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.
Pull me out
Pull me out
Can't you stop this all from happening?
Close the doors and keep them out
Dig me out
Oh, dig me out
Couldn't you have kept all this from happening?
Dig me out from under our house
Pull me out
Can't you stop this all from happening?
Close the doors and keep them out
Dig me out
Oh, dig me out
Couldn't you have kept all this from happening?
Dig me out from under our house
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I think this is just the wife asking, "couldn't you have stopped this from happening".
The album isn't about Sylvia Plath, its about a couple dealing with a cancer death
I think you're both right. In the linear notes at antlersmusic.com/linernotes.pdf<br /> <br /> He calls the song 'Thirteen, Or Sylvia Speaks'<br /> I think he's comparing Sylvia Plath to the cancer patient, as he does in 'Sylvia' because of the hopelessness and cries for help.