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.
Caught up in a pissing contest
Gasping empty air
I'm losing precious time
So don't keep me in mind
Nourished by my disappointment
Parasitic grief
And there's no turning back
A widow dressed in black
Silence
Golden
Where I used to look for comfort
Is cursed hollow cold
Right back in death's embrace
A man without a face
I became completely lucid
Said "who are, who are you?"
I felt his icy breath
When I turned around to face him
I was paralyzed
I couldn't turn around
Or open up my eyes
You'll get over it easy, babe
See you're bouncing right back again
Right now its overkill
But in six months it will be fine
Even charming
Yeah
If the angels would sing today
You'd explain it away, I'm sure
And when the nearest dream recedes
The dream of Reading and of Leeds
All going off at once in your mind
One of these days
Gonna get to the heart
One of these days
When the bridge falls apart
One of these days
Right back at the start
One of these days
We'll never be apart again
Burning Six Flags in effigy
Didn't read the report
But you know he's such a juggernaut
And it's never not a lot
In the passionless void
What a bitter macaroon
What a sour eclair
And this hysteria
Has made us all aware of where
All the buoys are submerged
One of these days
Gonna get to the heart
One of these days
When the bridge falls apart
One of these days
Right back at the start
One of these days
We'll never ever be apart
Gasping empty air
I'm losing precious time
So don't keep me in mind
Nourished by my disappointment
Parasitic grief
And there's no turning back
A widow dressed in black
Silence
Golden
Where I used to look for comfort
Is cursed hollow cold
Right back in death's embrace
A man without a face
I became completely lucid
Said "who are, who are you?"
I felt his icy breath
When I turned around to face him
I was paralyzed
I couldn't turn around
Or open up my eyes
You'll get over it easy, babe
See you're bouncing right back again
Right now its overkill
But in six months it will be fine
Even charming
Yeah
If the angels would sing today
You'd explain it away, I'm sure
And when the nearest dream recedes
The dream of Reading and of Leeds
All going off at once in your mind
One of these days
Gonna get to the heart
One of these days
When the bridge falls apart
One of these days
Right back at the start
One of these days
We'll never be apart again
Burning Six Flags in effigy
Didn't read the report
But you know he's such a juggernaut
And it's never not a lot
In the passionless void
What a bitter macaroon
What a sour eclair
And this hysteria
Has made us all aware of where
All the buoys are submerged
One of these days
Gonna get to the heart
One of these days
When the bridge falls apart
One of these days
Right back at the start
One of these days
We'll never ever be apart
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
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