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.
Time
Why must it fly so slow
Waiting
Is something that's easy for you
Pull the plug
Send it down the drain
Pain is easy to get used to
What's in me
Is in you
What's got me
Has got you
And everything told
Must come true
Pretending to be real
Forgetting who you are
Sin
Is always at my door
Slice the vein
blood spilled on the floor
Light shining in my eyes
Death greets me with a smile
Pain
So much pain
Pain
So much pain
Why must it fly so slow
Waiting
Is something that's easy for you
Pull the plug
Send it down the drain
Pain is easy to get used to
What's in me
Is in you
What's got me
Has got you
And everything told
Must come true
Pretending to be real
Forgetting who you are
Sin
Is always at my door
Slice the vein
blood spilled on the floor
Light shining in my eyes
Death greets me with a smile
Pain
So much pain
Pain
So much pain
Lyrics submitted by glorificus
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This is an amazing song, I did state earlier that Grey Daze has a tendency to fool you with beautiful muic and diverse lyrics. Now, back to the song, it could be one big metaphor, or... Very blunt and to-the point. I, myself, am going to say it's one big metaphor, doing so while referring to the opening lines of verse one and three. Verse one explains and questions time and pain. Verse three is explain sin.