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.
Ah-ah
Because the world is round, it turns me on
Because the world is round
Ah-ah
Because the wind is high, it blows my mind
Because the wind is high
Ah-ah
Love is old, love is new
Love is all, love is you
Because the sky is blue, it makes me cry
Because the sky is blue
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Because the world is round, it turns me on
Because the world is round
Ah-ah
Because the wind is high, it blows my mind
Because the wind is high
Ah-ah
Love is old, love is new
Love is all, love is you
Because the sky is blue, it makes me cry
Because the sky is blue
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
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"Because the wind is high, it blows my mind" - it really makes me do a double take every time I hear it!!
Probably room for a few meanings... one being that when in the company of a stoned person [i.e. "the wind"}, it makes me feel a bit stoned/strange just to hear the words they say, and therefore "it blows my mind".
There must be more phrases... would it be wrong to try to extend this theme? It is like JL started an entire genre of "practical comparisons with natural phenomenon", and that it should not just end with these three.