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.
IT'S TIME TO DIE
I'M CRUCIFIED
It's gonna take some time
Before we remain unbroken
Can't push back rewind
Can't take back all the things
I've spoken
We can kill or be killed
In this world full of fear
But we must survive together
SAVE MY SOUL
My mistake
Your mistake
All the rules that we break
Nothing is getting better
SPARE MY SOUL
Heartless
Broken in two
My heart stops
Stops following you
'Till the day i die
Even if I'm crucified
Heartless
Broken in two
My heart stops
Stops following you
'Till the day i die
Even if I'm crucified
CRUCIFIED
IT'S TIME TO DIE
I've written my regrets
But i never had the chance to send it
I apologize
Cause i don't have the heart to face it
We can kill or be killed
In this world full of fear
But we must survive together
SAVE MY SOUL
My mistake
Your mistake
All the rules that we break
Nothing is getting better
SPARE MY SOUL
Heartless
Broken in two
My heart stops
Stops following you
'Till the day i die
Even if I'm crucified
CRUCIFIED!
IT'S TIME TO DIE!
I must learn how to live my life
I must learn how to stay alive
I must learn how to follow the light
I must learn how to make it bright
I must learn how to live my life
I must learn how to stay alive
I must learn how to follow the light
I must learn how to make it bright
I must learn how to live my life
I must learn how to stay alive
I must learn how to follow the light
I must learn how to make it bright
Stay alive
We gonna make it
Make it bright
We gonna stay alive
We gonna make bright
I must learn how to live my life
I must learn how to stay alive
Stay alive
I'M CRUCIFIED
It's gonna take some time
Before we remain unbroken
Can't push back rewind
Can't take back all the things
I've spoken
We can kill or be killed
In this world full of fear
But we must survive together
SAVE MY SOUL
My mistake
Your mistake
All the rules that we break
Nothing is getting better
SPARE MY SOUL
Heartless
Broken in two
My heart stops
Stops following you
'Till the day i die
Even if I'm crucified
Heartless
Broken in two
My heart stops
Stops following you
'Till the day i die
Even if I'm crucified
CRUCIFIED
IT'S TIME TO DIE
I've written my regrets
But i never had the chance to send it
I apologize
Cause i don't have the heart to face it
We can kill or be killed
In this world full of fear
But we must survive together
SAVE MY SOUL
My mistake
Your mistake
All the rules that we break
Nothing is getting better
SPARE MY SOUL
Heartless
Broken in two
My heart stops
Stops following you
'Till the day i die
Even if I'm crucified
CRUCIFIED!
IT'S TIME TO DIE!
I must learn how to live my life
I must learn how to stay alive
I must learn how to follow the light
I must learn how to make it bright
I must learn how to live my life
I must learn how to stay alive
I must learn how to follow the light
I must learn how to make it bright
I must learn how to live my life
I must learn how to stay alive
I must learn how to follow the light
I must learn how to make it bright
Stay alive
We gonna make it
Make it bright
We gonna stay alive
We gonna make bright
I must learn how to live my life
I must learn how to stay alive
Stay alive
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
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I think this about someone who is suffering because they can't move on from a past complicated & painful relationship. They're stuck, they need to get on with their life but they keep thinking back in regret which keeps them from moving forward.