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.
Baby I'm afraid of a lot of things
But I ain't scared of lovin' you
Baby I know you're afraid of a lot of things
But don't be scared of love
'Cause people will say all kinds of things
That don't mean a damn to me
'Cause all I see
Is what's in front of me
That's you
Well I've been dragged
All over the place
I've taken hits
Time just don't erase
And baby I can see
You've been fucked with too
But that don't mean
Your loving days are through
'Cause people will say
All kinds of things
That don't mean a damn to me
'Cause all I see is what's in front of me
That's you
Well I may be just a fool
But I know you're just as cool
And cool kids
They belong together
But I ain't scared of lovin' you
Baby I know you're afraid of a lot of things
But don't be scared of love
'Cause people will say all kinds of things
That don't mean a damn to me
'Cause all I see
Is what's in front of me
That's you
Well I've been dragged
All over the place
I've taken hits
Time just don't erase
And baby I can see
You've been fucked with too
But that don't mean
Your loving days are through
'Cause people will say
All kinds of things
That don't mean a damn to me
'Cause all I see is what's in front of me
That's you
Well I may be just a fool
But I know you're just as cool
And cool kids
They belong together
Lyrics submitted by ruben, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Poor Song Lyrics as written by Karen Lee Orzolek Brian Chase
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beautiful.