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 heard the news, they told me on a Sunday
Opened my eyes, the skies they turned to grey
I count the years, the roll so slowly by me
Wish I could see you again
Ohhh it's so lonely, there
Ohhh it's so lonely
When I was young my daddy always taught me
To speak the truth and never tell lies
Now that I'm old and no one ever told me
The life you live, the truth you can disguise
Ohhh it's so lonely, there
Ohhh it's so lonely
[Chorus:]
I always looked but never found a trace
I always saw a smile without a face
I knew in time that I would find a way
I should have started by settin' my soul free
I can't make the time, stand still
But I will survive, the treason
No reason, alive... To cry no more
I heard your life was filled with hurt and pain
I never saw the tears roll down your face
There was nothing left for you to say
The day had shocked all your dreams away
Ohhh it's so lonely, there
Ohhh it's so lonely
[Chorus]
Down and out, I need a friend
Who'll be there until the end
Wait for me, and make my dreams come true
Make them all come true
I can't make the time, stand still
But I will survive, the treason
No reason, alive... To cry no more
To cry no more
On and on
To cry no more
On and on
To cry no more
Opened my eyes, the skies they turned to grey
I count the years, the roll so slowly by me
Wish I could see you again
Ohhh it's so lonely, there
Ohhh it's so lonely
When I was young my daddy always taught me
To speak the truth and never tell lies
Now that I'm old and no one ever told me
The life you live, the truth you can disguise
Ohhh it's so lonely, there
Ohhh it's so lonely
[Chorus:]
I always looked but never found a trace
I always saw a smile without a face
I knew in time that I would find a way
I should have started by settin' my soul free
I can't make the time, stand still
But I will survive, the treason
No reason, alive... To cry no more
I heard your life was filled with hurt and pain
I never saw the tears roll down your face
There was nothing left for you to say
The day had shocked all your dreams away
Ohhh it's so lonely, there
Ohhh it's so lonely
[Chorus]
Down and out, I need a friend
Who'll be there until the end
Wait for me, and make my dreams come true
Make them all come true
I can't make the time, stand still
But I will survive, the treason
No reason, alive... To cry no more
To cry no more
On and on
To cry no more
On and on
To cry no more
Lyrics submitted by harveyknox, edited by Seoulseeker
Cry No More Lyrics as written by Fred Courey Johnny Angel
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I think its about a guy that lost his lady and he tried to help her to no avail and now he regrets not trying harder to help save her life and he's basically all cried out hence cry no more