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.
[Chorus:]
Don't you try and stop us now
I just refuse
Don't you try to stop us now
'Cause I just won't let you
Sometimes I feel like the world is on top of me
Breaking me down with an endless monotony
Sometimes I feel like there's nothing that's stopping me
All things are possible, I am unstoppable
So they convince you no one can break through
I'm here to tell you you're worth more than they tell you
[Chorus:]
Sometimes I feel like my life's a catastrophe
Can't understand why it seems like it has to be
Sometimes I feel like it's all opened up for me
Nothing's impossible, I am unconquerable
No one can make you do what they want to
You know you're stronger than the lies that they tell you
[Chorus:]
So they convince you no one can break through
You know you're stronger than the lies that they tell you
[Chorus: Repeat 2X]
Don't you try and stop us now
I just refuse
Don't you try to stop us now
'Cause I just won't let you
Sometimes I feel like the world is on top of me
Breaking me down with an endless monotony
Sometimes I feel like there's nothing that's stopping me
All things are possible, I am unstoppable
So they convince you no one can break through
I'm here to tell you you're worth more than they tell you
[Chorus:]
Sometimes I feel like my life's a catastrophe
Can't understand why it seems like it has to be
Sometimes I feel like it's all opened up for me
Nothing's impossible, I am unconquerable
No one can make you do what they want to
You know you're stronger than the lies that they tell you
[Chorus:]
So they convince you no one can break through
You know you're stronger than the lies that they tell you
[Chorus: Repeat 2X]
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Scraped Lyrics as written by Brian Carroll W. Axl Rose
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The intro with Axl harmonizing with himself is sort of weak but grows on you.
But by God once it kicks off it's so badass. The dual voices is cool. I want to see him pull this off in concert.
This is probably directed at people who kept saying the album would never release, the new band stinks, etc. etc. "Don't you try to stop us now."