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 just found a friend
In one of your lies
To treat me so nice
I can't believe my bones
When they say so many things
They tell me I am fine
Believe me I, I try
Ooh ooh ooh
Ever so sweet
You make this seem
The way things go
Its not my fault
And I'll miss
I'll miss you so good
Through all of those nights
We lost our way back home
Ever so sweet
You baked it in cakes for me.
What you left behind,
It hurts my teeth.
Bring in the past
With the postcards you sent for me.
Every line,
It brings me right back down.
Can't you see the wall you built for me
Can't you see the wall you built for me
Can't you see the wall you built for me
'Cause we're not special
We're not special
We're not special
Well I'm not special
I'm not special
Ever so sweet
You baked it in cakes for me.
What you left behind,
It hurts my teeth.
Bring in the past
With the postcards you sent for me.
Every line,
It brings me right back down.
In one of your lies
To treat me so nice
I can't believe my bones
When they say so many things
They tell me I am fine
Believe me I, I try
Ooh ooh ooh
Ever so sweet
You make this seem
The way things go
Its not my fault
And I'll miss
I'll miss you so good
Through all of those nights
We lost our way back home
Ever so sweet
You baked it in cakes for me.
What you left behind,
It hurts my teeth.
Bring in the past
With the postcards you sent for me.
Every line,
It brings me right back down.
Can't you see the wall you built for me
Can't you see the wall you built for me
Can't you see the wall you built for me
'Cause we're not special
We're not special
We're not special
Well I'm not special
I'm not special
Ever so sweet
You baked it in cakes for me.
What you left behind,
It hurts my teeth.
Bring in the past
With the postcards you sent for me.
Every line,
It brings me right back down.
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this song is about feeling weakened by someone and where you're tellin ghtem finally like "here, look what you did to me, and I loved it, and I still do" It's very bittersweet. fuckin EH!