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.
Let's go
Deceive me
Release me
Unleash me
You've unleashed the wild within
Welcome to the madness
That dwells inside these eyes
Pushed unto the breaking point
You're running out of time, time
This innocent blood is on your hands
Deceive me
Come face to face with the final stand
Release me
It's the part of me you can't comprehend
Unleash me
You've unleashed the wild within
The wild within, yeah
You who spoke defiance
You who spoke in jest (You who spoke in jest)
The last of all my tolerance has left this broken man
This innocent blood is on your hands
Deceive me
Come face to face with the final stand
Release me
It's the part of me you can't comprehend
Unleash me
You've unleashed the wild within
I remind you time and time again
You've broken the restraints against your heart
Against the dark
Can you feel the pain
Of those you betrayed?
The promises unmade
Broken hearts that fill with shame
And you're to blame
Do they call your name?
There's nothing left to say
Nothing left to say
This innocent blood is on your hands
Deceive me
Come face to face with the final stand
Release me
It's the part of me you can't comprehend
Unleash me
You've unleashed the wild within
Deceive me
Release me
Unleash me
You've unleashed the wild within
Welcome to the madness
That dwells inside these eyes
Pushed unto the breaking point
You're running out of time, time
This innocent blood is on your hands
Deceive me
Come face to face with the final stand
Release me
It's the part of me you can't comprehend
Unleash me
You've unleashed the wild within
The wild within, yeah
You who spoke defiance
You who spoke in jest (You who spoke in jest)
The last of all my tolerance has left this broken man
This innocent blood is on your hands
Deceive me
Come face to face with the final stand
Release me
It's the part of me you can't comprehend
Unleash me
You've unleashed the wild within
I remind you time and time again
You've broken the restraints against your heart
Against the dark
Can you feel the pain
Of those you betrayed?
The promises unmade
Broken hearts that fill with shame
And you're to blame
Do they call your name?
There's nothing left to say
Nothing left to say
This innocent blood is on your hands
Deceive me
Come face to face with the final stand
Release me
It's the part of me you can't comprehend
Unleash me
You've unleashed the wild within
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Unleashed Lyrics as written by Jesse Leach Adam Dutkiewicz
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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