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.
Stepping steps of floating floats
That float above such shining notes
They know just where we should rest
Policed and waiting patiently
We knew where we'd gone and where we'd be
We know this should never drown the seeds (just where their feet are moving)
(Just why their feet are moving), oh
My mind is all
My mind is all
My mind is all gone
My mind is all
My mind is all
My mind is all gone
Deaf and dumb but fluent speech
Speaking speaks and listening
While eating piled tangled sugar weaves (just where their feet are moving)
(Just why their feet are moving), oh
My mind is all
My mind is all
My mind is all gone
My mind is all
My mind is all
My mind is all gone
You are my hands, do as I please
I feel my body moving, I feel these feet a-moving
You are my hands, do as I please
I feel my body moving, I feel these feet a-moving
A messy mess of fruits and pies
That dance about these aging eyes
They know just what becomes of seeds (just where their feet are moving)
(Just why their feet are moving)
A busy suit of dirty boys
Feeling rude in lazy lies
Oh my, my, oh my, my, my my (oh my, oh my, my, my my), oh
My mind is all
My mind is all
My mind is all
You are my hands, do as I please (my mind is all, my mind is all)
I feel my body moving, I feel these feet a-moving
You are my hands, do as I please (my mind is all, my mind is all)
I feel my body moving, I feel these feet a-moving
You are my hands, do as I please (my mind is all, my mind is all)
I feel my body moving, I feel these feet a-moving
That float above such shining notes
They know just where we should rest
Policed and waiting patiently
We knew where we'd gone and where we'd be
We know this should never drown the seeds (just where their feet are moving)
(Just why their feet are moving), oh
My mind is all
My mind is all
My mind is all gone
My mind is all
My mind is all
My mind is all gone
Deaf and dumb but fluent speech
Speaking speaks and listening
While eating piled tangled sugar weaves (just where their feet are moving)
(Just why their feet are moving), oh
My mind is all
My mind is all
My mind is all gone
My mind is all
My mind is all
My mind is all gone
You are my hands, do as I please
I feel my body moving, I feel these feet a-moving
You are my hands, do as I please
I feel my body moving, I feel these feet a-moving
A messy mess of fruits and pies
That dance about these aging eyes
They know just what becomes of seeds (just where their feet are moving)
(Just why their feet are moving)
A busy suit of dirty boys
Feeling rude in lazy lies
Oh my, my, oh my, my, my my (oh my, oh my, my, my my), oh
My mind is all
My mind is all
My mind is all
You are my hands, do as I please (my mind is all, my mind is all)
I feel my body moving, I feel these feet a-moving
You are my hands, do as I please (my mind is all, my mind is all)
I feel my body moving, I feel these feet a-moving
You are my hands, do as I please (my mind is all, my mind is all)
I feel my body moving, I feel these feet a-moving
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To: Sweater Poorly Knit (MWY!<3)
I strongly agree.