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.
You and I, we might be strangers
However close we get sometimes
It's like we never met
But you and I, I think we can take it
All the good with the bad
Make something that no one else has but
You and I, you and I
Me and you, what can we do
When the words we use sometimes
Are misconstrued
Well, I won't guess, what's coming next
I can't ever tell you
The deepest well I've ever fallen into
Oh, I don't wanna know
Oh, I don't wanna know
Oh, I don't need to know
Everything about you
Oh, I don't wanna know
And you, don't need to know
That much about me
You and I, we might be strangers
However close we get sometimes
It's like we never met
But you and I, I think we can take it
All the good with the bad
Make something that no one else has but
You and I, you and I
You and I, you and I
You and I, you and I
You and I, you and I
However close we get sometimes
It's like we never met
But you and I, I think we can take it
All the good with the bad
Make something that no one else has but
You and I, you and I
Me and you, what can we do
When the words we use sometimes
Are misconstrued
Well, I won't guess, what's coming next
I can't ever tell you
The deepest well I've ever fallen into
Oh, I don't wanna know
Oh, I don't wanna know
Oh, I don't need to know
Everything about you
Oh, I don't wanna know
And you, don't need to know
That much about me
You and I, we might be strangers
However close we get sometimes
It's like we never met
But you and I, I think we can take it
All the good with the bad
Make something that no one else has but
You and I, you and I
You and I, you and I
You and I, you and I
You and I, you and I
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Personally, I think this song would have been better without the duet or backup vocals by the chick or whatever you'd call it. I like it but it's almost cheesy with the girl singing.