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.
Wakin' up in someone else's bed,
Was what I was waitin' for
Oh my days what have I done,
She saw me sneaking out the door
What have I been waiting for,
Been wasting all my time
Watchin' my youth slip away
Surely is a crime
And no, she don't know what we do in our spare time
No she don't know that we've been up all night
All night, all night, all night
We go on and on and on and on and on
Never knowing where, never knowing where
We gonna, we gonna, we gonna end up in the morning
We go on and on and on and on and on
Never knowing where, never knowing where
We gonna, we gonna, we gonna end up in the morning
Sun is up while I'm walkin' home,
But my heads up in the clouds
Trying to get my self to bed
But I really don't know how,
And no, she don't know what I do in my spare time
No she don't know that we've been up all night
All night, all night, all night
We go on and on and on and on and on
Never knowing where, never knowing where
We gonna, we gonna, we gonna end up in the morning
We go on and on and on and on and on
Never knowing where, never knowing where
We gonna, we gonna, we gonna end up in the morning
When I get myself home to my bedroom,
I'm gonna sleep all day till the sunsets
When I get myself home to my bedroom,
I'm gonna sleep all day till the sunsets
When I get myself home to my bedroom,
I'm gonna sleep all day till the sunsets
When I get myself home to my bedroom,
I'm gonna sleep all day till the sunsets
We go on and on and on and on and on
Never knowing where, never knowing where
We gonna, we gonna, we gonna end up in the morning
We go on and on and on and on and on
Never knowing where, never knowing where
We gonna, we gonna, we gonna end up in the morning
Was what I was waitin' for
Oh my days what have I done,
She saw me sneaking out the door
What have I been waiting for,
Been wasting all my time
Watchin' my youth slip away
Surely is a crime
And no, she don't know what we do in our spare time
No she don't know that we've been up all night
All night, all night, all night
We go on and on and on and on and on
Never knowing where, never knowing where
We gonna, we gonna, we gonna end up in the morning
We go on and on and on and on and on
Never knowing where, never knowing where
We gonna, we gonna, we gonna end up in the morning
Sun is up while I'm walkin' home,
But my heads up in the clouds
Trying to get my self to bed
But I really don't know how,
And no, she don't know what I do in my spare time
No she don't know that we've been up all night
All night, all night, all night
We go on and on and on and on and on
Never knowing where, never knowing where
We gonna, we gonna, we gonna end up in the morning
We go on and on and on and on and on
Never knowing where, never knowing where
We gonna, we gonna, we gonna end up in the morning
When I get myself home to my bedroom,
I'm gonna sleep all day till the sunsets
When I get myself home to my bedroom,
I'm gonna sleep all day till the sunsets
When I get myself home to my bedroom,
I'm gonna sleep all day till the sunsets
When I get myself home to my bedroom,
I'm gonna sleep all day till the sunsets
We go on and on and on and on and on
Never knowing where, never knowing where
We gonna, we gonna, we gonna end up in the morning
We go on and on and on and on and on
Never knowing where, never knowing where
We gonna, we gonna, we gonna end up in the morning
Lyrics submitted by awaketodream
Up All Night Lyrics as written by Alexander George Claire Thomas Wesley Pentz
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I guess it is about sleep-walking... Doing something all night and the next day not remembering whatever the hell you did and where you are!
But it can also have different meanings as suggested by the lyrics... Maybe it's about a man is cheating but that point of view isn't really clear in the whole song... So yeah, it' sleep walking