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.
Sometimes this house feels like a prison
That I just can't leave behind
There's so many rules I gotta to follow
'Cause you can't let go
I don't wanna hear it
And I j-j-just can't believe it
All the stupid things you say but
One day, I won't take this anymore
One day, I'll be old enough
To do, to do, to do what I want to
And I won't have to run away
And you won't be there to say I'm not allowed to
One day
Sometimes I wonder if you know me
Or if you just pretend to care
So tell me are you on a mission
To bring me down?
I don't wanna hear it
And I j-j-just can't believe it
All the stupid things you say but
One day, I won't take this anymore
One day, I'll be old enough
To do, to do, to do what I want to
And I won't have to run away
And you won't be there to say I'm not allowed to
One day
Go away, don't look at me
'Cause we're not the same and you can't do nothin'
You can say that it's not okay
But I'm not afraid and you can't do nothin'
(Can't do nothin')
One day, I won't take this anymore
I'll be old enough
To do, to do, to do what I want to
And I won't have to run away
And you won't be there to say I'm not allowed to
One day
One day
One day
One day
One day
One day
That I just can't leave behind
There's so many rules I gotta to follow
'Cause you can't let go
I don't wanna hear it
And I j-j-just can't believe it
All the stupid things you say but
One day, I won't take this anymore
One day, I'll be old enough
To do, to do, to do what I want to
And I won't have to run away
And you won't be there to say I'm not allowed to
One day
Sometimes I wonder if you know me
Or if you just pretend to care
So tell me are you on a mission
To bring me down?
I don't wanna hear it
And I j-j-just can't believe it
All the stupid things you say but
One day, I won't take this anymore
One day, I'll be old enough
To do, to do, to do what I want to
And I won't have to run away
And you won't be there to say I'm not allowed to
One day
Go away, don't look at me
'Cause we're not the same and you can't do nothin'
You can say that it's not okay
But I'm not afraid and you can't do nothin'
(Can't do nothin')
One day, I won't take this anymore
I'll be old enough
To do, to do, to do what I want to
And I won't have to run away
And you won't be there to say I'm not allowed to
One day
One day
One day
One day
One day
One day
Lyrics submitted by sumblinkfan4182
One Day Lyrics as written by Charles Comeau Arnold Lanni
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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