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.
I am a warrior
Can't be your hero
I'm down a black hole
And when the echoes
Come closing in
What have I become?
What have I become?
Better to fight for
Fight for something
Than to live for
Live for nothing
It's a cold world
We make the best of it
What have we become?
What have we become?
I'm a warrior
And I know what I'm fighting for
I'm a warrior
Cause I am, I am a warrior
Woah woah
I am, I am a warrior
Cause I am, I am a warrior
Woah woah
I am, I am a warrior
Can't be your hero
I'm down a black hole
And when the echoes
Come closing in
What have I become?
What have I become?
Better to fight for
Fight for something
Than to live for
Live for nothing
It's a cold world
We make the best of it
What have we become?
What have we become?
I'm a warrior
And I know what I'm fighting for
I'm a warrior
Cause I am, I am a warrior
Woah woah
I am, I am a warrior
Cause I am, I am a warrior
Woah woah
I am, I am a warrior
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Warrior Lyrics as written by Matthew Good Alecia Demner
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I think this is about being a fighter & champion of your own cause. No matter how the odds are stacked, always coming out on top because you're stronger then you even know.