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.
Although
I know
The way to your door I won't go
Cause once you get me spinning
There's nothing I want to know
Cause I've got apples and diamonds
To last me a year
So frankly I'm quite comfortable here
But if you whisper my name and promise you won't cling
Maybe it wouldn't be so bad
With a fling
You say you've changed your name
You say that nothing will ever be the same
And you hold my head so tight
It would be useless to fight
Cause I've got apples and diamonds to last me a year
So frankly I'm quite comfortable here
But if you whisper my name and promise you won't cling
Maybe it wouldn't be so bad
With a fling
Although
I know the way to your door
I won't go
Cause once I get under your covers
There's nothing I want to know
Cause I've got apples and diamonds to last me a year
So frankly, I'm quite comfortable here
But if you whisper my name and promise you won't cling
Maybe it wouldn't be so bad
With a fling
And you hold my head so tight
It would be useless to fight
But if you whisper my name and promise you won't cling
Maybe it wouldn't be so bad
With a fling
I know
The way to your door I won't go
Cause once you get me spinning
There's nothing I want to know
Cause I've got apples and diamonds
To last me a year
So frankly I'm quite comfortable here
But if you whisper my name and promise you won't cling
Maybe it wouldn't be so bad
With a fling
You say you've changed your name
You say that nothing will ever be the same
And you hold my head so tight
It would be useless to fight
Cause I've got apples and diamonds to last me a year
So frankly I'm quite comfortable here
But if you whisper my name and promise you won't cling
Maybe it wouldn't be so bad
With a fling
Although
I know the way to your door
I won't go
Cause once I get under your covers
There's nothing I want to know
Cause I've got apples and diamonds to last me a year
So frankly, I'm quite comfortable here
But if you whisper my name and promise you won't cling
Maybe it wouldn't be so bad
With a fling
And you hold my head so tight
It would be useless to fight
But if you whisper my name and promise you won't cling
Maybe it wouldn't be so bad
With a fling
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