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.
Spinning around my mental now
Oh, my head's been filled with doubt
What I kept inside will eat me alive
Or will it keep me safe and sound?
'Cause I'm half alive
Numb inside
Dying to feel
I'm dying to feel
I can't feel anything
So lost and I can't be saved
Your voice but a memory
Fade to black and erase the pain
Erase the pain
Fade to black and erase the pain
Losing a piece of what I found
Losing myself in all this crowd
If I told you I'd die
Would you keep me alive?
Oh, would you save me from myself?
Half alive
Numb inside
Dying to feel
I'm dying to feel
I can't feel anything
So lost and I can't be saved
Your voice but a memory
Fade to black and erase the pain
Erase the pain
Fade to black and erase the pain
I pretend, I pretend
I pretend 'til I bend and bend
'Til I'm broken
Are you broken?
I forget, I forget
I forget 'til it crept and crept
Am I hopeless?
Are you hopeless?
I can't feel anything
So lost and I can't be saved
Your voice but a memory
Fade to black and erase the pain
I can't feel anything
Fade to black and erase the pain
I can't feel anything
Fade to black and erase the pain
Oh, my head's been filled with doubt
What I kept inside will eat me alive
Or will it keep me safe and sound?
'Cause I'm half alive
Numb inside
Dying to feel
I'm dying to feel
I can't feel anything
So lost and I can't be saved
Your voice but a memory
Fade to black and erase the pain
Erase the pain
Fade to black and erase the pain
Losing a piece of what I found
Losing myself in all this crowd
If I told you I'd die
Would you keep me alive?
Oh, would you save me from myself?
Half alive
Numb inside
Dying to feel
I'm dying to feel
I can't feel anything
So lost and I can't be saved
Your voice but a memory
Fade to black and erase the pain
Erase the pain
Fade to black and erase the pain
I pretend, I pretend
I pretend 'til I bend and bend
'Til I'm broken
Are you broken?
I forget, I forget
I forget 'til it crept and crept
Am I hopeless?
Are you hopeless?
I can't feel anything
So lost and I can't be saved
Your voice but a memory
Fade to black and erase the pain
I can't feel anything
Fade to black and erase the pain
I can't feel anything
Fade to black and erase the pain
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Erase The Pain Lyrics as written by Aaron Rosa Lou Miceli
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Lead vocalist Lou Miceli Jr. says of this song that lyrically, this song is meant to convey the feeling of being at your lowest point. The point where everything is caving in and you just want to start over again. The feeling of being alone and wondering if anyone can relate.