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'm keeping my head
But emotions paralyze my little soul
It's so hard to say but I'm not the same
Since the moment I saw you
And I can't tell you how
You make me feel when you're standing by my side
Everything I want is so close at hand
But I know you still need time
I'm keeping my head
But emotions paralyze my little soul
It's so hard to say but I'm not the same
Since the moment I saw you
You turn me inside out
And you rule my world from the oceans to the skies
Everything I want is to be with you
But I know you still need time
And I say
It is alright
So let´s just stay awake all night
I watch the moonlight in your eyes
And I say
Don't surrender to me now
It's alright it feels like heaven
Like heaven, when you are coming around
This tension in the air
Don't surrender to me now
It's alright it feels like heaven
Like heaven, when you are coming around
And stay a little while
But emotions paralyze my little soul
It's so hard to say but I'm not the same
Since the moment I saw you
And I can't tell you how
You make me feel when you're standing by my side
Everything I want is so close at hand
But I know you still need time
I'm keeping my head
But emotions paralyze my little soul
It's so hard to say but I'm not the same
Since the moment I saw you
You turn me inside out
And you rule my world from the oceans to the skies
Everything I want is to be with you
But I know you still need time
And I say
It is alright
So let´s just stay awake all night
I watch the moonlight in your eyes
And I say
Don't surrender to me now
It's alright it feels like heaven
Like heaven, when you are coming around
This tension in the air
Don't surrender to me now
It's alright it feels like heaven
Like heaven, when you are coming around
And stay a little while
Lyrics submitted by liquidmercurial
I Count on You Lyrics as written by Richard Dongen
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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