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.
Hypnotize me, mesmerize me
Drain the color from my eyes
Patronize me, energize me
Change the world, internalize
How did it come to this, narcosynthesis
How did it come to this, narcosynthesis
Alienate me, learn to hate me
Crucify your ideals the flesh is the swine
We are the last ones and we are bleeding for
an unseen god
How did it come to this, narcosynthesis
How did it come to this, narcosynthesis
Turn my blood to sand
Lives fall through the hourglass and grow cold
What are you searching for?
Turn my dirt to gold
Time the healer, the great concealer
Please salvage my soul
Victimize me, vilify me
Vilipend and amend the sins you condign
You are nothing and you speak for
all that never was
Turn my blood to sand
Lives fall through the hourglass and grow cold
What are you searching for?
Turn my dirt to gold
Time the healer, the great concealer
Please salvage my soul
Drain the color from my eyes
Patronize me, energize me
Change the world, internalize
How did it come to this, narcosynthesis
How did it come to this, narcosynthesis
Alienate me, learn to hate me
Crucify your ideals the flesh is the swine
We are the last ones and we are bleeding for
an unseen god
How did it come to this, narcosynthesis
How did it come to this, narcosynthesis
Turn my blood to sand
Lives fall through the hourglass and grow cold
What are you searching for?
Turn my dirt to gold
Time the healer, the great concealer
Please salvage my soul
Victimize me, vilify me
Vilipend and amend the sins you condign
You are nothing and you speak for
all that never was
Turn my blood to sand
Lives fall through the hourglass and grow cold
What are you searching for?
Turn my dirt to gold
Time the healer, the great concealer
Please salvage my soul
Lyrics submitted by dreamer
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great song... i love Warrel's vocals on the chorus. the way he says "Narcosynthesis" is just awesome. :D as far as the meaning goes, I'm not sure. i could see the religious view, but I can also see the continuation of DNB stance. i think Warrel intentionally wrote this song to be open ended and full of different meanings.