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 waiting on my grave
Waiting for you to rescue me my love
Come back from the dead
You have a better heart
And a perfect scar
I said love
All the hurt I need
There's just something about you
Appease the addict in me
I promised you that I'd hurt you
You are my God
You are my soul
You're my savior
In a devil's robe
And I can't exist without you
I can't exist without you
You are my drug
My miracle
You are my cure
In this infected world
And I can't do this without you
I'm dying here without you
I wanna lie with your bones forever
Smear my lipstick across my face
Wipe off all these lies for me my love
Don't know what you see
Kiss my wrists
You're killing me
You're my pill
You're everything I need
I'm running circles around you
Your skin is under my knees
I don't belong here without you
You are my God
You are my soul
You're my savior
In a devil's robe
And I can't exist without you
I can't exist without you
You are my drug
My miracle
You are my cure
In this infected world
And I can't do this without you
I'm dying here without you
I wanna lie with your bones forever
You are my star
I'm in your veins
You're all I have
I serenade your name
Now you can't exist without me
(You are my God)
You are my God
You are my soul
You're my savior
In a devil's robe
And I can't exist without you
I can't exist without you
You are my drug
My miracle
You are my cure
In this infected world
And I can't do this without you
I'm dying here without you
And I can't exist without you
I can't exist without you
And I can't do this without you
I'm dying here without you
I wanna lie with your bones forever
Waiting for you to rescue me my love
Come back from the dead
You have a better heart
And a perfect scar
I said love
All the hurt I need
There's just something about you
Appease the addict in me
I promised you that I'd hurt you
You are my God
You are my soul
You're my savior
In a devil's robe
And I can't exist without you
I can't exist without you
You are my drug
My miracle
You are my cure
In this infected world
And I can't do this without you
I'm dying here without you
I wanna lie with your bones forever
Smear my lipstick across my face
Wipe off all these lies for me my love
Don't know what you see
Kiss my wrists
You're killing me
You're my pill
You're everything I need
I'm running circles around you
Your skin is under my knees
I don't belong here without you
You are my God
You are my soul
You're my savior
In a devil's robe
And I can't exist without you
I can't exist without you
You are my drug
My miracle
You are my cure
In this infected world
And I can't do this without you
I'm dying here without you
I wanna lie with your bones forever
You are my star
I'm in your veins
You're all I have
I serenade your name
Now you can't exist without me
(You are my God)
You are my God
You are my soul
You're my savior
In a devil's robe
And I can't exist without you
I can't exist without you
You are my drug
My miracle
You are my cure
In this infected world
And I can't do this without you
I'm dying here without you
And I can't exist without you
I can't exist without you
And I can't do this without you
I'm dying here without you
I wanna lie with your bones forever
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