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.
Toda una vida de lucha y de trabajo sostenida sin nunca aflojar
Toda una vida de lucha y de trabajo sostenida sin nunca flaquear
Un pajaro en su jaula en primavera sabe claramente que hay algo
En lo cual le podria ser util
Se siente fuertemente vinco sin nacer pero el no puede hacerlo
Que es? se dice
El no se recuerda bien y
Luego tiene ideas vagas y se dice
I wonder how
I hear your voice
I feel you whispering
In my ear
I close my eyes
If ever conceiving a sense of self
Reflecting upon our desire to dwell and feign
Liberate me
If ever believing in higher ground
To seize the water
We'll master before we drown
Liberate me
Desde el punto de que independientemente de lo que se haga por mi
Yo no puedo volver a darle un equilibrio a mi vida
Me siento tranquilo con mi pero simplemente
Calling on me
I hope I will
Remember you
And how you pulled me
Into the truth
I still hear you
Whispering
I close my eyes
Toute une vie de lutte et de travail soutenue sans fléchir
Toute une vie de lutte et de travail soutenue sans fléchir
Toute une vie de lutte et de travail soutenue sans fléchir
This deeper understanding
Is your way out
Toda una vida de lucha y de trabajo sostenida sin nunca flaquear
Un pajaro en su jaula en primavera sabe claramente que hay algo
En lo cual le podria ser util
Se siente fuertemente vinco sin nacer pero el no puede hacerlo
Que es? se dice
El no se recuerda bien y
Luego tiene ideas vagas y se dice
I wonder how
I hear your voice
I feel you whispering
In my ear
I close my eyes
If ever conceiving a sense of self
Reflecting upon our desire to dwell and feign
Liberate me
If ever believing in higher ground
To seize the water
We'll master before we drown
Liberate me
Desde el punto de que independientemente de lo que se haga por mi
Yo no puedo volver a darle un equilibrio a mi vida
Me siento tranquilo con mi pero simplemente
Calling on me
I hope I will
Remember you
And how you pulled me
Into the truth
I still hear you
Whispering
I close my eyes
Toute une vie de lutte et de travail soutenue sans fléchir
Toute une vie de lutte et de travail soutenue sans fléchir
Toute une vie de lutte et de travail soutenue sans fléchir
This deeper understanding
Is your way out
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A lifetime of struggle and work steadily without ever loosening A lifetime of struggle and work steadily without ever waver A bird in the cage in the spring knows clearly that there is something In which it might be useful He feels strongly vinco unborn but can not do What is it? states The recall is not good and Then ideas are vague and says ...
From the point that regardless of what happens for me I can not return to give a balance to my life I feel calm but I just ...
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