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.
If all our life is but a dream
Fantastic posing greed
Then we should feed our jewelery to the sea
For diamonds do appear to be
Just like broken glass to me
And then she said she can't believe
Genius only comes along
In storms of fabled foreign tongues
Tripping eyes, and flooded lungs
Northern downpour sends its love
Hey moon, please forget to fall down
Hey moon, don't you go down
Sugarcane in the easy mornin'
Weather-vanes my one and lonely
The ink is running toward the page
It's chasin' off the days
Look back at both feet
And that winding knee
I missed your skin when you were east
You clicked your heels and wished for me
Through playful lips made of yarn
That fragile Capricorn
Unraveled words like moths upon old scarves
I know the world's a broken bone
But melt your headaches, call it home
Hey moon, please forget to fall down
Hey moon, don't you go down
Sugarcane in the easy mornin'
Weather-vanes my one and lonely
Sugarcane in the easy mornin'
Weather-vanes my one and lonely
Sugarcane in the easy mornin'
Weather-vanes my one and lonely
Sugarcane in the easy mornin'
Weather-vanes my one and lonely
Sugarcane in the easy mornin'
Weather-vanes my one and lonely
Sugarcane in the easy mornin'
Weather-vanes my one and lonely
Sugarcane in the easy mornin'
Weather-vanes my one and lonely
Hey moon, please forget to fall down
Hey moon, don't you go down
You are at the top of my lungs
Drawn to the ones who never yawn
Fantastic posing greed
Then we should feed our jewelery to the sea
For diamonds do appear to be
Just like broken glass to me
And then she said she can't believe
Genius only comes along
In storms of fabled foreign tongues
Tripping eyes, and flooded lungs
Northern downpour sends its love
Hey moon, please forget to fall down
Hey moon, don't you go down
Sugarcane in the easy mornin'
Weather-vanes my one and lonely
The ink is running toward the page
It's chasin' off the days
Look back at both feet
And that winding knee
I missed your skin when you were east
You clicked your heels and wished for me
Through playful lips made of yarn
That fragile Capricorn
Unraveled words like moths upon old scarves
I know the world's a broken bone
But melt your headaches, call it home
Hey moon, please forget to fall down
Hey moon, don't you go down
Sugarcane in the easy mornin'
Weather-vanes my one and lonely
Sugarcane in the easy mornin'
Weather-vanes my one and lonely
Sugarcane in the easy mornin'
Weather-vanes my one and lonely
Sugarcane in the easy mornin'
Weather-vanes my one and lonely
Sugarcane in the easy mornin'
Weather-vanes my one and lonely
Sugarcane in the easy mornin'
Weather-vanes my one and lonely
Sugarcane in the easy mornin'
Weather-vanes my one and lonely
Hey moon, please forget to fall down
Hey moon, don't you go down
You are at the top of my lungs
Drawn to the ones who never yawn
Lyrics submitted by savourflavour, edited by nick98, MrRapist
Northern Downpour Lyrics as written by George Ross Brendon Urie
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you guys are fuckers. i like the new them. i miss the old panic too, but people change.
"If all our life is but a dream, fantastic posing greed. Then we should feed our jewelry to the sea. For diamonds do appear to be. Just like broken glass to me." i think this means that life is supposed to be great, but it seems to shitty (for diamonds do appear to be just like broken glass to me.).
"And then she said she cant believe. Genius only comes along in storms of fabled foreign tongues. Tripping eyes, and flooded lungs. Northern Downpour sends its love." this part is tricky. possibly this guy was not who she thought he was (genius only comes along in storms of fabled foreign tongues.). also, when i think of the phrase "northern downpour sends its love" i think that refers to crying because downpour means heavy rain. not sure though.
"Hey moon, please forget to fall down. Hey moon, don’t you go down. Sugarcane in the easy morning. Weather vanes my one and lonely." i think that this means that his day has been so good so far, and that he doesn't want it to end (hey moon, please forget to fall down. hey moon, don't you go down.) i'm not sure about what he means by "sugarcane in the easy morning", but a weather vane is a device for indicating wind direction, so you go figure that one out...
"The ink is running toward the page, it’s chasing off the days. Look back at both feet and that winding knee. I missed your skin when you were east. You clicked your heels and wished for me." he's writing about their history (the ink is running toward the page, it's chasing off the days.) also, they're from las vegas, which is west, so this girl wasn't in vegas, but she wished she was.
"Through playful lips made of yarn that fragile Capricorn unraveled words like moths upon old scarves." someone brought back memories (capricorn unraveled words like moths upon old scarves.) capricorn is an astrology sign, but i don't think he was talking about that...
"I know the world’s a broken bone, but melt your headaches call it home." these words really touch me. i think it means that even though the world, or rather life, is fucked up, it's still your "home".
"You are at the top of my lungs Drawn to the ones who never yawn" i'm not too sure about this one.
sorry if i got some things wrong; i'm not good at this stuff. this was just how i interpreted it.
I love new Panic! They are experimenting with a sound, and while they may not have found it perfectly, I like this record more than Fever.
@fueledbyramenaddict <br /> Through playful lips made of yarn<br /> That fragile Capricorn<br /> Unraveled words like moths upon old scarves<br /> To spill a yarn means to tell a story, capricorn is the constellation that represents the Greek God Pan, the God of the wild, Woods and fields, it made me think of the secrets behind the floods, when everything melted and giants were tuned to stone like moths upon scarves the story is gone... <br /> As a fun fact the word Panic actually comes from the God Pan and means "sudden mass terror," especially an exaggerated fright affecting a number of persons without visible cause or inspired by trifling cause or dange.<br /> This song is way too deep, loved it