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.
Goodbye, the future's sold out
There's no use screaming
Who thought we'd ever get this far?
Tonight, your faith has come down
To money and a TV
Psychics who've never been to Mars
And Nazis breast feeding
I know you must be upset
I can't find meaning
I'm sorry, we're sorry
We're all scared, all scared
Hey, is anybody home?
Has anybody wasted tears on loneliness that everyone
Goodnight, the truth has come out
That everyone's needy
White teeth, a ticket to meet God
And be all that you envy
Shotgun under your bed
Has started breathing
You shot it, you shot it
I'm bare, I'm bare
Hey, is anybody home?
Is anybody wasting tears on loneliness that everyone becomes?
Is anybody low?
Is anybody painting fear on bedroom walls that save us from?
Is anybody home?
Is anybody wasting tears on loneliness that everyone becomes
When they're not alright
Hey, is anybody home?
Has anybody wasted tears on loneliness that everyone becomes?
Is anybody low?
Has anybody painted fear on the bedroom walls that everyone becomes
Becomes, becomes, becomes, becomes, becomes
The loneliness that everyone becomes
There's no use screaming
Who thought we'd ever get this far?
Tonight, your faith has come down
To money and a TV
Psychics who've never been to Mars
And Nazis breast feeding
I know you must be upset
I can't find meaning
I'm sorry, we're sorry
We're all scared, all scared
Hey, is anybody home?
Has anybody wasted tears on loneliness that everyone
Goodnight, the truth has come out
That everyone's needy
White teeth, a ticket to meet God
And be all that you envy
Shotgun under your bed
Has started breathing
You shot it, you shot it
I'm bare, I'm bare
Hey, is anybody home?
Is anybody wasting tears on loneliness that everyone becomes?
Is anybody low?
Is anybody painting fear on bedroom walls that save us from?
Is anybody home?
Is anybody wasting tears on loneliness that everyone becomes
When they're not alright
Hey, is anybody home?
Has anybody wasted tears on loneliness that everyone becomes?
Is anybody low?
Has anybody painted fear on the bedroom walls that everyone becomes
Becomes, becomes, becomes, becomes, becomes
The loneliness that everyone becomes
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Thanks - I'd been looking for these lyrics for quite a while now!
I reckon the building is referring to the soul of the person Raine is talking to... referenced by the church later on?