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.
See what I'm driving at and I'm back behind the wheel
I'm just a little nervous - it's something to do with the way I feel
Mm, the way I feel, with the way I feel
Trouble understanding, nothing too out of hand
A little overloaded
Some kinda storm in the heart of the man
Oh, mm, in the heart of the man
I must have heard it somewhere
I can't quite remember Mm,
look what I've turned into and I'm back inside the car
We traveled in luxury
A little celebration went a touch too far
Mm, just a touch too far, just a touch too far
I must have passed it somewhere,
Mmm, now I can't quite remember, oh-oh
Oh, but here it comes again
The mirror tries to please me
The image wouldn't stay
The stranger is too perfect Take my breath away
The future rides beside me Tomorrow in his hand
The stranger turns to greet me
And take me by the hand Shame...ooh-ooh
Ooh, look what I've turned into and I'm back inside the car
We traveled in luxury
A little celebration went a touch too far
Mmm, just a touch too far, just a touch
It something to do with the way I feel
With the way I feel, oh, ooh-ooh
The mirror tries to please me
The image wouldn't stay
The stranger is too perfect
Take my breath away
The future rides beside me
Tomorrow in his hand
The stranger turns to greet me
And take me by the hand
The mirror tries to please me
The image wouldn't stay
The stranger is too perfect
Take my breath away
I'm just a little nervous - it's something to do with the way I feel
Mm, the way I feel, with the way I feel
Trouble understanding, nothing too out of hand
A little overloaded
Some kinda storm in the heart of the man
Oh, mm, in the heart of the man
I must have heard it somewhere
I can't quite remember Mm,
look what I've turned into and I'm back inside the car
We traveled in luxury
A little celebration went a touch too far
Mm, just a touch too far, just a touch too far
I must have passed it somewhere,
Mmm, now I can't quite remember, oh-oh
Oh, but here it comes again
The mirror tries to please me
The image wouldn't stay
The stranger is too perfect Take my breath away
The future rides beside me Tomorrow in his hand
The stranger turns to greet me
And take me by the hand Shame...ooh-ooh
Ooh, look what I've turned into and I'm back inside the car
We traveled in luxury
A little celebration went a touch too far
Mmm, just a touch too far, just a touch
It something to do with the way I feel
With the way I feel, oh, ooh-ooh
The mirror tries to please me
The image wouldn't stay
The stranger is too perfect
Take my breath away
The future rides beside me
Tomorrow in his hand
The stranger turns to greet me
And take me by the hand
The mirror tries to please me
The image wouldn't stay
The stranger is too perfect
Take my breath away
Lyrics submitted by Karma_Goodvibes
The Way I Feel Lyrics as written by Philip Merriam Johnstone Douglas Bruce Boyle
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, CTM Publishing
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Getting caught up in vanity is fun and can take over you, vanity dies. The stranger is the fake you. Eventually you will become the true you (the future rides beside me). Simplified...Get busy living and do the right thing