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.
Creatures kissing in the rain
Shapeless in the dark again
In the hanging garden please don't speak
In the hanging garden no one sleeps
(In the hanging garden)
(In the hanging garden)
Catching halos on the moon
Gives my hands the shapes of angels
In the heat of the night, the animals scream
In the heat of the night, walking into a dream
Fall fall fall fall
Into the walls
Jump, jump out of time
Fall fall fall fall
Out of the sky
Cover my face as the animals cry
In the hanging garden, in the hanging garden
Creatures kissing in the rain
Shapeless in the dark again
In the hanging garden change the past
In the hanging garden wearing furs and masks
Fall fall fall fall
Into the walls
Jump, jump out of time
Fall fall fall fall
Out of the sky
Cover my face as the animals die
In the hanging garden
As as the animals die
Cover my face as the animals die
In the hanging garden
In the hanging garden
In the hanging garden
In the hanging garden
In the hanging garden
Shapeless in the dark again
In the hanging garden please don't speak
In the hanging garden no one sleeps
(In the hanging garden)
(In the hanging garden)
Catching halos on the moon
Gives my hands the shapes of angels
In the heat of the night, the animals scream
In the heat of the night, walking into a dream
Fall fall fall fall
Into the walls
Jump, jump out of time
Fall fall fall fall
Out of the sky
Cover my face as the animals cry
In the hanging garden, in the hanging garden
Creatures kissing in the rain
Shapeless in the dark again
In the hanging garden change the past
In the hanging garden wearing furs and masks
Fall fall fall fall
Into the walls
Jump, jump out of time
Fall fall fall fall
Out of the sky
Cover my face as the animals die
In the hanging garden
As as the animals die
Cover my face as the animals die
In the hanging garden
In the hanging garden
In the hanging garden
In the hanging garden
In the hanging garden
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JohnGohn, you forgot to mention Faith. now that was serious pop! (note sarcasm)