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've been away
Searching for a reason
Another purpose to find
I've sailed the seas
Fought my many demons
I've looked to gods in the skies
I've stood in hell
Where many had to suffer
I stared the devil in the eyes
Walked many roads
To witness ancient idols
And found the great gates of fire
Had many storms
Questioned my conviction
Gave armies reason to rise
The hangman searching
For bones he can borrow
While I escaped in the night
Final plight
Live again
All roads end
I'll be coming home
Tend your light
'Cause on this night
I'll be coming home
Escape the hell
Of capitulated mortals
And drink the blood of a king
A desert rain
Has washed away direction
Had angels looking after me
So it seems
Live again
all roads end
I'll be coming home
Tend your light
'Cause on this night
I'll be coming home
My story ends
Not far from where it started
My weary limbs have grown old
I've seen the world
Through the eyes of a nomad
Home is where the heart is
I've been told
So I go
Live again
All roads end
I'll be coming home
Tend your light
'Cause on this night
I'll be coming home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
Searching for a reason
Another purpose to find
I've sailed the seas
Fought my many demons
I've looked to gods in the skies
I've stood in hell
Where many had to suffer
I stared the devil in the eyes
Walked many roads
To witness ancient idols
And found the great gates of fire
Had many storms
Questioned my conviction
Gave armies reason to rise
The hangman searching
For bones he can borrow
While I escaped in the night
Final plight
Live again
All roads end
I'll be coming home
Tend your light
'Cause on this night
I'll be coming home
Escape the hell
Of capitulated mortals
And drink the blood of a king
A desert rain
Has washed away direction
Had angels looking after me
So it seems
Live again
all roads end
I'll be coming home
Tend your light
'Cause on this night
I'll be coming home
My story ends
Not far from where it started
My weary limbs have grown old
I've seen the world
Through the eyes of a nomad
Home is where the heart is
I've been told
So I go
Live again
All roads end
I'll be coming home
Tend your light
'Cause on this night
I'll be coming home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
Lyrics submitted by jwalkblue, edited by Rusman, BootyAnonymous, sokorny
Coming Home Lyrics as written by Matthew Sanders Zachary Baker
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Cloud9
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and "The hate i'm searchin" should, again, in my opinion, be "The hangman searching"