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.
One day
It will happen
One day, one day
It will all come true
One day
When you're ready
One day, one day
When you're up to it
The atmosphere
Will get lighter
And two suns ready
To shine just for you
I can feel it
I can feel it
One day
It will happen
One day, one day
It will all make sense
One day
It will blossom
One day, one day
When you're ready
An aeroplane
Will curve gracefully
Around the volcano
With the eruption
That never lets you down
I can feel it
I can feel it
And the beautifulness
Fireworks will burn in
In the sky
Oh just for you
I can feel it
I can feel it
One day
One day
One day
One day
It will happen
One day, one day
It will all come true
One day
When you're ready
One day, one day
When you're up to it
The atmosphere
Will get lighter
And two suns ready
To shine just for you
I can feel it
I can feel it
One day
It will happen
One day, one day
It will all make sense
One day
It will blossom
One day, one day
When you're ready
An aeroplane
Will curve gracefully
Around the volcano
With the eruption
That never lets you down
I can feel it
I can feel it
And the beautifulness
Fireworks will burn in
In the sky
Oh just for you
I can feel it
I can feel it
One day
One day
One day
One day
Lyrics submitted by LittleLaura
One Day Lyrics as written by Bjork Gudmundsdottir
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I always wondered if it was about losing your virginity as in the line 'an aeroplane will curve gracefully around the volcano with the eruption that never lets you down' - surely some metaphors there?!