as written by Alexander Greenwald
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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