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.
The mechanical wonder is
It's just a noise in my room
And I'm chasing the wonder and
It's just a hole in my tune
And the radio plays but it
But it don't sing a song
And the mechanical thunder is
What is all going wrong
And I walk down the road and I
I awake in a tune
But the mechanical thunder is
It's just a noise in my room
And we rode it once
On a thundering night
So I walk with you
Where the locks take flight
All machines make our lives today
And I like them the best
But the mechanical thunder is
It's just a noise in my head
And the radio plays at me
But it don't sing a song
But the mechanical wonder is
Ah, it's all going wrong
And they rode it once ("and we rode it once" on last chorus)
On a thundering night
So I walk with you
Where the locks take flight
And we keep on through
It's where the road don't roar
Where the farm once stood
Where the union crawls, big time
The machines that I'm walking from
Though they play in the songs
And the dreams that your holding on
Don't run for so long
So I'm hiding machines away
But I keep them for you
But the things that you want to say
It's just a noise in my room
And I look at the picture now
And there's a weight on us all
But the mechanical wonder is
It's a cure one and all
It's just a noise in my room
And I'm chasing the wonder and
It's just a hole in my tune
And the radio plays but it
But it don't sing a song
And the mechanical thunder is
What is all going wrong
And I walk down the road and I
I awake in a tune
But the mechanical thunder is
It's just a noise in my room
And we rode it once
On a thundering night
So I walk with you
Where the locks take flight
All machines make our lives today
And I like them the best
But the mechanical thunder is
It's just a noise in my head
And the radio plays at me
But it don't sing a song
But the mechanical wonder is
Ah, it's all going wrong
And they rode it once ("and we rode it once" on last chorus)
On a thundering night
So I walk with you
Where the locks take flight
And we keep on through
It's where the road don't roar
Where the farm once stood
Where the union crawls, big time
The machines that I'm walking from
Though they play in the songs
And the dreams that your holding on
Don't run for so long
So I'm hiding machines away
But I keep them for you
But the things that you want to say
It's just a noise in my room
And I look at the picture now
And there's a weight on us all
But the mechanical wonder is
It's a cure one and all
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
Mechanical Wonder Lyrics as written by Oscar Lloyd Harrison Damon Minchella
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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how come nobody has commented on this then eh, fuckin great tune, especially when played loud, one of the best songs in the universe, means many things, growing up, music, watchin the days go by and all that shit, its up there with robin hood, get blown away, a b-side but a classic. :-D