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.
This is our last dance together,
Tonight soon will be long ago
And in our moment of parting,
This is all I want you to know
There will be many other nights like this
And I'll be standing here with someone new
There will be other songs to sing
Another fall, another spring
But there will never be another you
There will be other lips that I may kiss
But they won't thrill me like yours used to do
Yes, I may dream a million dreams
But how can they come true
If there will never ever be another you
Tonight soon will be long ago
And in our moment of parting,
This is all I want you to know
There will be many other nights like this
And I'll be standing here with someone new
There will be other songs to sing
Another fall, another spring
But there will never be another you
There will be other lips that I may kiss
But they won't thrill me like yours used to do
Yes, I may dream a million dreams
But how can they come true
If there will never ever be another you
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There Will Never Be Another You Lyrics as written by Harry Warren Mack Gordon
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GIven the time frame - subtlety. I have a few ideas - increasingly more lewd - shield your kids' eyes exponentially between a and c (see i did a better job than the government)
a. Different class or he fell in love with someone he couldn't be with forever.
b. An affair - again not sustainable.
c. ((A prostitue) or (a or b)) that satisfies him sexually when his other does not.
Of course this song could just be about a random hookup and an attempt by a man to attach some significance to this girl (like she would enjoy that).
I wasn't born in this time. But shit this nigga is fucked. Nigga got to learn to be nonchalant. If he do I am confident my nigga Chet Baker be OK.