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.
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I think this about the hell that someone lives in and realizing it's a trap that they will never escape from if they don't seek help.
@EternalTearsOfSorrow I agree although I see it a little more darkly. They\'re stuck in a hell, probably of their own devising, they can\'t see a way out of. No matter what. \r\n\r\nTowards the end of the song when Michael is going through \'am I alone, am I alright...\' his voice takes on that gruffer sound of a man about to break down completely either sobbing or screaming at the sky. \r\n\r\n"Hear a voice when the light is gone\r\nNever know whose side it\'s on\r\nThink you\'re gonna see someone\r\nBut you\'re still the only one"\r\n\r\nThis song resonates so strongly with me. I feel that way all the time. \r\n\r\n#Redmusic\r\n#TheWarWeMade\r\n