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 the God and the devil around you
I am the heaven and the hell you crave
I am the queens and the kings that you bow to
I am the name written on your grave
I am the sun that you bask and you feed on
I am the moon that you howl to
I am the day dream bringing faith and conviction
I am that nightmare you've been crawling through
So watch as I set fire to everything
Watch as I burn down everything anything
Watch as I destroy you
Watch as I turn into God
Watch as she - Watch as she turns into me
I am the righteous, the touched and holy
I am the voodoo that you want to believe
I am the angels that hold and surround you
I am the demon you're afraid to need
I am the temple that will bless and feed you
I'm the religion keeping you in chains
I am the cure that you pray will find you
I'm the disease running through your veins
So watch as I set fire to everything
Watch as I burn down everything anything
Watch as I destroy you
Watch as I turn into God
Watch as she - Watch as she turns into me
God is She
God is She, She is God
God is She, She is God
God is She, She is God
God is She, She is God
Watch as I set fire to everything
Watch as I burn down everything anything
Watch as I set fire to everything
Watch as I burn down everything anything
Watch as I destroy you
Watch as I turn into God
Watch as she - Watch as she turns into me
God is She, She is God
God is She, She is God
God is She
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
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I think this is about how these days God is everywhere & in everything (good & evil). God could be a woman, it could be a cure or disease, it could be anywhere & take the form of anything. The war inside of just about everyone that twists our minds & thoughts into how we choose to see God is nothing to be repentant of but something we should instead feel free to be empowered by.