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 see you had your mind all made up
You group of pitiful liars.
Before I woke to face the day
Your master plan transpired
Something told me
This job had more than meets the eye
My song is not believed?
My words somewhat deceiving?
Now I'm unwhole
You've waged a war of nerves
But you can't crush the kingdom
Can't be what your idols are
Can't leave the scar
You cry for compensation
I ask you, please just give us
5 minutes alone
Just give us
5 minutes alone
I read your eyes, your mind was made up
You took me for a fool
You used complexion of my skin
For a counter-rascist tool
You can't burn me
I've spilled my guts out in the past
Taken advantage of
Because you know where I've come from
My past
You've waged a war of nerves
But you can't crush the kingdom
Can't be what your idols are.
Can't leave the scar alone
You cry for compensation
I ask you, please just give us
5 minutes alone
Just give us
5 minutes alone
Like points of broken glass
Oh, five minutes
Alone
Just give us
Yeah
Last stop
I ask you, please just give us
5 minutes alone
Just give us
5 minutes alone
I ask you, please just give us
I ask you, please just give us
I ask you, please just give us
I ask you, please just give us
I ask you, please just give us
I ask you, please just give us
I ask you, please just give us
I ask you, please just give us
I ask you, please (please)
I ask you, please
I ask you, please
I beg you, please
I beg you, please
I beg you, please
5 minutes alone
Just give us
5 minutes alone
5 minutes alone
5 minutes alone
You group of pitiful liars.
Before I woke to face the day
Your master plan transpired
Something told me
This job had more than meets the eye
My song is not believed?
My words somewhat deceiving?
Now I'm unwhole
You've waged a war of nerves
But you can't crush the kingdom
Can't be what your idols are
Can't leave the scar
You cry for compensation
I ask you, please just give us
5 minutes alone
Just give us
5 minutes alone
I read your eyes, your mind was made up
You took me for a fool
You used complexion of my skin
For a counter-rascist tool
You can't burn me
I've spilled my guts out in the past
Taken advantage of
Because you know where I've come from
My past
You've waged a war of nerves
But you can't crush the kingdom
Can't be what your idols are.
Can't leave the scar alone
You cry for compensation
I ask you, please just give us
5 minutes alone
Just give us
5 minutes alone
Like points of broken glass
Oh, five minutes
Alone
Just give us
Yeah
Last stop
I ask you, please just give us
5 minutes alone
Just give us
5 minutes alone
I ask you, please just give us
I ask you, please just give us
I ask you, please just give us
I ask you, please just give us
I ask you, please just give us
I ask you, please just give us
I ask you, please just give us
I ask you, please just give us
I ask you, please (please)
I ask you, please
I ask you, please
I beg you, please
I beg you, please
I beg you, please
5 minutes alone
Just give us
5 minutes alone
5 minutes alone
5 minutes alone
Lyrics submitted by -L3tH4L-, edited by TheBackDoorMan
5 Minutes Alone Lyrics as written by Philip Anselmo Darrell Lance Abbott
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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goddamn it man...phil was the one who died and if you listen to the lyrics, does it really sound like a brush with death song? 10s is more of a death song.