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.
Is a zone where
There is no doubt
No more fall-out
Why don't you step
Through the mirror and see?
From Arizona
To Eldorado
Sure is a mighty long way.
Hey little girl
Is something wrong?
I know it's hard
For you to get along
The bell-tower rings
It tolls a hollow sound
But your castles in Spain
Still maybe realized
And longings more profound.
You see, every cloud
Has a silver lining
And sometimes paradise
Around your corner lies.
In Amazona everything is nice
Little one, come take my hand?
I'll try to help you there
I'll take you there.
Amazona's
Getting closer
Soon you'll see.
Journey's over
We almost there!
There is no doubt
No more fall-out
Why don't you step
Through the mirror and see?
From Arizona
To Eldorado
Sure is a mighty long way.
Hey little girl
Is something wrong?
I know it's hard
For you to get along
The bell-tower rings
It tolls a hollow sound
But your castles in Spain
Still maybe realized
And longings more profound.
You see, every cloud
Has a silver lining
And sometimes paradise
Around your corner lies.
In Amazona everything is nice
Little one, come take my hand?
I'll try to help you there
I'll take you there.
Amazona's
Getting closer
Soon you'll see.
Journey's over
We almost there!
Lyrics submitted by smallwonderrobot
Amazona Lyrics as written by Phil Manzanera Bryan Ferry
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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