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.
I was thirteen
Met you at a party
But it was just my family and yours
Dancing in the daylight
Three years is a long time
We couldn't stay together we were too scared of forever
We were second guessing
If there something better than this
I don't wanna say it for you
But ever since we were kids
I knew I would always love you
There's nothing much better than this
Holding on to second chances
Decided we would try it again
And we're better for it
You were walking
I thought maybe you saw me
I wish you would have stopped and said hello
I know that it's been ages
And we don't have to rush this
I was thinking maybe we could catch up over coffee
Now we're here and
There's nothing much better than this
I don't wanna say it for you
Ever since we were kids
I knew I would always love you
Nothing much better than this
Holding on to second chances
Decided we would try it again
And we're better for it
Yeah we go around and round
Till we reach the end of ourselves
Now I think it's time to admit
There's nothing much better than this
Yeah we go around and round
Till we reach the end of ourselves
Now I think it's time to admit
There's nothing much better
There's nothing much better than this
I don't wanna say it for you
But ever since we were kids
I knew I would always love you
There's nothing much better than this
Holding on to second chances
Decided we would try it again
And we're better for it
Cuz even on a Sunday morning
Even when it doesn't come easy
I'm not giving up like the first time
I'm not giving up like the last time
Even on a Sunday morning
Even when it doesn't come easy
I'm not giving up like the first time
I'm not giving up like the last time
There's nothing much better than this
I don't wanna say it for you
But ever since we were kids
I knew I would always love you
There's nothing much better than this
Holding on to second chances
Decided we would try it again
And we're better for it
Met you at a party
But it was just my family and yours
Dancing in the daylight
Three years is a long time
We couldn't stay together we were too scared of forever
We were second guessing
If there something better than this
I don't wanna say it for you
But ever since we were kids
I knew I would always love you
There's nothing much better than this
Holding on to second chances
Decided we would try it again
And we're better for it
You were walking
I thought maybe you saw me
I wish you would have stopped and said hello
I know that it's been ages
And we don't have to rush this
I was thinking maybe we could catch up over coffee
Now we're here and
There's nothing much better than this
I don't wanna say it for you
Ever since we were kids
I knew I would always love you
Nothing much better than this
Holding on to second chances
Decided we would try it again
And we're better for it
Yeah we go around and round
Till we reach the end of ourselves
Now I think it's time to admit
There's nothing much better than this
Yeah we go around and round
Till we reach the end of ourselves
Now I think it's time to admit
There's nothing much better
There's nothing much better than this
I don't wanna say it for you
But ever since we were kids
I knew I would always love you
There's nothing much better than this
Holding on to second chances
Decided we would try it again
And we're better for it
Cuz even on a Sunday morning
Even when it doesn't come easy
I'm not giving up like the first time
I'm not giving up like the last time
Even on a Sunday morning
Even when it doesn't come easy
I'm not giving up like the first time
I'm not giving up like the last time
There's nothing much better than this
I don't wanna say it for you
But ever since we were kids
I knew I would always love you
There's nothing much better than this
Holding on to second chances
Decided we would try it again
And we're better for it
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Basically, leaving one who you once loved but in your mind trancended, then believing to have trancended the real, looking back and grimly stating your happiness at leaving them behind in this wretched material world. Metaphysical rivalry. I think so, at least. Or maybe not.
@Cynothoglys maybe ;)