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.
Well, I'm hangin' on
To a solid rock
Made before the foundation of the world
And I won't let go, and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go no more
For me, He was chastised, for me, He was hated
For me, he was rejected by a world that He created
Nations are angry, cursed are some
People are expecting a false peace to come
Well, I'm hangin' on
To a solid rock
Made before the foundation of the world
And I won't let go, and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go no more
It's the ways of the flesh to war against the spirit
Twenty-four hours a day, you can feel it and you can hear it
Using every angle under the sun
And He never give up 'til the battle's lost or won
Well, I'm hangin' on
To a solid rock
Made before the foundation of the world
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go no more
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
To a solid rock
Made before the foundation of the world
And I won't let go, and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go no more
For me, He was chastised, for me, He was hated
For me, he was rejected by a world that He created
Nations are angry, cursed are some
People are expecting a false peace to come
Well, I'm hangin' on
To a solid rock
Made before the foundation of the world
And I won't let go, and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go no more
It's the ways of the flesh to war against the spirit
Twenty-four hours a day, you can feel it and you can hear it
Using every angle under the sun
And He never give up 'til the battle's lost or won
Well, I'm hangin' on
To a solid rock
Made before the foundation of the world
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go no more
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
Won't let go and I can't let go
Lyrics submitted by Philadelphia Eagles
Solid Rock Lyrics as written by Bob Dylan
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Religion sucks. This is still a great rock song.