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.
Can this be true?
Tell me, can this be real?
How can I put into words what I feel?
My life was complete
I thought I was whole
Why do I feel like I'm losing control?
I never thought that love could feel like this
And you've changed my world with just one kiss
How can it be that right here with me
There's an angel?
It's a miracle
Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep
Your soul is like a secret
That I never could keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it's true
God must have spent
A little more time on you
(A little more time) (I'm sure He did)
(Yes, He did, baby)
In all of creation, all things great and small
You are the one that surpasses them all
More precious than any diamond or pearl
They broke the mold when you came in this world
And I'm trying hard to figure out
Just how I ever did without
The warmth of your smile
The heart of a child
It's deep inside
Leaves me purified
Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep
Your soul is like a secret
That I never could keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it's true
God must have spent
A little more time on you
(On you, on you, on you, you) Yes, He did, babe
Yes He did (on you, on you, on you, you)
(On you, on you, on you, you)
(On you, on you, on you, you)
Never thought that love could feel like this
And you've changed my world with just one kiss
How can it be that right here with me
There's an angel?
It's just a miracle
Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep
Your soul is like a secret
That I never could keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it's true
God must have spent
A little more time on you
God must have spent
A little more time on you (on you, on you)
On you
A little more time
You, you
Tell me, can this be real?
How can I put into words what I feel?
My life was complete
I thought I was whole
Why do I feel like I'm losing control?
I never thought that love could feel like this
And you've changed my world with just one kiss
How can it be that right here with me
There's an angel?
It's a miracle
Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep
Your soul is like a secret
That I never could keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it's true
God must have spent
A little more time on you
(A little more time) (I'm sure He did)
(Yes, He did, baby)
In all of creation, all things great and small
You are the one that surpasses them all
More precious than any diamond or pearl
They broke the mold when you came in this world
And I'm trying hard to figure out
Just how I ever did without
The warmth of your smile
The heart of a child
It's deep inside
Leaves me purified
Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep
Your soul is like a secret
That I never could keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it's true
God must have spent
A little more time on you
(On you, on you, on you, you) Yes, He did, babe
Yes He did (on you, on you, on you, you)
(On you, on you, on you, you)
(On you, on you, on you, you)
Never thought that love could feel like this
And you've changed my world with just one kiss
How can it be that right here with me
There's an angel?
It's just a miracle
Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep
Your soul is like a secret
That I never could keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it's true
God must have spent
A little more time on you
God must have spent
A little more time on you (on you, on you)
On you
A little more time
You, you
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alllright.......punkass.....hehe i like ur name....but anyway...ur right nsync does suck....and lost soul i completly agree with u.....hotnsexy...girl u need to quit with the 2222222222222222222222's jesus fucking christ! and it bugs the hell out of me when people are all like if u dont like them then why do u look up their lyrics and blah blah blah.....so what are u insinuating..that we actually LIKE nsync??HA thats a good one.......and just so u know u made urself sound pretty stupid....why is it that people have to assume that we are freaks? thats totally judgmental.....i guess the perfect word for u is SHALLOW.....cuz ur too closeminded to notice that not everyone that listens to punk or metal is a "freak" and just by reading the things u said im assuming u mean goth...and ur contradicting urself hun...."I can't believe u stupid freaks, just cuz ur music sucks and u do 2, doesn't mean u have 2 crash on a type dat we like." and then ur saying.."I do happen 2 alternative n rock music." hahaha yeah u just bisically said that what u listen sucks.....wow we got a smart one on our hands! and sweetie i dont think u know what the word ignorant means...so dont use words that are to big for ur own good...oh eyah and ur calling urself ignorant to by the way....
stop classifying people cuz we all know that the only reason why u do it is to make it easier to understand and less complicated for urself...
~heather~