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.
Dig yourself a shallow grave
Your life is not the legacy of honor you would dig six feet for
Broken is the way you came
And broken is the way that you will leave when everything is paid for
Make another hollow claim
A fable of regurgitated nothing we could tear wide open
False in every possible way
Your god is still the powerless creation you will lose your hope in
Now you bleed for the lord of hate that you stole from the pages of truth
And separate the product from its own account, to birth a gospel of inferior view
Black reign is all in dream
Your truth is absolution?s end
[Chorus x 2]
Dead is the way you stake your life on
The oblivious belief
What a waste to sell your spirit for
Lay upon the bed you made
Your word is not the legacy of truth that you would bet your life on
Stand to face a mirrored blade
And tremble in the wake of your conviction as you put your life on
Now you bleed for the lord of hate that you stole from the pages of truth
And separate the product from its own account, to birth a gospel of inferior view
Black reign is all in dream
Your truth is absolution?s end
[Chorus x 2]
This war is a page unwritten, but we know how it ends
Take a step to the throne, convicted
Choking back your amends
Cry the death of fiction kingdom
Your truth is absolution?s end
[Chorus x 2]
Your life is not the legacy of honor you would dig six feet for
Broken is the way you came
And broken is the way that you will leave when everything is paid for
Make another hollow claim
A fable of regurgitated nothing we could tear wide open
False in every possible way
Your god is still the powerless creation you will lose your hope in
Now you bleed for the lord of hate that you stole from the pages of truth
And separate the product from its own account, to birth a gospel of inferior view
Black reign is all in dream
Your truth is absolution?s end
[Chorus x 2]
Dead is the way you stake your life on
The oblivious belief
What a waste to sell your spirit for
Lay upon the bed you made
Your word is not the legacy of truth that you would bet your life on
Stand to face a mirrored blade
And tremble in the wake of your conviction as you put your life on
Now you bleed for the lord of hate that you stole from the pages of truth
And separate the product from its own account, to birth a gospel of inferior view
Black reign is all in dream
Your truth is absolution?s end
[Chorus x 2]
This war is a page unwritten, but we know how it ends
Take a step to the throne, convicted
Choking back your amends
Cry the death of fiction kingdom
Your truth is absolution?s end
[Chorus x 2]
Lyrics submitted by Timbo777, edited by vacuum1172
Fiction Kingdom Lyrics as written by Ryan Clark Don Clark
Lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing
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Christians do not believe in satan, they just accept his existence. Believing means more than accepting someone's existance. Beliving is trusting, loving, having hopes in someone. So Christian do not believe in satan, they believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
I would add, Christians are well aware of Satan's existence. He is real.