Vicarious Atonement Lyrics

Lyric discussion by whap whap 

Cover art for Vicarious Atonement lyrics by Mars Volta, The

ok like paleta said vicarious atonement is used in the bible as jesus dying for all peoples sins. so i try to picture this as the scene of his death. i try to interpret his lyrics one line at a time.

SHE could be mary magdalene or the virgin mary (not postitve) because they were the two that staid with him on the cross. However, this has something to do with some conflicting relationship. Also, because the toem first born (christ on the cross) is referred to as YOUR I disreguarded my intial thought of this being from christs perspective.

So i believe its form the perspective of an antagonist because he tried to kill Chris and "didn't while he had the chance" (ressurection and legacy he left behind is how he remains "alive").

ressurection= somnolence (usually means sleepwalking in this case probably means walking after death)

thats all of my incoherent thoughts.

thanks for trying to race the lyrics up here and not have any plans for correcting them. The space up there is for the correct lyrics not what you thought up when you leaked the album.