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.
addicted to monotonous crush
i even dropped out of school
to catch up on sleep
take the train for hours
and then try to forget
where you left your heart
read the free form poem
to your locked door
if you find them
they were never mine...
if you don't - well - nevermind
porcelain hope...
why do you always break on me?
(it all makes sense to me)
porcelain hope...
why do you always break on me?
i set the alarm just to remind myself
that i spent the day all by myself
this is my story - love...
day one to now...
background music to a silent film
you see- the curtains feeling down...
i helped this city burn to the ground
they said it tried to make amends
but i never heard a sound
porcelain hope...
you're not much - but you're all i got
porcelain hope...
you're not much - but you're all i got
i even dropped out of school
to catch up on sleep
take the train for hours
and then try to forget
where you left your heart
read the free form poem
to your locked door
if you find them
they were never mine...
if you don't - well - nevermind
porcelain hope...
why do you always break on me?
(it all makes sense to me)
porcelain hope...
why do you always break on me?
i set the alarm just to remind myself
that i spent the day all by myself
this is my story - love...
day one to now...
background music to a silent film
you see- the curtains feeling down...
i helped this city burn to the ground
they said it tried to make amends
but i never heard a sound
porcelain hope...
you're not much - but you're all i got
porcelain hope...
you're not much - but you're all i got
Lyrics submitted by SkyBluToo
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heh...obviously I like this song...or at least the lyrics.