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.
I miss the part when we were moving forward now
(On our way down)
But maybe someday I'll be something more than love
Just know I'll never tell
And when you're on your way down
(Through the clouds)
And you're waiting for your body's reentry again
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
Why can't we say what we're thinking of?
I'm missing parts now that you've told me everything
(On our way down)
And I was blessed, and I've forgotten how to love
You said you'd never tell
And when you're on your way down
(Through the clouds)
And you're waiting for your body's reentry again
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
Why can't we say what we're thinking of?
Not even I will tell
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
We say these things to know they're real
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
Why can't we say what we're thinking of?
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the one's we've loved
We speak in different voices
We speak in different voices
To know they're real
Real
I'll never tell
(On our way down)
But maybe someday I'll be something more than love
Just know I'll never tell
And when you're on your way down
(Through the clouds)
And you're waiting for your body's reentry again
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
Why can't we say what we're thinking of?
I'm missing parts now that you've told me everything
(On our way down)
And I was blessed, and I've forgotten how to love
You said you'd never tell
And when you're on your way down
(Through the clouds)
And you're waiting for your body's reentry again
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
Why can't we say what we're thinking of?
Not even I will tell
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
We say these things to know they're real
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
Why can't we say what we're thinking of?
We speak in different voices
When fighting with the one's we've loved
We speak in different voices
We speak in different voices
To know they're real
Real
I'll never tell
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I agree with a lot thats been said so far. I agree that when they use the phrase"we speak in different voices, when fighting with the ones we've loved" it refers to how the more and more heated an arguement becomes, slowly but steadily people begin to speak not with there outside self, but with the person who they truely are beneath the skin, the person who they really are, and when this happens the voices and tones of the person can greatly change because they are showing who they really are and how they really feel. As far as the phrase" when you're on your way down(through the clouds), and you're waiting for your body's re-entry" refers to how someones ego and mind can seem to sore up into the clouds because of all the things they are releasing, and then how we fall back down into ourselves after we've said what it was that we truely felt and wanted to say . . .