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.
I can't forget it,
Though I've tried
I know you'll regret, love
You told me so many times
But, I still wonder
Why...
You left with her
& left me behind
Take your hands off him
Cause he's the only one that I have ever loved
Please don't find her skin
When you turn the lights out
I can't erase it
From my mind
I just replay it, love
I think of all of the time
But I don't want to imagine
Words you spoke to her that night
Make your bodies look like porcelain
You both knew I'd be bleeding inside
Did she make your heart beat faster than I could?
Did she give you what you hoped for?
On nights so loveless, love,
I hope it made you feel good
Knowing how much I adored you
Did she make your heart beat faster than I could?
Did she give you what you hoped for?
On nights so loveless, love,
I hope it made you feel good
Knowing how much I adored you
(You're making me sick, love)
Though I've tried
I know you'll regret, love
You told me so many times
But, I still wonder
Why...
You left with her
& left me behind
Take your hands off him
Cause he's the only one that I have ever loved
Please don't find her skin
When you turn the lights out
I can't erase it
From my mind
I just replay it, love
I think of all of the time
But I don't want to imagine
Words you spoke to her that night
Make your bodies look like porcelain
You both knew I'd be bleeding inside
Did she make your heart beat faster than I could?
Did she give you what you hoped for?
On nights so loveless, love,
I hope it made you feel good
Knowing how much I adored you
Did she make your heart beat faster than I could?
Did she give you what you hoped for?
On nights so loveless, love,
I hope it made you feel good
Knowing how much I adored you
(You're making me sick, love)
Lyrics submitted by KittieWriting, edited by whyyyy, jabada, siliconyoda, MaxWoulf, Mellow_Harsher
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I really cannot listen to this song without feeling a sickening pain in the pit of my stomach. I think that speaks for how moving this song is.