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 belonged to a bird
Who cast his shadow on this world
You were a blessing and I was a curse
I did my best not to make things worse, for you
It isn't true
I always knew this would be our fate
This is what happens when we separate
This happens all dead weight, eventually
We may as well be made of stone
We can't be formed
One wing will never ever fly
Neither yours nor mine
One wing will never ever fly
Dear, neither yours nor mine
I fear we can only wave goodbye
One wing will never ever fly ,dear
Neither yours nor mine
I fear we can only wave goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Bye, bye
Bye, bye
Who cast his shadow on this world
You were a blessing and I was a curse
I did my best not to make things worse, for you
It isn't true
I always knew this would be our fate
This is what happens when we separate
This happens all dead weight, eventually
We may as well be made of stone
We can't be formed
One wing will never ever fly
Neither yours nor mine
One wing will never ever fly
Dear, neither yours nor mine
I fear we can only wave goodbye
One wing will never ever fly ,dear
Neither yours nor mine
I fear we can only wave goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Bye, bye
Bye, bye
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We once belonged to a bird We cast a shadow on this world You were a blessing, and I was a curse I did my best not to make things worse For you
That isn't true I always knew this would be your fate This is what happens when wings separate This happens to all dead weight Eventually
We may as well be made of stone We can't be flown One wing will never fly Neither yours nor mine, I fear We can only wave goodbye
One wing will never ever fly Neither yours nor mine One wing will never ever fly, dear Neither yours nor mine, I fear We can only wave goodbye
One wing will never ever fly, dear Neither yours nor mine, I fear We can only wave goodbye
Bye, bye Bye, bye Bye, bye Bye, bye
those are the correct lyrics :)