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.
A winged man, a fitting plan
Promising to bring the light again
He said "I see your pain
And I think it's beautiful"
But I have not prayed to be saved
Am I fast asleep or wide awake?
Was it all just a dream?
When I was unmovable?
I was unmovable
Crack my heart open
With your bare hands watch me bloom
Set my soul on fire and I will unfold for you
I wanna feel
Wanna heal
Wanna break
Wanna change
Wanna live
Wanna feel
Wanna heal
Wanna break
Wanna change
Wanna live
So take my hand and understand
I have come to help your light expand
It's only growing pain
Nothing is permanent
With surrender, I fill up
As I taste the ecstasy of love
I promise that you'll be safe
But it may be turbulent
It may be turbulent
Crack my heart open
With your bare hands watch me bloom
Set my soul on fire and I will unfold for you
I wanna feel
Wanna heal
Wanna break
Wanna change
Wanna live
Wanna feel
Wanna heal
Wanna break
Wanna change
Wanna live
Crack my heart open
With your bare hands watch me bloom
Set my soul on fire and I will unfold for you
I wanna feel
Wanna heal
Wanna break
Wanna change
Wanna live
Wanna feel
Wanna heal
Wanna break
Wanna change
Wanna live
Wanna live
Wanna live
Promising to bring the light again
He said "I see your pain
And I think it's beautiful"
But I have not prayed to be saved
Am I fast asleep or wide awake?
Was it all just a dream?
When I was unmovable?
I was unmovable
Crack my heart open
With your bare hands watch me bloom
Set my soul on fire and I will unfold for you
I wanna feel
Wanna heal
Wanna break
Wanna change
Wanna live
Wanna feel
Wanna heal
Wanna break
Wanna change
Wanna live
So take my hand and understand
I have come to help your light expand
It's only growing pain
Nothing is permanent
With surrender, I fill up
As I taste the ecstasy of love
I promise that you'll be safe
But it may be turbulent
It may be turbulent
Crack my heart open
With your bare hands watch me bloom
Set my soul on fire and I will unfold for you
I wanna feel
Wanna heal
Wanna break
Wanna change
Wanna live
Wanna feel
Wanna heal
Wanna break
Wanna change
Wanna live
Crack my heart open
With your bare hands watch me bloom
Set my soul on fire and I will unfold for you
I wanna feel
Wanna heal
Wanna break
Wanna change
Wanna live
Wanna feel
Wanna heal
Wanna break
Wanna change
Wanna live
Wanna live
Wanna live
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Crack My Heart Lyrics as written by Whakaio Taahi Jenna Mcdougall
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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I think this is a song about someone or some being coming into your life to save you and it opens your eyes to how hopeless you were unknowingly feeling until they made their presence known to you. Them coming into your life showed you a pathway out of your misery and freed you from the chains you didn't even know you were in. It's about a spiritual revival, an awakening/ stirring of the soul in the hopes of reviving it to it's full potential.