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 felt better
I've been up all night
I can feel it coming
The morning light
The air is so cold here
It's so hard to breathe
We better take cover
Will you cover me?
Way up here with the Northern lights
Beyond you and me
I dreamt of us in another life
One we've never reached
You know we're sinking
We could fade away
I'm not going down
Not today
The air is so cold here
Too cold to see
We have to take cover
Cover me
Way up here with the Northern lights
Beyond these broken bars
I pictured us in another life
Where we're all super stars
I've been up all night
I can feel it coming
The morning light
The air is so cold here
It's so hard to breathe
We better take cover
Will you cover me?
Way up here with the Northern lights
Beyond you and me
I dreamt of us in another life
One we've never reached
You know we're sinking
We could fade away
I'm not going down
Not today
The air is so cold here
Too cold to see
We have to take cover
Cover me
Way up here with the Northern lights
Beyond these broken bars
I pictured us in another life
Where we're all super stars
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Cover Me Lyrics as written by Christian Eigner David Gahan
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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I think this a fairly simple call for Transcendence; freedom from chains, peace.
@redsuitcase I'm here to agree. I feel it's a call for Universal unity, and equality. Especially the last line. I guess being a superstar, touring, adoration... it can be on top at times. People walk away. In a Utopia, we would all spread the word, constantly.It's a call for unity.
@redsuitcase LOL!
@redsuitcase I think you’ve missed the point. Not saying it’s a bad thing, because you might be right. The adoration & touring is bullshit, it’s about peace of mind. The world isn’t going to be any sort of utopian vision, but one can find peace of mind. Probably more so than the “superstar”. I have no idea what you’re laughing at..
@redsuitcase oh & the money -
@redsuitcase The more I see these heroes the more I understand, never meet your idols.
@redsuitcase LOL!