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 never backstab another to save mine,
i stand the time.
for me its do or die,
these are the rules i live by.
and i shed my blood for my brothers of the same mind,
of the same kind, who never leave a side.
see we never think twice,
and they shed their blood for me.
shos by my side, im by your side.
my blood is my loyalty,
my brothers are loyal to me.
who by my side, this is what we believe.
we stand for one another in hard times, in good times.
no matter what we find,
a way so we can get by.
and i shed my blood for my.
i stand the time.
for me its do or die,
these are the rules i live by.
and i shed my blood for my brothers of the same mind,
of the same kind, who never leave a side.
see we never think twice,
and they shed their blood for me.
shos by my side, im by your side.
my blood is my loyalty,
my brothers are loyal to me.
who by my side, this is what we believe.
we stand for one another in hard times, in good times.
no matter what we find,
a way so we can get by.
and i shed my blood for my.
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
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badass song about standing by your friends