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.
There's more of you to be denied
There's more to be devoured
There's many spots to run and hide
In yourself
Your memories are cradled
They're always lost in time
There's part of me that's fractured
And there's part of me that's still divine
Now there's a cool long way to run
And I see an exit waiting for us
If there's a way it can be done
We'll cover up and feel the fallout
Hold back, hold back, hold back...
There's part of me that's open
The part that can't decide
Never wanted all the mistakes, never wanted
That old divide
Now there's a cool long way to run
And I see an exit waiting for us
If there's a way it can be done
We'll cover up and feel the fallout
Breath easy for me, for me...
If I could see the light side
I'll never want to go back to where the dark
If I could feel the light side
I'll never want to go back to where the dark resides
Now there's a cool long way to run
And I feel an exit waiting for us
If there's a way it can be done
We'll cover up and feel the fallout
There's more to be devoured
There's many spots to run and hide
In yourself
Your memories are cradled
They're always lost in time
There's part of me that's fractured
And there's part of me that's still divine
Now there's a cool long way to run
And I see an exit waiting for us
If there's a way it can be done
We'll cover up and feel the fallout
Hold back, hold back, hold back...
There's part of me that's open
The part that can't decide
Never wanted all the mistakes, never wanted
That old divide
Now there's a cool long way to run
And I see an exit waiting for us
If there's a way it can be done
We'll cover up and feel the fallout
Breath easy for me, for me...
If I could see the light side
I'll never want to go back to where the dark
If I could feel the light side
I'll never want to go back to where the dark resides
Now there's a cool long way to run
And I feel an exit waiting for us
If there's a way it can be done
We'll cover up and feel the fallout
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
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I think this has to do with not dwelling on past mistakes as doing so can divide us (both in our relationships and as a nation in general). Sometimes just escaping away for a bit is a better way to heal & reconnect with one another.