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.
There's a land that I have heard about
So far across the sea,
There's a land that I have heard about
So far across the sea.
To have you on my dreamland
Would be like heaven to me,
To have you on my dreamland
Would be like heaven to me.
We'll live together on that dreamland
And we'll have so much fun,
We'll live together on that dreamland
And we'll have so much fun.
We'll get our breakfast from the trees,
We'll get our honey from the bees,
We'll take a ride on the waterfall,
We'll count the stars in the skies.
And surely we"ll never die,
And surely we"ll never die,
And surely we"ll never die.
Oh, what a time that will be'
Oh just you wait, wait, wait / wait and see
And surely we'll never die,
And surely we"ll never die,
And surely we"ll never die,
And surely we'll never die..
So far across the sea,
There's a land that I have heard about
So far across the sea.
To have you on my dreamland
Would be like heaven to me,
To have you on my dreamland
Would be like heaven to me.
We'll live together on that dreamland
And we'll have so much fun,
We'll live together on that dreamland
And we'll have so much fun.
We'll get our breakfast from the trees,
We'll get our honey from the bees,
We'll take a ride on the waterfall,
We'll count the stars in the skies.
And surely we"ll never die,
And surely we"ll never die,
And surely we"ll never die.
Oh, what a time that will be'
Oh just you wait, wait, wait / wait and see
And surely we'll never die,
And surely we"ll never die,
And surely we"ll never die,
And surely we'll never die..
Lyrics submitted by NomadMonad
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Beautiful harmonies in this song. Bunny wailer also covered it but I like Marcia's voice best. This one makes heaven real for me.