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.
By myself I sit alone
I'm wondering about a poem
I can't express the way that I feel in words
I start to write, when I'm all alone.
I can't say that I know what I'm talking about
I can't say that I can keep below a shout
I can't say that I want what I'm writing about
I can't say that I know what I'm talking about
As my body turns to stone
I start to peel my brain right to the bone
I'm trying to bring justice to my thoughts
I'm trying just to let my mind reign
Now I can't feel a fucking thing
Well then I ask my self, hey now why should I sing
I'm trying to bring justice to my thoughts
I'm trying just, to let my fucking mind reign!
I'm wondering about a poem
I can't express the way that I feel in words
I start to write, when I'm all alone.
I can't say that I know what I'm talking about
I can't say that I can keep below a shout
I can't say that I want what I'm writing about
I can't say that I know what I'm talking about
As my body turns to stone
I start to peel my brain right to the bone
I'm trying to bring justice to my thoughts
I'm trying just to let my mind reign
Now I can't feel a fucking thing
Well then I ask my self, hey now why should I sing
I'm trying to bring justice to my thoughts
I'm trying just, to let my fucking mind reign!
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i love this song