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.
Sometimes the world has a load of questions
Seems like the world knows nothing at all
The world is near, but it's out of reach
Some people touch it, but they can't hold on
She is moving to describe the world (night must fall now, darker, darker)
(She has got to move the world, got to move the world)
She has messages for everyone (night must fall now, darker, darker)
(She has got to move the world, got to move the world)
She is moving by remote control (night must fall now, darker, darker)
(She has got to move the world, got to move the world)
Hands that guide her are invisible (night must fall now, darker, darker)
(She has got to move the world, got to move the world)
The world has a way of looking at people
Sometimes we feel that the world is wrong
She loves the world and all the people in it
She shakes 'em up when she start to walk
She is only party human being (divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)
(So say so, so say so)
She defines the possibilities (divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)
(So say so, so say so)
Holding on for an eternity (divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)
(So say so, so say so)
Gone, ending without finishing (divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)
(So say so, so say so)
The world moves on a woman's hips
The world moves and it swivels and bops
The world moves on a woman's hips
The world moves and it bounces and hops
A world of light, she's gonna open our eyes up
A world of light, she's gonna open our eyes up
She's gonna hold it, move it, hold it, move it
Hold it, move it, hold it, move it
A world of light, she's gonna open out eyes up
She is moving to describe the world (night must fall now, darker, darker)
(She has got to move the world, got to move the world)
She has messages for everyone (night must fall now, darker, darker)
(She has got to move the world, got to move the world)
She is moving by remote control (night must fall now, darker, darker)
(She has got to move the world, got to move the world)
Hands that guide her are invisible (night must fall now, darker, darker)
(She has got to move the world, got to move the world)
She (divine to define, she is moving to define)
(So say so, so say so)(she has got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
A world of light, she's gonna open our eyes up
A world of light, she's gonna open our eyes up
She's gonna hold it, move it, hold it, move it
Hold it, move it, hold it, move it
A world of light, she's gonna open out eyes up
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
Seems like the world knows nothing at all
The world is near, but it's out of reach
Some people touch it, but they can't hold on
She is moving to describe the world (night must fall now, darker, darker)
(She has got to move the world, got to move the world)
She has messages for everyone (night must fall now, darker, darker)
(She has got to move the world, got to move the world)
She is moving by remote control (night must fall now, darker, darker)
(She has got to move the world, got to move the world)
Hands that guide her are invisible (night must fall now, darker, darker)
(She has got to move the world, got to move the world)
The world has a way of looking at people
Sometimes we feel that the world is wrong
She loves the world and all the people in it
She shakes 'em up when she start to walk
She is only party human being (divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)
(So say so, so say so)
She defines the possibilities (divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)
(So say so, so say so)
Holding on for an eternity (divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)
(So say so, so say so)
Gone, ending without finishing (divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)
(So say so, so say so)
The world moves on a woman's hips
The world moves and it swivels and bops
The world moves on a woman's hips
The world moves and it bounces and hops
A world of light, she's gonna open our eyes up
A world of light, she's gonna open our eyes up
She's gonna hold it, move it, hold it, move it
Hold it, move it, hold it, move it
A world of light, she's gonna open out eyes up
She is moving to describe the world (night must fall now, darker, darker)
(She has got to move the world, got to move the world)
She has messages for everyone (night must fall now, darker, darker)
(She has got to move the world, got to move the world)
She is moving by remote control (night must fall now, darker, darker)
(She has got to move the world, got to move the world)
Hands that guide her are invisible (night must fall now, darker, darker)
(She has got to move the world, got to move the world)
She (divine to define, she is moving to define)
(So say so, so say so)(she has got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
A world of light, she's gonna open our eyes up
A world of light, she's gonna open our eyes up
She's gonna hold it, move it, hold it, move it
Hold it, move it, hold it, move it
A world of light, she's gonna open out eyes up
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
(Divine to define, she wanna define, she is moving to define)(night must fall now)
(So say so, so say so)(darker, darker)(got to move the world, got to move the world)
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This song makes me think of females in general. women dancing, thinking, striving, having sex, and then to me the great curve is being pregnant, the definition of femininity(ie the curve in the belly) all kinda happy things about women. i dont mean that to sound sexist if it came off like that, Its 330 am in the morning and im just kinda sayin what comes to mind