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.
He put it on me, I put it on,
Like there was nothing wrong
It didn't fit,
It wasn't right
Wasn't just the size
They say you know,
When you know
I don't know
I didn't feel
The fairytale feeling, no
Am I a stupid girl
For even dreaming that I could
If it's not like the movies,
That's how it should be, yeah
When he's the one,
I'll come undone,
And my world will stop spinning
And that's just the beginning, yeah
Snow white said when I was young,
"One day my prince will come"
So I wait for that date
They say it's hard to meet your match,
Gotta find my better half
So we make perfect shapes
If stars don't align,
If it doesn't stop time,
If you can't see the sign,
Wait for it
One hundred percent,
Worth every penny spent
He'll be the one that,
Finishes your sentences
If it's not like the movies,
That's how it should be
When he's the one,
And my world will stop spinning,
And that's just the beginning
Oh yeah,
'Cause I know you're out there,
And your, your looking for me
It's a crazy idea that you were made,
Perfectly for me, you see
Just like the movies
That's how it will be
Oh but that's how it should be
Cinematic and dramatic with the perfect ending
Oh it's not like the movies,
Oh but that's how it should be
When he's the one,
You'll come undone,
And your world will stop spinning,
And it's just the beginning
Like there was nothing wrong
It didn't fit,
It wasn't right
Wasn't just the size
They say you know,
When you know
I don't know
I didn't feel
The fairytale feeling, no
Am I a stupid girl
For even dreaming that I could
If it's not like the movies,
That's how it should be, yeah
When he's the one,
I'll come undone,
And my world will stop spinning
And that's just the beginning, yeah
Snow white said when I was young,
"One day my prince will come"
So I wait for that date
They say it's hard to meet your match,
Gotta find my better half
So we make perfect shapes
If stars don't align,
If it doesn't stop time,
If you can't see the sign,
Wait for it
One hundred percent,
Worth every penny spent
He'll be the one that,
Finishes your sentences
If it's not like the movies,
That's how it should be
When he's the one,
And my world will stop spinning,
And that's just the beginning
Oh yeah,
'Cause I know you're out there,
And your, your looking for me
It's a crazy idea that you were made,
Perfectly for me, you see
Just like the movies
That's how it will be
Oh but that's how it should be
Cinematic and dramatic with the perfect ending
Oh it's not like the movies,
Oh but that's how it should be
When he's the one,
You'll come undone,
And your world will stop spinning,
And it's just the beginning
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Pretty much the same theme with "Thinking of You". It's the emotion that we feel when a current relationship is starting to become frustrating and disappointing. Hence, the thoughts about what's supposed to be ideal and "the one who got away". When we speak of "ideal", we usually refer to or relate it to romance flicks and fairytales because that's what society has conditioned us to think. It's supposed to be cinematic and dramatic. It's an emotion that most of us can relate to when our love for our current man/woman is growing thin.
I'm not sure if I agree w/ your interpretation. Unlike most people I am not a fan of K.P. as her vocal quality does not impress me in the least. People like her music so obviously the woman has talent, but I am still surprised she's gone as far w/ her career as she has. Apparently one person in the relationship still feels that pitter patter of the novelty of the relationship while the other has written her/him off as boring; mundane; non-exciting; etc. And when two people don't see eye to eye in any relationship the eventual result is obvious.