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.
9:00 am, she gets in the car
Hoping things will change this time around
"I wonder what they’re going to say now," she whispers
As she reaches for the radio dial
She's lost all her feeling
She thinks they are scheming
it's a game she plays in her head
This is it
This life
This is what you wanted all along
All along
This is it
This life
This is what you wanted all along
All along
He watches the wheels turn around
Each revolution passing him by
"I give myself 2 years," he cheers
2 has turned to 5 to "way too long"
He's alive and he's breathing
Living without meaning
He might as well be dead
He's alive and he's breathing
Living without meaning
He might as well be dead
This is it
This life
This is what you wanted all along
All along
This is it
This life
This is what you wanted all along
All along
Don't hold back
Take it to the people
You know, these things will turn your head around
And around
Don't hold back
Take it to the people
You know, these things will turn your head around
And around
They rolled over paths
To travel streets of gold (now turned to gravel)
They forgot to roll the map out
In their search for hope or glamor
This is it
This life
This is what you wanted all along
All along
This is it
This life
This is what you wanted all along
All along
Don't hold back
Take it to the people
You know, these things will turn your head around
And around
Hoping things will change this time around
"I wonder what they’re going to say now," she whispers
As she reaches for the radio dial
She's lost all her feeling
She thinks they are scheming
it's a game she plays in her head
This is it
This life
This is what you wanted all along
All along
This is it
This life
This is what you wanted all along
All along
He watches the wheels turn around
Each revolution passing him by
"I give myself 2 years," he cheers
2 has turned to 5 to "way too long"
He's alive and he's breathing
Living without meaning
He might as well be dead
He's alive and he's breathing
Living without meaning
He might as well be dead
This is it
This life
This is what you wanted all along
All along
This is it
This life
This is what you wanted all along
All along
Don't hold back
Take it to the people
You know, these things will turn your head around
And around
Don't hold back
Take it to the people
You know, these things will turn your head around
And around
They rolled over paths
To travel streets of gold (now turned to gravel)
They forgot to roll the map out
In their search for hope or glamor
This is it
This life
This is what you wanted all along
All along
This is it
This life
This is what you wanted all along
All along
Don't hold back
Take it to the people
You know, these things will turn your head around
And around
Lyrics submitted by x_melancholy_x
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what are the odds that get this song from my friend again and listen to it and check here for the lyrics on the same day that someone else writes about it the first time...crazy. but yeah good song