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.
From my perch these mountains rise like razors
Against the slow weight of the night
These little lights burn like lighted fires
Along the jagged walls
Somewhere out there a fresh face is cutting lines
On a heated plate
Somewhere out there she just sacrificed her life
Something's wrong with me
For thinking something's right with you
Now my thoughts float like moths
Over a fading flame
Something's wrong with me
For thinking something's right with you
Now I'm lost inside the smog
Choking on the shame
(It tastes like suicide, a sweet death I can't deny)
From my perch these broken birds are calling
Singing their siren song
They mesmerize
I forget to fly
Somewhere out there I just sacrificed my life
Something's wrong with me
For thinking something's right with you
Now my thoughts float like moths
Over a fading flame
Something's wrong with me
For thinking something's right with you
Now I'm lost inside the smog
Choking on the shame
We roam the night like wild animals
We chew into passive mammals
In cold blood!
In cold blood!
My fingertips touch her lips
To quiet the sins she commits
In cold blood!
In cold blood!
(It tastes like suicide)
Something's wrong with me
For thinking something's right with you
Now my thoughts float like moths
Over a fading flame
Something's wrong with me
For thinking something's right with you
Now I'm lost inside the smog
Choking on the shame
Something's wrong with me
For thinking something's right with you
Now my thoughts float like moths
Over a fading flame
Something's wrong with me
For thinking something's right with you
Now I'm lost inside the smog
Choking on the shame
(A sweet death I can't deny)
Against the slow weight of the night
These little lights burn like lighted fires
Along the jagged walls
Somewhere out there a fresh face is cutting lines
On a heated plate
Somewhere out there she just sacrificed her life
Something's wrong with me
For thinking something's right with you
Now my thoughts float like moths
Over a fading flame
Something's wrong with me
For thinking something's right with you
Now I'm lost inside the smog
Choking on the shame
(It tastes like suicide, a sweet death I can't deny)
From my perch these broken birds are calling
Singing their siren song
They mesmerize
I forget to fly
Somewhere out there I just sacrificed my life
Something's wrong with me
For thinking something's right with you
Now my thoughts float like moths
Over a fading flame
Something's wrong with me
For thinking something's right with you
Now I'm lost inside the smog
Choking on the shame
We roam the night like wild animals
We chew into passive mammals
In cold blood!
In cold blood!
My fingertips touch her lips
To quiet the sins she commits
In cold blood!
In cold blood!
(It tastes like suicide)
Something's wrong with me
For thinking something's right with you
Now my thoughts float like moths
Over a fading flame
Something's wrong with me
For thinking something's right with you
Now I'm lost inside the smog
Choking on the shame
Something's wrong with me
For thinking something's right with you
Now my thoughts float like moths
Over a fading flame
Something's wrong with me
For thinking something's right with you
Now I'm lost inside the smog
Choking on the shame
(A sweet death I can't deny)
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
In Cold Blood Lyrics as written by Justin Kier Otep Shamaya
Lyrics © TUNECORE INC, TuneCore Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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