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.
Dear Darlin', please excuse my writing
I can't stop my hands from shaking
'Cause I'm cold and alone tonight
I miss you and nothing hurts like no you
And no one understands what we went through
It was short, it was sweet, we tried
And if my words break through the wall
And meet you at your door
All I could say is, "girl, I mean them all"
Dear Darlin', please excuse my writing
I can't stop my hands from shaking
'Cause I'm cold and alone tonight
I miss you and nothing hurts like no you
And no one understands what we went through
It was short, it was sweet, we tried, we tried
I understand where he's coming from
Been thinking about the ball we dreamt
Feeling like the sofa was sinking
I was warm in the hope of your eyes
So if my words break through the wall
To meet you at your door
All I could say is, "girl, I mean them all"
Dear Darlin', please excuse my writing
I can't stop my hands from shaking
'Cause I'm cold and alone tonight
I miss you and nothing hurts like no you
And no one understands what we went through
It was short, it was sweet, we tried
Oh, I concur, these arms are yours to hold
And I miss you and nothing hurts like no you
And no one understands what we went through
It was short, it was sweet, we tried, we tried
I can't stop my hands from shaking
'Cause I'm cold and alone tonight
I miss you and nothing hurts like no you
And no one understands what we went through
It was short, it was sweet, we tried
And if my words break through the wall
And meet you at your door
All I could say is, "girl, I mean them all"
Dear Darlin', please excuse my writing
I can't stop my hands from shaking
'Cause I'm cold and alone tonight
I miss you and nothing hurts like no you
And no one understands what we went through
It was short, it was sweet, we tried, we tried
I understand where he's coming from
Been thinking about the ball we dreamt
Feeling like the sofa was sinking
I was warm in the hope of your eyes
So if my words break through the wall
To meet you at your door
All I could say is, "girl, I mean them all"
Dear Darlin', please excuse my writing
I can't stop my hands from shaking
'Cause I'm cold and alone tonight
I miss you and nothing hurts like no you
And no one understands what we went through
It was short, it was sweet, we tried
Oh, I concur, these arms are yours to hold
And I miss you and nothing hurts like no you
And no one understands what we went through
It was short, it was sweet, we tried, we tried
Lyrics submitted by swaggchick
Dear Darlin' Lyrics as written by Ed Drewett James Eliot
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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