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.
So cruel your desire
It pulled me under
But the drapery of my eye won't fall
I lie in wait for the night to find you
Sepia teeth and claw
Hope was changing lanes
I had to turn
Changed my pace
Either way
I grew so old
This is how I disappear
Separated from the dead twin
No hound is on my trail now
Journey to the heart of your deceit
And defining my shed skin
With no one waiting
I am waiting for no one
Departure from the terminus
Arriving on the 4th
Weightless in the arms of none
Flick of the switch, my name lit up
Flickering in white, then gone
It pulled me under
But the drapery of my eye won't fall
I lie in wait for the night to find you
Sepia teeth and claw
Hope was changing lanes
I had to turn
Changed my pace
Either way
I grew so old
This is how I disappear
Separated from the dead twin
No hound is on my trail now
Journey to the heart of your deceit
And defining my shed skin
With no one waiting
I am waiting for no one
Departure from the terminus
Arriving on the 4th
Weightless in the arms of none
Flick of the switch, my name lit up
Flickering in white, then gone
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Flicker Lyrics as written by Jonas Renkse Anders Eriksson
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I think this about escaping from the haunting of a dark & burdening past that you can't shake but you know you have to.