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.
Threw you the obvious
And you flew with it on your back
A name in your recollection
Down among a million same
Difficult not to feel a little bit
Disappointed and passed over
When I look right through
To see you naked but oblivious
And you don't see me
But I threw you the obvious
Just to see if there's more behind
The eyes of a fallen angel
Eyes of a tragedy
Here I am expecting
Just a little bit too much from the wounded
but I see, see through it all
See through, see you
'Cause I threw you the obvious
to see what occurs behind
the Eyes of a fallen angel
Eyes of a tragedy
Oh well, oh well
Apparently nothing
Apparently nothing at all
You don't, you don't, you don't see me
You don't, you don't, you don't see me
You don't, you don't, you don't see me
You don't, you don't, you don't see me
You don't see me
You don't, you don't
You don't see me at all
And you flew with it on your back
A name in your recollection
Down among a million same
Difficult not to feel a little bit
Disappointed and passed over
When I look right through
To see you naked but oblivious
And you don't see me
But I threw you the obvious
Just to see if there's more behind
The eyes of a fallen angel
Eyes of a tragedy
Here I am expecting
Just a little bit too much from the wounded
but I see, see through it all
See through, see you
'Cause I threw you the obvious
to see what occurs behind
the Eyes of a fallen angel
Eyes of a tragedy
Oh well, oh well
Apparently nothing
Apparently nothing at all
You don't, you don't, you don't see me
You don't, you don't, you don't see me
You don't, you don't, you don't see me
You don't, you don't, you don't see me
You don't see me
You don't, you don't
You don't see me at all
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by sciencejim, BreakingTheFaith, Serspring, aKiRatM, AnthraxPrincess, markydissod
3 Libras Lyrics as written by Maynard Keenan Billy Howerdel
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I can't believe that no one has mentioned that this song could be about GOD! It is a well-known fact that many musicians have very different beliefs about God than those of other people. When I read these lyrics, they smacked of dislike for God. I see it this way: so many people get fucked up every day, that how can you prove the existence of God? He doesn't seem so benevolent if he lets humanity suffer.
It could also be interpreted that God is not really all-seeing. The obvious line is "You don't see me." Also, however, "Flew with it on your back, a Name in your recollection Down among a million same
Difficult not to feel a little bit Disappointed and passed over"
These lines could symbolize how God does not see the problems of everyone, because he is well...busy.
Satan was a fallen angel. Perhaps he is also saying not necessarily that he worships Satan, but that he also has a distrust for God because of the hardship he has endured. Perhaps he is speaking of the Libras who haev shunned him. This song could be about both things at once.
Don't forget, when a writer pens something, he does not intend for it to have only one meaning. It may be based off of an experience, but it can also be using that experience to draw a parallel to a particular theme or belief.