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.
Good morning, sunshine
Awake when the sun hits the sky
Look up, the sounds that surround the day you died
She waits for me outside
Near a hole in the ground
And that's one way thinking
You might get the upper hand
Dear Newo Ikkin, how's Apollo been treating you?
Has he been a good boy since the day I left?
Give him my love and a sweet kiss for his head
'Cause I won't be coming home
When you get this, I'll be dead
Narris and Larry, Gloria to nowhere
Sir, I think you'd better take my hand
And pray we'll make this one out alive
Captain, we've lost all systems control
Then son, I'll see you in my sleep, sleep
Is it all you've shared with them that makes us paranoid?
Is it the dream that one day you might be something you're not?
Is it all you've shared with them that makes us paranoid?
Is it the dreams that makes us real?
Is it the dreams that makes us real?
We'll miss you and wait for you when you come
Wrong way, right way, bad luck, what god has been giving me
I don't believe retirement is included in the contract
Because then the contract would expire
If we rush at this time there will be fitting results, you are right (we'll miss you)
The supervisor is a fool (and wait for you when you come)
Wrong way, right way, bad luck, you've got to be kidding me
I've spent so long sitting down here
Paper-cut my heart in half and discard the evidence
When it's yours, come send me the last half
Dowsed in kerosene, in a torched, blazed blood bath
When boy sets fire, god knows you've lost
At a cost that has no price when you've purchased guilt
Stand at attention and make sure you know lines and yourself
Yet you'd say, "I'll be home alone again, waiting"
Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there
When you wanna promise me that
Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there
When you wanna promise me that
Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there
When you wanna promise me that
To drive down, where's Wednesday? (Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there)
Where's Wednesday?
To drive down, where's Wednesday? (Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there)
Where's Wednesday? When you wanna promise me that
Awake when the sun hits the sky
Look up, the sounds that surround the day you died
She waits for me outside
Near a hole in the ground
And that's one way thinking
You might get the upper hand
Dear Newo Ikkin, how's Apollo been treating you?
Has he been a good boy since the day I left?
Give him my love and a sweet kiss for his head
'Cause I won't be coming home
When you get this, I'll be dead
Narris and Larry, Gloria to nowhere
Sir, I think you'd better take my hand
And pray we'll make this one out alive
Captain, we've lost all systems control
Then son, I'll see you in my sleep, sleep
Is it all you've shared with them that makes us paranoid?
Is it the dream that one day you might be something you're not?
Is it all you've shared with them that makes us paranoid?
Is it the dreams that makes us real?
Is it the dreams that makes us real?
We'll miss you and wait for you when you come
Wrong way, right way, bad luck, what god has been giving me
I don't believe retirement is included in the contract
Because then the contract would expire
If we rush at this time there will be fitting results, you are right (we'll miss you)
The supervisor is a fool (and wait for you when you come)
Wrong way, right way, bad luck, you've got to be kidding me
I've spent so long sitting down here
Paper-cut my heart in half and discard the evidence
When it's yours, come send me the last half
Dowsed in kerosene, in a torched, blazed blood bath
When boy sets fire, god knows you've lost
At a cost that has no price when you've purchased guilt
Stand at attention and make sure you know lines and yourself
Yet you'd say, "I'll be home alone again, waiting"
Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there
When you wanna promise me that
Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there
When you wanna promise me that
Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there
When you wanna promise me that
To drive down, where's Wednesday? (Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there)
Where's Wednesday?
To drive down, where's Wednesday? (Wait for me alright, I'm still a boy down there)
Where's Wednesday? When you wanna promise me that
Lyrics submitted by AnotherEmoGeek
Junesong Provision Lyrics as written by Travis Stever Claudio Sanchez
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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