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.
Without giving anything away
I can say it's by the sea
It's a house that used to be
The home of a friend of mine
Without giving anything away
You'll find ships inside of bottles
And the garden's overgrown
The house is white but the paint is coming off
I didn't know if you wanted to
When I came to pick you up
You didn't even hesitate
And now you and me are on our way
I think I've brought everything we need
Don't look back, don't think of the
Other places you should have been
It's a good thing that you came along with me
Gold in the air of summer
You'll shine like gold in the air of summer
You'll shine like gold in the air of summer
You'll shine like gold in the air of summer
I can say it's by the sea
It's a house that used to be
The home of a friend of mine
Without giving anything away
You'll find ships inside of bottles
And the garden's overgrown
The house is white but the paint is coming off
I didn't know if you wanted to
When I came to pick you up
You didn't even hesitate
And now you and me are on our way
I think I've brought everything we need
Don't look back, don't think of the
Other places you should have been
It's a good thing that you came along with me
Gold in the air of summer
You'll shine like gold in the air of summer
You'll shine like gold in the air of summer
You'll shine like gold in the air of summer
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Gold in the Air of Summer Lyrics as written by Erlend Otre Oeye Eirik Glambek Boe
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Fordie really hit the nail for what I was going to say. For me personally, my grandmother asked if I wanted to take a friend out to celebrate my coming graduation and I had a very small list but no one really seemed the type to have around my grandmother. I had my very best friend on that list but I didn't think she would want to go along with it so I didn't ask until two days before. She immediately said yes. We didn't know what was going to happen and she was planning on hanging out with her b/f that day but he had to work luckily and my grandmother had to run back home to pack for a trip she was taking so we sat in some grass and talked for hours until fireworks started going off. (there was a carnival in her neighbourhood) Then another hour later I had to go back home.
So this song really sums up that day, as KoC does all the time. There was no telling what we were getting ourselves into but it ended up bringing us even closer together. She kind of ignored her obligations for the day to hang out with me and instead of gold in the air there was gunpowder :)