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.
"I think it's dark and it looks like it's rain," you said
"And the wind is blowing like it's the end of the world," you said
And it's so cold, it's like the cold if you were dead
And you smiled for a second
"I think I'm old and I'm feeling pain," you said
"And it's all running out like it's the end of the world," you said
And it's so cold, it's like the cold if you were dead
And you smiled for a second
Sometimes you make me feel
Like I'm living at the edge of the world
Like I'm living at the edge of the world
"It's just the way I smile," you said
"And the wind is blowing like it's the end of the world," you said
And it's so cold, it's like the cold if you were dead
And you smiled for a second
"I think I'm old and I'm feeling pain," you said
"And it's all running out like it's the end of the world," you said
And it's so cold, it's like the cold if you were dead
And you smiled for a second
Sometimes you make me feel
Like I'm living at the edge of the world
Like I'm living at the edge of the world
"It's just the way I smile," you said
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Like allot of people I think It's about to lovers having a conversation,The couple is watching the world die,There is death happening everywhere,And they decided to spend their dying moments together,They're listening to the Rain on the window. The man could start crying,the woman sees this,and says the first part of the song,About how death isn't a big deal,They were growing old with age anyway,
I always imagined the last part of the song as the couple in a hospital the man/woman is dying,And the first part of he song Is a dream,She tells him about the dream,Then she was about to talk about the first part of the song,But instead of saying it she smiles,And dies