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.
sun-smudged peach moon
softer than an ice cream cone in june
and why is it that
lightning strikes so perfectly at night ?
what you do is what you choose
but consider consequences when you lose
(i don't care, i-i-i-i-i...)
all my life
i've been waiting for
a sign to say move on
and tonight
all the salt that's in the air just feels right
sun-smudged peach moon
softer than an ice cream cone in june
and why is it that
thunder purrs so strikingly at night ?
softer than an ice cream cone in june
and why is it that
lightning strikes so perfectly at night ?
what you do is what you choose
but consider consequences when you lose
(i don't care, i-i-i-i-i...)
all my life
i've been waiting for
a sign to say move on
and tonight
all the salt that's in the air just feels right
sun-smudged peach moon
softer than an ice cream cone in june
and why is it that
thunder purrs so strikingly at night ?
Lyrics submitted by rockthemsocks, edited by linsoymilk, AntiGravityTapes
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this is pure poetry...only die hard unicorn fans have heard this one