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.
Don't call it
Defeatist
I don't want it
I need it
I'll cog in
Machine it
So long as
That feeds it
Too fogged up
To see it
Too absent
To leave it
But I'm patiently waiting for
My windfall to come
I'm patiently waiting for
My savior to come
Impatiently waiting for
A savior to come
There's perfect symmetry and shapes
Inside my heart
And I will take them to my grave
Win or lose; it's not up to me
I put my feet up in the air
Will you hold them still for me
Notice how the tables and the chairs
Tend to float
But I'm patiently waiting for
Rainfall to come
I'm patiently waiting for
Savior to come
Impatiently waiting for
Savior to come
Defeatist
I don't want it
I need it
I'll cog in
Machine it
So long as
That feeds it
Too fogged up
To see it
Too absent
To leave it
But I'm patiently waiting for
My windfall to come
I'm patiently waiting for
My savior to come
Impatiently waiting for
A savior to come
There's perfect symmetry and shapes
Inside my heart
And I will take them to my grave
Win or lose; it's not up to me
I put my feet up in the air
Will you hold them still for me
Notice how the tables and the chairs
Tend to float
But I'm patiently waiting for
Rainfall to come
I'm patiently waiting for
Savior to come
Impatiently waiting for
Savior to come
Lyrics submitted by tgbrow
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"And I will take them to my grave / When I lose; it's not up to me" is what I'm hearing.
Thanks! That was definitely a spot where I took a shot in the dark. However, now listening to it again with what you said in mind, I think it's "Win or lose; it's not up to me." You hearing that too?
Aha, that does sound even more like what it is. Good ear.<br /> I haven't seen the album art yet, or any packaging other than what's in the videos - did Brent include a lyric booklet or anything else in there?
Nope, no booklet or lyrics. The packaging is very clever/unique but also minimalistic in terms of the info it provides.