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 don't know how this night will end
If I open up the door
To the back of your simple mind
And then we'll call the flood
When it all becomes too much
Spread your last legs
In the times you are afraid
When the rolling thunder claps
If I'm blowing myself away
Yeah, through the bad times
Two birds on a wall
Your nose just grows
But you're just another drop
It is metal and it's cold
We'll wait up on the rocks
I am waiting on the tide
Through the back doors
If I'm blowing myself away
Under hot fluorescent lights
Two birds on a wall
Your nose just grows and grows
(One day I'll grow up tall)
(I will be with you)
If I open up the door
To the back of your simple mind
And then we'll call the flood
When it all becomes too much
Spread your last legs
In the times you are afraid
When the rolling thunder claps
If I'm blowing myself away
Yeah, through the bad times
Two birds on a wall
Your nose just grows
But you're just another drop
It is metal and it's cold
We'll wait up on the rocks
I am waiting on the tide
Through the back doors
If I'm blowing myself away
Under hot fluorescent lights
Two birds on a wall
Your nose just grows and grows
(One day I'll grow up tall)
(I will be with you)
Lyrics submitted by kineticchick
Nose Grows Some Lyrics as written by Thomas Edward Yorke Nigel Godrich
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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My favorite song on the album. There's something about the echo of the vocals and the gentle, hypnotic synths. Love it.