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'm on my own where I found you alone
You were caught up in somebody else's mess.
And yes, I drank all those drinks on my own,
My life's become some blurry little quest.
And the cloud came deep and slowly
At the end of all, you'd ask me
If I even had a clue where I was.
Well, I don't know your truth flows
And I'm bringing by the tooth calls
In the night and in they stole, they never was.
It'd all begin if you sing,
I wanna know to keep the rain.
Silvia, right back where you came from,
You're a pendulum, heartbroken in number.
Silvia, no one's gonna tell you when enough's enough
Enough is enough.
Sick to the bone on my steps to my home,
The moon shines through the drapery and leaves.
To her to ignore everyone on my own,
My true love just to feel so made of bricks.
But as my body crumble, you walked as I just stumble
We spoke only of things made in my head.
You never once controlled me, what all the others told me
But if I kept on going I'd be dead.
It's not just you that they blame
Now tell me where they keep the rain.
Silvia, right back where you came from,
You're a pendulum, heartbroken in number.
Silvia, no one's gonna tell you when enough's enough
Enough's always too tough.
See what I've done now, I don't understand
She says I'm screaming and I raise my hand.
But I never meant to, wasn't even there,
I never meant to, I would never dare.
Silvia, right back where you came from,
You're a pendulum, heartbroken in number.
Silvia, no one's gonna tell you when enough's enough
Enough's always too tough.
Silvia, right back where you came from,
You're a pendulum, heartbroken in number.
Silvia, no one's gonna tell you when enough's enough
Enough is enough.
You were caught up in somebody else's mess.
And yes, I drank all those drinks on my own,
My life's become some blurry little quest.
And the cloud came deep and slowly
At the end of all, you'd ask me
If I even had a clue where I was.
Well, I don't know your truth flows
And I'm bringing by the tooth calls
In the night and in they stole, they never was.
It'd all begin if you sing,
I wanna know to keep the rain.
Silvia, right back where you came from,
You're a pendulum, heartbroken in number.
Silvia, no one's gonna tell you when enough's enough
Enough is enough.
Sick to the bone on my steps to my home,
The moon shines through the drapery and leaves.
To her to ignore everyone on my own,
My true love just to feel so made of bricks.
But as my body crumble, you walked as I just stumble
We spoke only of things made in my head.
You never once controlled me, what all the others told me
But if I kept on going I'd be dead.
It's not just you that they blame
Now tell me where they keep the rain.
Silvia, right back where you came from,
You're a pendulum, heartbroken in number.
Silvia, no one's gonna tell you when enough's enough
Enough's always too tough.
See what I've done now, I don't understand
She says I'm screaming and I raise my hand.
But I never meant to, wasn't even there,
I never meant to, I would never dare.
Silvia, right back where you came from,
You're a pendulum, heartbroken in number.
Silvia, no one's gonna tell you when enough's enough
Enough's always too tough.
Silvia, right back where you came from,
You're a pendulum, heartbroken in number.
Silvia, no one's gonna tell you when enough's enough
Enough is enough.
Lyrics submitted by llscience, edited by cuytastic, Ilovecats4, PITCHINDIGO, username-ben
Cry Like a Ghost Lyrics as written by Michael Angelakos
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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The licensed lyrics that replaced mine are horrible (the second verse especially..) so:
All on my own, where I found you alone You were caught up in somebody else's mess And yes, I drank all those drinks on my own My life’s become some blurry little quest
And the clock kept ticking slowly, and you leaned over to ask me If I even had a clue where I was Well I lied down your wood floors, and my brain and body took course In the night and then, as though it never was
It all began to feel the same I want to know where they keep the rain
Sylvia, right back where you came from You’re a pendulum, heartbroken and numb but Sylvia, no one’s gonna tell you when enough’s enough Enough is enough
Sick to the bone on the steps to my home The moon shined through the drapery of leaves To her, to ignore everyone on my own My true love, just to feel some made up breeze
But as my body crumbled, you walked as I just stumbled And we spoke only of things made in my head You never once controlled me what all the others told me, That if I kept on going, I’d be dead
It’s not just you who felt the pain Now tell me where they keep the rain
Sylvia, right back where you came from You’re a pendulum, heartbroken and numb but Sylvia, no one’s gonna tell you when enough’s enough Enough’s always too tough
See what I’ve done now, I don’t understand She says I screamed and that I raised my hand but I never meant to, wasn’t even there I never meant to, I would never dare
Sylvia, right back where you came from You’re a pendulum, heartbroken and numb but Sylvia, no one’s gonna tell you when enough’s enough Enough’s always too tough
Sylvia, right back where you came from You’re a pendulum, heartbroken and numb but Sylvia, no one’s gonna tell you when enough’s enough Enough is enough