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.
Name the place, for a rendez-vous
Name the time, and I'll get to you
Take a train, take a motorway
And take a plane, take it any day
And take a drink as you leave the ground
Time to think
Hearing headphone sound
Close your eyes
You're drifting far away
Realise that you'll be home today
Visa-age
I know the place
I can't forget
I'll go direct
Leave the trash of your life behind
It's time to move
Shake those ties that bind
Letting go, all that's old and blue
You've gotta know just where you're going to
So take a chance, and take a case in hand
We find romance
It's a far off land
Close your eyes
You're drifting far away
And realise you could be there today
Visa-age
A different time
Another place
Destinations
I know you from somewhere
I know we've met
Visa-age
A different town
Another place
These destinations
So faint in the distance
A speck on the map
A stamp on my passport
No time to look back
Name the time, and I'll get to you
Take a train, take a motorway
And take a plane, take it any day
And take a drink as you leave the ground
Time to think
Hearing headphone sound
Close your eyes
You're drifting far away
Realise that you'll be home today
Visa-age
I know the place
I can't forget
I'll go direct
Leave the trash of your life behind
It's time to move
Shake those ties that bind
Letting go, all that's old and blue
You've gotta know just where you're going to
So take a chance, and take a case in hand
We find romance
It's a far off land
Close your eyes
You're drifting far away
And realise you could be there today
Visa-age
A different time
Another place
Destinations
I know you from somewhere
I know we've met
Visa-age
A different town
Another place
These destinations
So faint in the distance
A speck on the map
A stamp on my passport
No time to look back
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Travelling from one place to another, never in one place too long. Crossing paths with people you've met before but never really got to know. The first time I heard song this I freaked out completely. The beat...the insane sounding synths. All of the songs on the album are incredible but Visa-age is just completely off the hook!