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.
you don't want me anymore
so I'll just walk right out the door
played a game right from the start
I trust you, you used me
and now my heart's all torn apart
Chorus:
so I'm sailin', well I'm sailin' on
well I'm movin', hey I'm movin' on
sail on, sail on
try to see if I'll give up
but there wasn't any luck
it's a fact, fact of life
that's the games, games of strife
everything is all in stride
Chorus
there's too many years, with too many tears
and too many days with nothing to say
and how will we know
when there's nowhere to grow
and what's the facts for life to show.
so I'll just walk right out the door
played a game right from the start
I trust you, you used me
and now my heart's all torn apart
Chorus:
so I'm sailin', well I'm sailin' on
well I'm movin', hey I'm movin' on
sail on, sail on
try to see if I'll give up
but there wasn't any luck
it's a fact, fact of life
that's the games, games of strife
everything is all in stride
Chorus
there's too many years, with too many tears
and too many days with nothing to say
and how will we know
when there's nowhere to grow
and what's the facts for life to show.
Lyrics submitted by BeautifulDisaster
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this is probably one of the MOST AWESOME SONGS EVER.