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.
Everybody's got a pain inside
Imaginary wounds they fight to hide
How can I hate them
When everybody's got a pulse
I dream in a world that wants my soul
That tells me if I hate I can control
But I don't believe it
I cannot conceive it
Because everybody's got a pulse
I am human, I am love
And my heart beats with my blood
Love will always win
Underneath the skin
Everybody's got a pulse
Once again I hang my head to cry
I can't find the reason why they died
We will find the answer
Blowing in the wind
That everybody's got a pulse
I am human, I am love
And my heart beats with my blood
Love will always win
Underneath the skin
Everybody's got a pulse
Who you gonna hate now
When there's no one left but you
Who you gonna gun down
If you can't kill the truth
That is inside of us
It's inside our blood
It's inside a pulse
I am human, I am love
And my heart beats in my blood
Love will always win
Underneath the skin
Everybody's got a pulse
(Everybody's got a pulse)
I am human, I am love
And my heart beats in my blood
Love will always win
Underneath the skin
Everybody's got a pulse
I am human, I am love
And my heart beats in my blood
Love will always win
Underneath the skin
Everybody's got a pulse
I am human, I am love
And my heart beats in my blood
Love will always win
Underneath the skin
Everybody's got a pulse
Everybody's got a pulse
Everybody
Everybody hands up if you're alive
Hands up if you're alive
Love will always win
Underneath the skin
Everybody's got a pulse
Imaginary wounds they fight to hide
How can I hate them
When everybody's got a pulse
I dream in a world that wants my soul
That tells me if I hate I can control
But I don't believe it
I cannot conceive it
Because everybody's got a pulse
I am human, I am love
And my heart beats with my blood
Love will always win
Underneath the skin
Everybody's got a pulse
Once again I hang my head to cry
I can't find the reason why they died
We will find the answer
Blowing in the wind
That everybody's got a pulse
I am human, I am love
And my heart beats with my blood
Love will always win
Underneath the skin
Everybody's got a pulse
Who you gonna hate now
When there's no one left but you
Who you gonna gun down
If you can't kill the truth
That is inside of us
It's inside our blood
It's inside a pulse
I am human, I am love
And my heart beats in my blood
Love will always win
Underneath the skin
Everybody's got a pulse
(Everybody's got a pulse)
I am human, I am love
And my heart beats in my blood
Love will always win
Underneath the skin
Everybody's got a pulse
I am human, I am love
And my heart beats in my blood
Love will always win
Underneath the skin
Everybody's got a pulse
I am human, I am love
And my heart beats in my blood
Love will always win
Underneath the skin
Everybody's got a pulse
Everybody's got a pulse
Everybody
Everybody hands up if you're alive
Hands up if you're alive
Love will always win
Underneath the skin
Everybody's got a pulse
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Absolutely cannot stop listening to this song right now. The subject matter is just killing my soul, but the song is so perfect a memorial to everything the community feels right now.
"I dream in a world that wants my soul That tells me if I hate I can control But I don't believe it, I cannot conceive it Cause everybody's got a pulse"
The song's guitar hook reminds me a LOT of Bruce's "I'm On Fire," but in all the best ways. It sets the perfect tone for the song, and Melissa just made perfection with it.