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.
Shadowman (Music & lyrics: J.WesterlundS KronqvistG.Rönning) I am the man who walks alone (I walk within the end of time) I stay away from light (As it blinds my sight, as I become the night) I feel it crawling in the blood (You are the one I need tonight) And if you try to stop me (I'll eat you alive, dressed in black and white) A shadow in the window hiding Shadow in the window I'm right here Come on and dance with me, yeah I'm waiting for the main attraction Shadow in the window I'm right here Talk to me Shadowman I'm reachin' out from this dead end street (I'm falling into misery) And there's no way out from here (Let the darkness come) I cross my heart I didn't know we would get this far, my dear I feel the heat The heat is burning with me A shadow in the window hiding.. A shadow in the window hiding A shadow in the window I'm right here Come on and dance with me (Ooh, shadow in the window hiding) (Talk, talk to me) Come on and dance with me (Ooh, shadow in the window hiding) (Talk, talk to me) (Talk to me) Talk to me Shadowman (Ooh, shadow in the window hiding) Talk to me Shadowman, oh
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Shadowman Lyrics as written by Geir Rönning Sören Kronkvist
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I think this is about the dark side of humanity. Those who exist & haunt only in the shadows.