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.
Here lies everything
The world I wanted at my feet
My victory's complete
So hail to the king
(Everything you ever)
Arise and see
So your world's benign
So you think justice has a voice
And we all have a choice
Well now your world is mine
(Everything you ever)
And I am fine . . .
Now the nightmare's real
Now Dr. Horrible is here
To make you quake with fear
To make the whole world kneel
(Everything you ever)
And I wont feel
A thing
The world I wanted at my feet
My victory's complete
So hail to the king
(Everything you ever)
Arise and see
So your world's benign
So you think justice has a voice
And we all have a choice
Well now your world is mine
(Everything you ever)
And I am fine . . .
Now the nightmare's real
Now Dr. Horrible is here
To make you quake with fear
To make the whole world kneel
(Everything you ever)
And I wont feel
A thing
Lyrics submitted by lillerina
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probably my favorite song in the last 15 seconds