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.
Don't know why I still slept on my side of the bed
The emptiness when you were gone kept ringing in my head
Told myself I really had to move along now
Stop regretting all the things I left unsaid, yeah, yeah
So I tore up your letters, took your picture off my wall
I deleted your number, it was too hard not to call
Felt a little better, told myself I'd be fine
Got to live for the good times up ahead, yeah, yeah
'Cause everywhere I go
There's a love song that reminds me of you
And even though I knew I had to be strong
I was still not over you
'Cause I still believe and I could see
How there's nothing left of you and me
That time is over
'Cause I'm so not over you
All my friends try to tell me, ?Better find somebody new
Why waste time being lonely, when there's nothing left to lose??
Anything to get you out of my mind
I'm a fool if I thought I could forget, and I could not forget
'Cause everywhere I go
There's a love song that reminds me of you
And even though I knew I had to be strong
I was still not over you
'Cause I still believe and I could see
There was nothing left of you and me
That time is over
'Cause I'm so not over you
Now I found a way to keep you there beside me
To where my love won't be denied
I can only hope to keep you there and guide me
There's no more need to hide from all this pain inside
'Cause everywhere I go
There's a love song that reminds me of you
And even though I knew I had to be strong
I was still not over you
'Cause I still believe and I could see how
There's nothing left of you and me
That time is over
'Cause I'm so not over you
So not over, over you
That time is over, baby
'Cause I'm so not over you
The emptiness when you were gone kept ringing in my head
Told myself I really had to move along now
Stop regretting all the things I left unsaid, yeah, yeah
So I tore up your letters, took your picture off my wall
I deleted your number, it was too hard not to call
Felt a little better, told myself I'd be fine
Got to live for the good times up ahead, yeah, yeah
'Cause everywhere I go
There's a love song that reminds me of you
And even though I knew I had to be strong
I was still not over you
'Cause I still believe and I could see
How there's nothing left of you and me
That time is over
'Cause I'm so not over you
All my friends try to tell me, ?Better find somebody new
Why waste time being lonely, when there's nothing left to lose??
Anything to get you out of my mind
I'm a fool if I thought I could forget, and I could not forget
'Cause everywhere I go
There's a love song that reminds me of you
And even though I knew I had to be strong
I was still not over you
'Cause I still believe and I could see
There was nothing left of you and me
That time is over
'Cause I'm so not over you
Now I found a way to keep you there beside me
To where my love won't be denied
I can only hope to keep you there and guide me
There's no more need to hide from all this pain inside
'Cause everywhere I go
There's a love song that reminds me of you
And even though I knew I had to be strong
I was still not over you
'Cause I still believe and I could see how
There's nothing left of you and me
That time is over
'Cause I'm so not over you
So not over, over you
That time is over, baby
'Cause I'm so not over you
Lyrics submitted by noquinhas84
So Not Over You [DVD] Lyrics as written by Alana Hood Sarah Osuji
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