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.
Just tell me this,
Tell me this
Do I even want to know
Bloody fists
Salty lips
And ride back home
Oh no
I said
I'm not the problem
I only can solve them
And you are so coddled
That you can not see
I'm not breaking down
I'm only acting on the actions
From the world outside
And I'm not safe or sound
Just as long as he's present
In the room tonight
Eyes that stare
Cold, unfair
In the crowd, I stand alone
Gawking glares
Hard to bear
I'm a show, and I'm over-shown
I said
I'm not the problem
The doctors prescribe them
And now I'm untethered,
In dreams, lost at sea
I'm not breaking down
I'm only acting on the actions
From the world outside
And I'm not safe or sound
Just as long as he's present
In the room tonight
So stare at me
(Stare at me)
I feel you glare at me
(Glare at me)
Just stare at me
(Stare at me)
Don't help me
My hell on earth
Let's go
My hell on earth
My hell on earth
Well I sure am breaking down
To tell the truth
I never actually feel alright
And I'm not safe or sound
Just as long as I'm
Alone with myself tonight
My hell on earth
I'm not breaking down
I'm only acting on the actions
From the world outside
And I'm not safe or sound
Just as long as he's present
In the room tonight
I said
I'm not the problem
(So stare at me)
The doctors prescribed them
(I feel you glare at me)
And now I'm untethered,
(Just stare at me)
In dreams, lost at sea.
(Dont help me)
My hell on earth
Tell me this
Do I even want to know
Bloody fists
Salty lips
And ride back home
Oh no
I said
I'm not the problem
I only can solve them
And you are so coddled
That you can not see
I'm not breaking down
I'm only acting on the actions
From the world outside
And I'm not safe or sound
Just as long as he's present
In the room tonight
Eyes that stare
Cold, unfair
In the crowd, I stand alone
Gawking glares
Hard to bear
I'm a show, and I'm over-shown
I said
I'm not the problem
The doctors prescribe them
And now I'm untethered,
In dreams, lost at sea
I'm not breaking down
I'm only acting on the actions
From the world outside
And I'm not safe or sound
Just as long as he's present
In the room tonight
So stare at me
(Stare at me)
I feel you glare at me
(Glare at me)
Just stare at me
(Stare at me)
Don't help me
My hell on earth
Let's go
My hell on earth
My hell on earth
Well I sure am breaking down
To tell the truth
I never actually feel alright
And I'm not safe or sound
Just as long as I'm
Alone with myself tonight
My hell on earth
I'm not breaking down
I'm only acting on the actions
From the world outside
And I'm not safe or sound
Just as long as he's present
In the room tonight
I said
I'm not the problem
(So stare at me)
The doctors prescribed them
(I feel you glare at me)
And now I'm untethered,
(Just stare at me)
In dreams, lost at sea.
(Dont help me)
My hell on earth
Lyrics submitted by Ice, edited by SacrificialNewt
crazy? I was crazy once... (feat. The Nothing Specials) Lyrics as written by Brandon Daparma
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I think its about the many people in this world that are too afraid to take risks, and that is crazy...
and also about how we need to take risks in our lives in order to live. I have always said this quote, and it goes something like this:
"One that has truly never lived can truly never die"
and I think seal is trying to say that through this song.