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.
Lock eyes like we’re staring down the barrel of a shotgun. (Shotgun)
Appear so quickly, leave as swiftly as you came.
Sometimes I wish I had the measure of a wise man.
But I set the mood, I plant the tomb and bury all the bones within!
It sure is something when we all catch fire.
Bodies burning like the sunrise.
Stay with me I’ll show you paradise.
It feels so right.
Give me that peace of mind and I’ll give you everything,
Just know it feels so good that I could die and be alright.
Alive, we breathe when everything is as it seems,
But is there something much more?
Underneath the sheets, beneath the skin,
There’s a beauty waiting to be adored.
We’re cradled in the thick of it, but too ignorant to give a shit.
We set the mood, we plant the tomb and bury all the bones within!
Don’t keep me hanging from the mouth!
Yeah it sure is something when we all catch fire.
Bodies burning like the sunrise.
Stay with me I’ll show you paradise.
It feels so right.
Give me that peace of mind and I’ll give you everything,
Just know it feels so good that I could die and join the stars.
Give me that peace of mind and I’ll give you everything,
Stay with me I’ll show you paradise.
It feels so right.
We exist in this moment only to fly.
Just stay with me.
Twisting love as we hold it on the inside.
Just stay with me.
Oh yeah it sure is something when we all catch fire.
Bodies burning like the sunrise!
Stay with me I’ll show you paradise.
It feels so right.
Give me that peace of mind and I’ll give you everything,
Just know it feels so good that I could die and join the stars.
Give me that peace of mind and I’ll give you everything,
Stay with me I’ll show you paradise.
It feels so right!
Appear so quickly, leave as swiftly as you came.
Sometimes I wish I had the measure of a wise man.
But I set the mood, I plant the tomb and bury all the bones within!
It sure is something when we all catch fire.
Bodies burning like the sunrise.
Stay with me I’ll show you paradise.
It feels so right.
Give me that peace of mind and I’ll give you everything,
Just know it feels so good that I could die and be alright.
Alive, we breathe when everything is as it seems,
But is there something much more?
Underneath the sheets, beneath the skin,
There’s a beauty waiting to be adored.
We’re cradled in the thick of it, but too ignorant to give a shit.
We set the mood, we plant the tomb and bury all the bones within!
Don’t keep me hanging from the mouth!
Yeah it sure is something when we all catch fire.
Bodies burning like the sunrise.
Stay with me I’ll show you paradise.
It feels so right.
Give me that peace of mind and I’ll give you everything,
Just know it feels so good that I could die and join the stars.
Give me that peace of mind and I’ll give you everything,
Stay with me I’ll show you paradise.
It feels so right.
We exist in this moment only to fly.
Just stay with me.
Twisting love as we hold it on the inside.
Just stay with me.
Oh yeah it sure is something when we all catch fire.
Bodies burning like the sunrise!
Stay with me I’ll show you paradise.
It feels so right.
Give me that peace of mind and I’ll give you everything,
Just know it feels so good that I could die and join the stars.
Give me that peace of mind and I’ll give you everything,
Stay with me I’ll show you paradise.
It feels so right!
Lyrics submitted by AdamArtz
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I believe this song to be about a love so intense it burns straight through to ones bones. It's almost a dangerous love that could possibly destroy both parties involved if it were to get out of hand.