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.
Sick of hiding the truth, fucking lying to you
No more time left for hope, at the end of your rope
Choke, at the end of your rope
Choke
No more running, no more hiding from tomorrow
Living life without your eyes, hollow
Read between the lines
More than meets the eye
A face so pure, he's insecure
He's been running for some time
Find me trapped inside my head
(I can't find a way to bring myself back)
Choking on these words unsaid
(Spit it out, spit it out before I fade out)
No more time left for hope, at the end of your rope
Choke, at the end of your rope
Choke
We are bleeding underneath, I see your shadow
Below the surface I am taken by your sorrow
Read between the lines
More than meets the eye
A face so pure, he's insecure
He's been running for some time
Find me trapped inside my head
(I can't find a way to bring myself back)
Choking on these words unsaid
(Spit it out, spit it out before I fade out)
Eternal ache
A silent grave
Eternal
Find me trapped inside my head
(I can't find a way to bring myself back)
Choking on these words unsaid
(Spit it out, spit it out before I fade out)
Buried in my own head, falling apart
Choking on my own tongue, tearing my heart
No more time left for hope, at the end of your rope
Choke, at the end of your rope
Choke
No more running, no more hiding from tomorrow
Living life without your eyes, hollow
Read between the lines
More than meets the eye
A face so pure, he's insecure
He's been running for some time
Find me trapped inside my head
(I can't find a way to bring myself back)
Choking on these words unsaid
(Spit it out, spit it out before I fade out)
No more time left for hope, at the end of your rope
Choke, at the end of your rope
Choke
We are bleeding underneath, I see your shadow
Below the surface I am taken by your sorrow
Read between the lines
More than meets the eye
A face so pure, he's insecure
He's been running for some time
Find me trapped inside my head
(I can't find a way to bring myself back)
Choking on these words unsaid
(Spit it out, spit it out before I fade out)
Eternal ache
A silent grave
Eternal
Find me trapped inside my head
(I can't find a way to bring myself back)
Choking on these words unsaid
(Spit it out, spit it out before I fade out)
Buried in my own head, falling apart
Choking on my own tongue, tearing my heart
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Choke Lyrics as written by Danie Weller Adam Christopher Jackson
Lyrics © Royalty Network, Bucks Music Group
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I think this is about someone so entrapped by their own burdens & darkness that feel suffocated by it and it's making it hard for them to even breathe anymore.