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.
The more I fight, the more I work
The more I dig into the dirt
To be fed up, to be let down
To somehow turn it all around
But then fate knocks me to my knees
And sets new heights beyond my reach
Below the earth, below concrete
The whole world shackled to my feet
Then it falls away into the great escape
Over walls and weights
This anti-gravity taking over me
And far below, the carnivores,
are looking up to where I soar
Above the clouds, above the storm
Above the earth I am transformed
The energy has set me free
And pulled me through the galaxy
I've risen up beyond the sky
I am awake, I am alive
As it falls away into the great escape
Over walls and weights
This anti-gravity
Let it fly through the universe
Into the outer space
Over walls and weights
This anti-gravity taking over me
I won't come down
If you wanna break free
You know where to find me
If you wanna break free
You know where You know where..
If you wanna break free
You know where to find me
If you wanna break free
You know where..
As it falls away into the great escape
Over walls and weights
This anti-gravity
Let it fly through the universe
Into the outer space
Over walls and weights
This anti-gravity taking over me
If you wanna break free
You know where to find me
If you wanna break free
You know where You know where..
Anti-gravity
Anti-gravity
Anti-gravity
The more I dig into the dirt
To be fed up, to be let down
To somehow turn it all around
But then fate knocks me to my knees
And sets new heights beyond my reach
Below the earth, below concrete
The whole world shackled to my feet
Then it falls away into the great escape
Over walls and weights
This anti-gravity taking over me
And far below, the carnivores,
are looking up to where I soar
Above the clouds, above the storm
Above the earth I am transformed
The energy has set me free
And pulled me through the galaxy
I've risen up beyond the sky
I am awake, I am alive
As it falls away into the great escape
Over walls and weights
This anti-gravity
Let it fly through the universe
Into the outer space
Over walls and weights
This anti-gravity taking over me
I won't come down
If you wanna break free
You know where to find me
If you wanna break free
You know where You know where..
If you wanna break free
You know where to find me
If you wanna break free
You know where..
As it falls away into the great escape
Over walls and weights
This anti-gravity
Let it fly through the universe
Into the outer space
Over walls and weights
This anti-gravity taking over me
If you wanna break free
You know where to find me
If you wanna break free
You know where You know where..
Anti-gravity
Anti-gravity
Anti-gravity
Lyrics submitted by Snake250
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This song gives me such a great feeling, a numbing happy, everything's going to be alright feeling. Its like a weight has been lifting off of me. And I think that is what this song is about....
Through all the pain and suffering in our lives, through all the aches, through all the feelings. Passed our depleted physical needs, passed our wants, our failures lies a light at the end of the tunnel. There is always an end to the pain. The weight will be removed!
@DJN8