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 take them off
The blinders that cover your eyes
Don't break new ground
Just follow the beaten path
Well, all I can do in the end
Is bury it in the cellar (cellar, cellar)
And only a fool would pretend
To blame it on the weather (weather, weather)
It's so dangerous
All this blamelessness
And I feel like I lost all the good I've known
It's so dangerous
All this shamelessness
And I feel like I'm watching a tumor grow, yeah
Now take them down
The roses you smothered, they died
I hear the cries
Of souls you have eaten since
We all must revere and defend
The fortune of the teller (teller, teller)
We all must subdue and suspend
Belief that this gets better (better, better)
It's so dangerous
All this blamelessness
And I feel like I lost all the good I've known
It's so dangerous
All this shamelessness
And I feel like I'm watching a tumor grow, yeah
Please, just say you know you won't be satisfied
Not unless you know your name is verified
God, I hope you choke on hate and stomach bile
Even as you sing the praise of feticide
Please, just say you know you won't be satisfied
Not unless you know your name is verified
God, I hope you choke on hate and stomach bile
Even as you sing the praise of feticide
It's so dangerous
All this blamelessness
And I feel like I lost all the good I've known
It's so dangerous
All this shamelessness
And I feel like I'm watching a tumor grow, yeah
And I feel like I lost all the good I've known, yeah
And I feel like I'm watching a tumor grow, yeah
The blinders that cover your eyes
Don't break new ground
Just follow the beaten path
Well, all I can do in the end
Is bury it in the cellar (cellar, cellar)
And only a fool would pretend
To blame it on the weather (weather, weather)
It's so dangerous
All this blamelessness
And I feel like I lost all the good I've known
It's so dangerous
All this shamelessness
And I feel like I'm watching a tumor grow, yeah
Now take them down
The roses you smothered, they died
I hear the cries
Of souls you have eaten since
We all must revere and defend
The fortune of the teller (teller, teller)
We all must subdue and suspend
Belief that this gets better (better, better)
It's so dangerous
All this blamelessness
And I feel like I lost all the good I've known
It's so dangerous
All this shamelessness
And I feel like I'm watching a tumor grow, yeah
Please, just say you know you won't be satisfied
Not unless you know your name is verified
God, I hope you choke on hate and stomach bile
Even as you sing the praise of feticide
Please, just say you know you won't be satisfied
Not unless you know your name is verified
God, I hope you choke on hate and stomach bile
Even as you sing the praise of feticide
It's so dangerous
All this blamelessness
And I feel like I lost all the good I've known
It's so dangerous
All this shamelessness
And I feel like I'm watching a tumor grow, yeah
And I feel like I lost all the good I've known, yeah
And I feel like I'm watching a tumor grow, yeah
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Dangerous Lyrics as written by Shaun Morgan Welgemoed
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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After seeing the video for this on YouTube it's clear that is about someone who for so long has been a good person, following the straight & narrow for so long now finally seeing the dark world around them for what it truly is and finally allowing it to take over them - eventually embodying them fully.