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.
You carry this weight, trying to cover your mistakes
To make it seem like nothing could ever break you
But I see right through 'cause I am broken too
In all the same places as you
And if you needed proof, I'll reopen my wounds
Reopen the wounds, yeah
I see myself in you (in you)
I know you can make it through
If you needed proof, I'll reopen my wounds
In all the right places for you
So now you see the truth that you are broken too
I'll reopen my wounds for you
I keep making the same mistakes, just to feel alive again
It's the only way to break on through
So stop numbing all the pain
'Cause it just won't go away (won't go away)
If you only knew how much I needed you
And if you needed proof, I'd reopen my wounds (my wounds)
In all the right places for you
I can see the truth (the truth) 'cause I am broken too
I am broken too, broken just like you
To make it seem like nothing could ever break you
But I see right through 'cause I am broken too
In all the same places as you
And if you needed proof, I'll reopen my wounds
Reopen the wounds, yeah
I see myself in you (in you)
I know you can make it through
If you needed proof, I'll reopen my wounds
In all the right places for you
So now you see the truth that you are broken too
I'll reopen my wounds for you
I keep making the same mistakes, just to feel alive again
It's the only way to break on through
So stop numbing all the pain
'Cause it just won't go away (won't go away)
If you only knew how much I needed you
And if you needed proof, I'd reopen my wounds (my wounds)
In all the right places for you
I can see the truth (the truth) 'cause I am broken too
I am broken too, broken just like you
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
I Am Broken Too Lyrics as written by Jesse Leach Adam Dutkiewicz
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I think this song is about how the struggle with addiction can become it's own form of suicide essentially. If you keep walking down that dark, dangerous path long enough eventually you'll come to face to face with the end of yourself, but by then it'll be too late.