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.
All of us have moved on
From the author that we lived in
Too late to moved on
Hear to call your name
If you come for our sorrows
If you call out call out call out
Needing is the best start
Early morning look out
Dizzy from the call your name
Want to want to want to
Birds are singing loud all around us
Call up call up call up
I will follow if you call out call out call out
I will follow you
If you call out call out call out
I will follow you
If you call out call out call out
I will follow you
From the author that we lived in
Too late to moved on
Hear to call your name
If you come for our sorrows
If you call out call out call out
Needing is the best start
Early morning look out
Dizzy from the call your name
Want to want to want to
Birds are singing loud all around us
Call up call up call up
I will follow if you call out call out call out
I will follow you
If you call out call out call out
I will follow you
If you call out call out call out
I will follow you
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Thanks Julia! How one can go on living after experiencing so much beauty? Overwhelmingly beautiful!