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.
Taking a bus to the boardwalk
Flying higher than the North Star
Lifting the veil above my eyes
Drawing spirals in the sky
Along the way I stopped at the ocean
To swim with the dragons in the concrete waters
Surrounding myself with no one
In beautiful masks they came in numbers
Wasted
We fade into the sun
We are one
Let the rollercoaster
Take us over the edge
On the run
We're children under the sun
Raise your hands
Let the rollercoaster
Take you over the edge
While we're young
We're children under the sun
Looking at life through a keyhole
It's hitting me harder than sledgehammers on a kick drum
Surrounded by millions of people
Silhouetted dancers in the freak show
Wasted
We fade into the sun
We are one
Let the rollercoaster
Take us over the edge
On the run
We're children under the sun
Raise your hands
Let the rollercoaster
Take you over the edge
While we're young
We're children under the sun
We're children under the sun
We're children under the sun
We're children under the sun
Wasted
We fade into the sun
Let the rollercoaster
Take us over the edge
Let the rollercoaster
Fade into the sun
Flying higher than the North Star
Lifting the veil above my eyes
Drawing spirals in the sky
Along the way I stopped at the ocean
To swim with the dragons in the concrete waters
Surrounding myself with no one
In beautiful masks they came in numbers
Wasted
We fade into the sun
We are one
Let the rollercoaster
Take us over the edge
On the run
We're children under the sun
Raise your hands
Let the rollercoaster
Take you over the edge
While we're young
We're children under the sun
Looking at life through a keyhole
It's hitting me harder than sledgehammers on a kick drum
Surrounded by millions of people
Silhouetted dancers in the freak show
Wasted
We fade into the sun
We are one
Let the rollercoaster
Take us over the edge
On the run
We're children under the sun
Raise your hands
Let the rollercoaster
Take you over the edge
While we're young
We're children under the sun
We're children under the sun
We're children under the sun
We're children under the sun
Wasted
We fade into the sun
Let the rollercoaster
Take us over the edge
Let the rollercoaster
Fade into the sun
Lyrics submitted by roohollah1
Children Under the Sun Lyrics as written by Ted E Bruner James A Durbin
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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