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.
Mankind in his insatiable search for divine
Knowledge has discarded all biblical teachings
Realizing that the strength of religion is the repression of
Knowledge
All structures of religion have collapsed
Life prays for death
In the wake of the horror of these revelations
It was never imagined how graphic the reality that would
Be known as the end
Of creation
Would manifest itself
We believe all this chaos and atrocity can be traced
Back to one single event
We hold these truths to be painfully self-evident
All men are not created equal
Only the strong will prosper
Only the strong will conquer
Only in the darkness of Christ have I realized
God Hates Us All
Knowledge has discarded all biblical teachings
Realizing that the strength of religion is the repression of
Knowledge
All structures of religion have collapsed
Life prays for death
In the wake of the horror of these revelations
It was never imagined how graphic the reality that would
Be known as the end
Of creation
Would manifest itself
We believe all this chaos and atrocity can be traced
Back to one single event
We hold these truths to be painfully self-evident
All men are not created equal
Only the strong will prosper
Only the strong will conquer
Only in the darkness of Christ have I realized
God Hates Us All
Lyrics submitted by Dying_In_Vain
Darkness of Christ Lyrics as written by Kerry King Jeffery John Hanneman
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Song totally ROCKS/its saying we are all little flowers of happy horsie fairy fun/lucifer is just a fascist mind control strategy/giggling children singing with childish delight/Metal Militia wants his mommy cause he's a big cry-baby/you listen to Abba and Christ-Messiah is your Savior so HOLY HELLA METAL MADNESS is for wusses