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.
A mass suppression depressed by life unsure what he's to live for.
But then away came the better days when life opened its new doors.
Struggling for a way every day to live life not to fail but succeed.
Overcoming an overwhelming load of power and greed.
Break the chains!
That grab ones soul!
Break These Chains!
That Take Control!
Break These Chains!
Wasting all that's left of a day, watching time just fly away on his own.
Dreams are surpassing him by, why not live life to its fullest and give it a try?
How much will does one simply have to conquer what he's become?
And how many others can say my fears have become phobias!
How much should one take for granted?
He's changed by life in order to see that he can succeed!
And how can you?
We'll Break The Chains!
We'll Break The Chains!
A mass suppression depressed by life unsure what he's to live for.
But then away came the better days when life opened its new doors.
Struggling for a way every day to live life not to fail but succeed!
Overcome!
I will believe!
I will believe!
I will believe!
I will succeed!
But then away came the better days when life opened its new doors.
Struggling for a way every day to live life not to fail but succeed.
Overcoming an overwhelming load of power and greed.
Break the chains!
That grab ones soul!
Break These Chains!
That Take Control!
Break These Chains!
Wasting all that's left of a day, watching time just fly away on his own.
Dreams are surpassing him by, why not live life to its fullest and give it a try?
How much will does one simply have to conquer what he's become?
And how many others can say my fears have become phobias!
How much should one take for granted?
He's changed by life in order to see that he can succeed!
And how can you?
We'll Break The Chains!
We'll Break The Chains!
A mass suppression depressed by life unsure what he's to live for.
But then away came the better days when life opened its new doors.
Struggling for a way every day to live life not to fail but succeed!
Overcome!
I will believe!
I will believe!
I will believe!
I will succeed!
Lyrics submitted by ArsenicMassacre
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I think this song is about someone who has no clue what they are doing with their life and chains holding them back. Unfortunately if you look though it greed and power and mentioned; perhaps he or she wants success and to remove the chains holding them back, but they want to succeed for perhaps the wrong reasons i.e. power and greed. Just a thought.