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.
Changes, time's making changes in my life
Rearranging, can't seem to stop the hands of time
I remember, I was so young
I was much too young to see
Now I'm older, growing older
And I see things differently
Oh, can't you see, it's changing you and me
Times makin' changes, times makin' changes in my life
Times rearranging, changing you and me
Faces, strange faces cloud my mind
Empty traces, make it hard for me to find
Somewhere in the distance
Is there someone who awaits?
For that moment I am taken
Over by the hands of fate
Oh, can't you see, it's changing you and me
Times makin' changes, times makin' changes in my life
Times rearranging, changing you and me
Nothing ever stays the same
It's always gonna change
I'm on my way, yeah yeah, yeah
Changes, times makin' changes in my life
Rearranging, always changing
Can't seem to stop the hands of time
Oh, can't you see?
It's changing everything
Times makin' changes, times makin' changes in my life
Times rearranging, changing you and me
All these changes
Rearranging, can't seem to stop the hands of time
I remember, I was so young
I was much too young to see
Now I'm older, growing older
And I see things differently
Oh, can't you see, it's changing you and me
Times makin' changes, times makin' changes in my life
Times rearranging, changing you and me
Faces, strange faces cloud my mind
Empty traces, make it hard for me to find
Somewhere in the distance
Is there someone who awaits?
For that moment I am taken
Over by the hands of fate
Oh, can't you see, it's changing you and me
Times makin' changes, times makin' changes in my life
Times rearranging, changing you and me
Nothing ever stays the same
It's always gonna change
I'm on my way, yeah yeah, yeah
Changes, times makin' changes in my life
Rearranging, always changing
Can't seem to stop the hands of time
Oh, can't you see?
It's changing everything
Times makin' changes, times makin' changes in my life
Times rearranging, changing you and me
All these changes
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WHAT??!!! No no there is a mistake here,nobody has commented on this?? Hello? I don't believe it. This is was one of the best tracks off of "Mechanical Resonance" man. :):)
@redshiftdazzler <br /> I know, right? Smh <br />