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.
We'll never know which way this road is gonna turn
You can't be sure how quick your wick is gonna burn
So sing to me your darkest secrets
Time to leave behind your regrets
Before we get lost in the blink of an eye
This carrion has been forgotten
Left for dead and also rotting
[Chorus: ]
The answer lies in endless tragedy
It ends with you and me
We're dragged from the light
Into the night
We have been warned which way this storm is gonna blow
Where the rip tide takes us you will never know
Now you're screamin' out for Jesus and for anyone
Please save us
Before we get lost in the blink of an eye
This carrion has been forgotten
Left for dead and also rotting
[Chorus: ]
So sing to me your darkest secrets
Time to leave behind your regrets
Before we get lost in the blink of an eye
This carrion has been forgotten
Left for dead and also rotting
[Chorus: ]
Into the night x5
You can't be sure how quick your wick is gonna burn
So sing to me your darkest secrets
Time to leave behind your regrets
Before we get lost in the blink of an eye
This carrion has been forgotten
Left for dead and also rotting
[Chorus: ]
The answer lies in endless tragedy
It ends with you and me
We're dragged from the light
Into the night
We have been warned which way this storm is gonna blow
Where the rip tide takes us you will never know
Now you're screamin' out for Jesus and for anyone
Please save us
Before we get lost in the blink of an eye
This carrion has been forgotten
Left for dead and also rotting
[Chorus: ]
So sing to me your darkest secrets
Time to leave behind your regrets
Before we get lost in the blink of an eye
This carrion has been forgotten
Left for dead and also rotting
[Chorus: ]
Into the night x5
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i bought this song (along with in vein & help me) off of iTunes, and i just think it's a foreshadow of what an amazing album agony & irony is going to be. every single album is pure gold to me anyway, haha, but this one seems so good. i think this song is about the beginning of a relationship, when you're just getting to know someone...and i think it's about thinking oh jeez, what am i getting myself into this time? but only time will tell! :)