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.
Rip the plug out the radio
Switch me off, put me under
'Til I'm sky high, give me vertigo (somebody)
Let me know when it's over
'Cause all these chemicals
Dancing through my veins
They don't kill the cause
They just numb the pain
I need waking up
I should face the truth
I could calm the storm
If I wanted to
(Typhoon)
My thoughts becoming parasites
(Typhoon)
That live to keep me terrified
(Typhoon)
I tell myself I'll be alright
Typhoons keep on raging
And I don't know why
(Typhoon)
Flashbacks, I'm not letting go
Tear me up, cast a shadow
I got game face but it's all for show
Can't give it up, blow my cover
'Cause all these chemicals
Dancing through my veins
They don't kill the cause
They just numb the pain
I need waking up
I should face the truth
I could calm the storm
If I wanted to
(Typhoon)
My thoughts becoming parasites
(Typhoon)
That live to keep me terrified
(Typhoon)
I tell myself I'll be alright
Typhoons keep on raging
And I don't know why
(Typhoon)
Dark memories like lightning strike
(Typhoon)
Shake and sway me through the night
(Typhoon)
Raging on behind my eyes
I'm doomed and I'm waiting
For light in my sky
Typhoons keep on raging
And I don't know why
(Typhoon)
(Typhoon)
(Typhoon)
(Typhoon)
My thoughts becoming parasites
That live to keep me terrified
I tell myself I'll be alright
Typhoons keep on raging
And I don't know why
(Typhoon)
Dark memories like lightning strike
(Typhoon)
Shake and sway me through the night
(Typhoon)
Raging on behind my eyes
I'm doomed and I'm waiting
For light in my sky
Typhoons keep on raging
And I don't know why
(Typhoon)
(Typhoon)
Switch me off, put me under
'Til I'm sky high, give me vertigo (somebody)
Let me know when it's over
'Cause all these chemicals
Dancing through my veins
They don't kill the cause
They just numb the pain
I need waking up
I should face the truth
I could calm the storm
If I wanted to
(Typhoon)
My thoughts becoming parasites
(Typhoon)
That live to keep me terrified
(Typhoon)
I tell myself I'll be alright
Typhoons keep on raging
And I don't know why
(Typhoon)
Flashbacks, I'm not letting go
Tear me up, cast a shadow
I got game face but it's all for show
Can't give it up, blow my cover
'Cause all these chemicals
Dancing through my veins
They don't kill the cause
They just numb the pain
I need waking up
I should face the truth
I could calm the storm
If I wanted to
(Typhoon)
My thoughts becoming parasites
(Typhoon)
That live to keep me terrified
(Typhoon)
I tell myself I'll be alright
Typhoons keep on raging
And I don't know why
(Typhoon)
Dark memories like lightning strike
(Typhoon)
Shake and sway me through the night
(Typhoon)
Raging on behind my eyes
I'm doomed and I'm waiting
For light in my sky
Typhoons keep on raging
And I don't know why
(Typhoon)
(Typhoon)
(Typhoon)
(Typhoon)
My thoughts becoming parasites
That live to keep me terrified
I tell myself I'll be alright
Typhoons keep on raging
And I don't know why
(Typhoon)
Dark memories like lightning strike
(Typhoon)
Shake and sway me through the night
(Typhoon)
Raging on behind my eyes
I'm doomed and I'm waiting
For light in my sky
Typhoons keep on raging
And I don't know why
(Typhoon)
(Typhoon)
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Typhoons Lyrics as written by Michael James Kerr Ben Thatcher
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Frontman Mike Kerr says of this song; It's about when a thought or an idea takes over, you are lost in that. It does feel like it can go on forever, but it’s also about knowing that it can’t go on forever. It’s not permanent – it can’t be. I think that’s just part of being a human being. I think everyone can get lost in their own mind, and they can have dark spells in their own mind. I’ve experienced them, you’ve experienced them, we all have. I wanted to write a song that recognized them, but was also uplifting and empowering – knowing that if you are going through that, it will end at some point. It will pass.”