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.
Dear lover
Do you remember?
The sound of your laughter and demise
And that was all
I need to fall in love
This matter
It's something bigger
Anything ever graced my heart
And that was all
I could fall in love with you
And I can't stall this now
Did you find some happiness with me?
Now I know the way true love should be
Dear lover
Do you remember?
The beats of my heart that I gave you
And that was all
I need to fall in love
It shattered
Slipped through my fingers
Floated down safely into your hands
And that was all
I could fall in love with you
I can't stall this, no
Did you find some happiness with me?
Now I know the way true love should be
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Did you find some happiness with me?
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Do you remember?
The sound of your laughter and demise
And that was all
I need to fall in love
This matter
It's something bigger
Anything ever graced my heart
And that was all
I could fall in love with you
And I can't stall this now
Did you find some happiness with me?
Now I know the way true love should be
Dear lover
Do you remember?
The beats of my heart that I gave you
And that was all
I need to fall in love
It shattered
Slipped through my fingers
Floated down safely into your hands
And that was all
I could fall in love with you
I can't stall this, no
Did you find some happiness with me?
Now I know the way true love should be
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Did you find some happiness with me?
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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I think this song is about the part in the relationship where you fall completely and helplessly in love with someone and they own a part of you. To me it's like being kinda happy about it but a little scared. But I dunno if he's maybe talkin bout after the relationship where she didn't even want to own his heart but she still did. This song is brilliant anyways and it reminds me of Lewis, fuck I love him.