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.
Took the high dive into your brain
And you made your lonely calls
You just might wear your welcome out
If you don't let it go
There's nothing that you couldn't say
'Cause you've said it all before
I think it's time you walked this lonely road
All on your own
It's your cold day in the sun
Looks like your bleeding heart has already won
I wish I could take it away
And save you from yourself
You get so lost inside your head
like no one else
Looking for someone to blame?
Did you blame me all along?
You'll take the heat
But you would never take the fall
It's your cold day in the sun
Looks like your bleeding heart has already won
You're so afraid that you are the only one
that you are the only one
You know
Don't be afraid because you're not the only one
You're not the only one
I know
It's your cold day in the sun
Looks like your bleeding heart has already won
It's your cold day in the sun
Looks like your bleeding heart has already won
And you made your lonely calls
You just might wear your welcome out
If you don't let it go
There's nothing that you couldn't say
'Cause you've said it all before
I think it's time you walked this lonely road
All on your own
It's your cold day in the sun
Looks like your bleeding heart has already won
I wish I could take it away
And save you from yourself
You get so lost inside your head
like no one else
Looking for someone to blame?
Did you blame me all along?
You'll take the heat
But you would never take the fall
It's your cold day in the sun
Looks like your bleeding heart has already won
You're so afraid that you are the only one
that you are the only one
You know
Don't be afraid because you're not the only one
You're not the only one
I know
It's your cold day in the sun
Looks like your bleeding heart has already won
It's your cold day in the sun
Looks like your bleeding heart has already won
Lyrics submitted by intothegrinder2
Cold Day in the Sun Lyrics as written by David Eric Grohl Christopher A. Shiflett
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I actually thought this was Wilco the first time I heard it