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.
Could you tell me the next time that you're choking?
I'll run right over to shove some dirt right down your throat
It's nothing I have against you
You're just a creep and you can't remember the last five years
What's a bond if it dissolves in water?
I took a piss that lasted longer than you and your manipulations
Called my mom last night
She said, "Sweetie, you don't need someone
who's more fleeting than fall"
Don't you love those leaves?
Don't you wish the orange stayed forever?
And crickets sang in the night
All through winter
And I thought, slow down
Think of all the times this jerk has fucked you up and left you down
And hey, I choose my company by the beating of their hearts
Not the swelling of their heads, no
Don't you love those leaves?
Don't you wish the orange stayed forever?
And crickets sang in the night
All through winter
Besides, I'd rather forget the days we spent than
Try to stay afloat in shallow water
I'd rather forget the days we spent
Than try to stay afloat in shallow water
Rather forget
The days we spent
Than try to stay afloat in
Rather forget
The days we spent
Than try to stay afloat in shallow water
Rather forget
The days we spent
Than try to stay afloat in
Rather forget
The days we spent
Than try to stay
I'll run right over to shove some dirt right down your throat
It's nothing I have against you
You're just a creep and you can't remember the last five years
What's a bond if it dissolves in water?
I took a piss that lasted longer than you and your manipulations
Called my mom last night
She said, "Sweetie, you don't need someone
who's more fleeting than fall"
Don't you love those leaves?
Don't you wish the orange stayed forever?
And crickets sang in the night
All through winter
And I thought, slow down
Think of all the times this jerk has fucked you up and left you down
And hey, I choose my company by the beating of their hearts
Not the swelling of their heads, no
Don't you love those leaves?
Don't you wish the orange stayed forever?
And crickets sang in the night
All through winter
Besides, I'd rather forget the days we spent than
Try to stay afloat in shallow water
I'd rather forget the days we spent
Than try to stay afloat in shallow water
Rather forget
The days we spent
Than try to stay afloat in
Rather forget
The days we spent
Than try to stay afloat in shallow water
Rather forget
The days we spent
Than try to stay afloat in
Rather forget
The days we spent
Than try to stay
Lyrics submitted by oofus
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