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.
Hey there's a horseshoe on my door; big deal.
And say there's a black cat on the floor, big deal.
If these things make your day
Well if these things change your day
Well do you know where you belong?
And is your star sign ever wrong?
If these things change your day,
Well if these things make your day
Seen it all before, seen it all before
In a time these things will change
Hey there's a side of me unknown, big deal.
And say, should this unknown force be shown, big deal.
If these thoughts make your day
Well if these thoughts change your day
Seen it all before, seen it all before
Given time these things will change
Seen it all before, seen it all before
Given time these things will change.
If these things change your day
Well if this song makes your day.
Seen it all before, seen it all before
Given time these things will change
Seen it all before, seen it all before
Given time these things will change
And say there's a black cat on the floor, big deal.
If these things make your day
Well if these things change your day
Well do you know where you belong?
And is your star sign ever wrong?
If these things change your day,
Well if these things make your day
Seen it all before, seen it all before
In a time these things will change
Hey there's a side of me unknown, big deal.
And say, should this unknown force be shown, big deal.
If these thoughts make your day
Well if these thoughts change your day
Seen it all before, seen it all before
Given time these things will change
Seen it all before, seen it all before
Given time these things will change.
If these things change your day
Well if this song makes your day.
Seen it all before, seen it all before
Given time these things will change
Seen it all before, seen it all before
Given time these things will change
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