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.
Is it dark in your room?
Wonder if they come tonight
Something's taking out the lights
Better find a place to hide
Before the sun goes down and it's cold inside
I don't really know what's in these walls
Same house but it don't feel right
And I'm just holding on alone
While I tell myself that it's in my mind
I'm spending too much time
Lost and I can't find my way
Can you?
Is it dark in your room?
Are you afraid of it, too?
It's haunting us just
Living for tomorrow when it never comes
Being caught up in a permanent insomnia
Screaming in silence to anyone
Is it dark in your room?
Look
Tell me was it there last night?
Did it leave you paralyzed?
Sending shivers down your spine
Did you tell yourself that it's in your mind?
Can you feel it creeping in your bed?
Held down when you try to leave
Fear it when you're home alone
With a world outside
Full of stranger things
I'm spending too much time
Knowing nothing's
Ever what it seems
Wonder if they come tonight
Something's taking out the lights
Better find a place to hide
Before the sun goes down and it's cold inside
I don't really know what's in these walls
Same house but it don't feel right
And I'm just holding on alone
While I tell myself that it's in my mind
I'm spending too much time
Lost and I can't find my way
Can you?
Is it dark in your room?
Are you afraid of it, too?
It's haunting us just
Living for tomorrow when it never comes
Being caught up in a permanent insomnia
Screaming in silence to anyone
Is it dark in your room?
Look
Tell me was it there last night?
Did it leave you paralyzed?
Sending shivers down your spine
Did you tell yourself that it's in your mind?
Can you feel it creeping in your bed?
Held down when you try to leave
Fear it when you're home alone
With a world outside
Full of stranger things
I'm spending too much time
Knowing nothing's
Ever what it seems
Lyrics submitted by AdamArtz
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