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.
You and I, complete
She can take me apart
Off through the earth
Then back in the car
'Cause once you begin
You're not gonna stop
I know how you are
Hold it, stop
Then you're not gonna stop, me
Hold it, stop
I know how you are
Oh, please
Through the earth, when I start
Then back in the car
You were aware
I ask you to stop
I know how you are
Alone, awake
Alone, alone
No stopping
On fire alone
Alone, awake
Alone, alone
And you're not gonna stop
Hold it, stop
You're not gonna stop
Now once you begin
I know how you are
She can take me apart
Off through the earth
Then back in the car
'Cause once you begin
You're not gonna stop
I know how you are
Hold it, stop
Then you're not gonna stop, me
Hold it, stop
I know how you are
Oh, please
Through the earth, when I start
Then back in the car
You were aware
I ask you to stop
I know how you are
Alone, awake
Alone, alone
No stopping
On fire alone
Alone, awake
Alone, alone
And you're not gonna stop
Hold it, stop
You're not gonna stop
Now once you begin
I know how you are
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I think this is about the feeling you get when you meet that person who changes everything in that they enter your realm & they can never be forgotten - for better or for worse, they almost become a part of you, implanting themselves into your subconscious.