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.
Daylight won't stop the flashing lights
It feels like a thousand years have gone by without you
I miss someone like you
I wanna tell you secret things
My lips won't say anything that make sense
I wanna run to you
But my legs won't respond
I wanna know
Exactly what you are
If you come dance with me
I think you will like my moves
If you get next to me
I will have nothing left to prove
Here I am
There you are
Just inches away
But still too far
Look in my eyes
You'll see the reflection of you
In me, On me, my eyes
I have nothing left to prove
I wanna run to you
But my legs won't respond
I wanna know
Exactly what you are
If you come dance with me
I think you will like my moves
If you get next to me
I will have nothing left to prove
Here I am
There you are
There's nothing left between us
Nothing left between us
So dance with me
Dance with me
Dance with me
Dance with me
It feels like a thousand years have gone by without you
I miss someone like you
I wanna tell you secret things
My lips won't say anything that make sense
I wanna run to you
But my legs won't respond
I wanna know
Exactly what you are
If you come dance with me
I think you will like my moves
If you get next to me
I will have nothing left to prove
Here I am
There you are
Just inches away
But still too far
Look in my eyes
You'll see the reflection of you
In me, On me, my eyes
I have nothing left to prove
I wanna run to you
But my legs won't respond
I wanna know
Exactly what you are
If you come dance with me
I think you will like my moves
If you get next to me
I will have nothing left to prove
Here I am
There you are
There's nothing left between us
Nothing left between us
So dance with me
Dance with me
Dance with me
Dance with me
Lyrics submitted by noahcoburn, edited by mumblebee
The Reflection of You Lyrics as written by Jon Philpot Adam Stewart Wills
Lyrics © WARP MUSIC LIMITED
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very good band!
just saw them two nights ago, couldnt agree more