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.
Mom thinks that you're sad
And that you're living alone
And your friends think if you're sad
You should call them more
But the truth is that you never needed someone
To comfort you
Oh, you've never needed someone
To comfort you
You're no god, you're no god
And you will never leave this place
And you will always feel alone
And you will never feel quite clean
In this new skin that you have grown
Until your old and broken bones
Are laid into their resting place
Just like the rest of human race
?Til I fall into my place
Just like the rest of human race
Until I'm laid into my final resting place
Just like the rest of human race
Who've done it without complaining all the way
You're no god, you're no god
As long as you promise
That you will never leave
I need only worry about you and me
We will never leave this place
We need never feel alone
We will learn to feel quite clean
In this new skin that we have grown
Because our young and healthy bones
Would never lead us astray
We will learn to feel quite clean
In this new skin that we have
We will learn to feel quite clean
In this new skin that we have
We will learn to feel quite clean
In this new skin that we have grown
Because our young and healthy bones
Would never lead us astray
And that you're living alone
And your friends think if you're sad
You should call them more
But the truth is that you never needed someone
To comfort you
Oh, you've never needed someone
To comfort you
You're no god, you're no god
And you will never leave this place
And you will always feel alone
And you will never feel quite clean
In this new skin that you have grown
Until your old and broken bones
Are laid into their resting place
Just like the rest of human race
?Til I fall into my place
Just like the rest of human race
Until I'm laid into my final resting place
Just like the rest of human race
Who've done it without complaining all the way
You're no god, you're no god
As long as you promise
That you will never leave
I need only worry about you and me
We will never leave this place
We need never feel alone
We will learn to feel quite clean
In this new skin that we have grown
Because our young and healthy bones
Would never lead us astray
We will learn to feel quite clean
In this new skin that we have
We will learn to feel quite clean
In this new skin that we have
We will learn to feel quite clean
In this new skin that we have grown
Because our young and healthy bones
Would never lead us astray
Lyrics submitted by elfrijol, edited by jungelbobo
You're No God Lyrics as written by Laura Beatrice Marling
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Mom thinks that you're sad And that you're living alone And your friends think if you're sad You should call them more
But the truth is that you never needed someone To comfort you Oh, you've never needed someone To comfort you
You're no god, you're no god
And you will never leave this place And you will always feel alone And you will never feel quite clean In this new skin that you have grown Until your old and broken bones Are laid into their resting place Just like the rest of human race
?Til I fall into my place Just like the rest of human race Until I'm laid into my final resting place Just like the rest of human race Who've done it without complaining all the way
You're no god, you're no god
As long as you promise That you will never leave I need only worry about you and me
We will never leave this place We need never feel alone We will learn to feel quite clean In this new skin that we have grown Because our young and healthy bones Would never lead us astray
We will learn to feel quite clean In this new skin that we have We will learn to feel quite clean In this new skin that we have
We will learn to feel quite clean In this new skin that we have grown Because our young and healthy bones Would never lead us astray