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.
And so now it comes to pass
By the even tide on mass
See them gather yet alas
They remain still as stained class
For they know only too well
That the story they will tell
Conjures up an ageless spell
Guarded by the Sentinel
So it goes forever more
Ever steady to the core
That the sign that they came for
Waves majestic from the floor
By the even tide on mass
See them gather yet alas
They remain still as stained class
For they know only too well
That the story they will tell
Conjures up an ageless spell
Guarded by the Sentinel
So it goes forever more
Ever steady to the core
That the sign that they came for
Waves majestic from the floor
Lyrics submitted by JudasPriest1977
Eulogy Lyrics as written by Robert Halford Kenneth Downing
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING
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Not a poor effort at all. It is a strong song, for as short as it is. Feels like it belongs on Sin After Sin album...my very fav of Priest.