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.
In the stillness of dim lit insomnia
He discovers his own body
Whispered names in the pillowcase
It's almost like he had somebody
It's ok, I didn't want to go out tonight anyway
I stay right here
The world is out of reach
For a body under siege
By a foreign mind implanted in a being
That used to be so innocent
Is this a cell or my bedroom? Who can tell?
What secrets lie within this boy's drawer
A reason for his punishment
If I only had a friend like you
If I only had a friend like you
If I only had a friend like you
If I only had a friend like you
What to do when no one's watching
Anything else means nothing
When the world outside comes knocking
We are going hunting
What to do when no one's watching
Anything else means nothing
When the world outside comes knocking
We are going hunting
The world he kept outside
Got a scent of where he hides
And the skeletons of rats inside his drawer
Are proof that no one's innocent
What is the way?
Is it mercy? Is it brave
To let the stones fall down upon the sickly
Or is it simply punishment?
If I only had a friend like you
If I only had a friend like you
If I only had a friend like you
If I only had a friend like you
What to do when no one's watching
Anything else means nothing
When the world outside comes knocking
We are going hunting
What to do when no one's watching
Anything else means nothing
When the world outside comes knocking
We are going hunting
Our time has come and gone so stay inside
You have to keep your secrets small
Close your eyes
I hear you whisper through the walls
What to do when no one's watching (what's left for you to do now?)
Anything else means nothing
When the world outside comes knocking (they've come to hunt you down)
We are going hunting
What to do when no one's watching (what's left for you to do now?)
Anything else means nothing
When the world outside comes knocking (they've come to hunt you down)
We are going hunting
What to do when no one's watching
Anything else means nothing
When the world outside comes knocking
We are going hunting
What to do when no one's watching
Anything else means nothing
When the world outside comes knocking
We are going hunting
He discovers his own body
Whispered names in the pillowcase
It's almost like he had somebody
It's ok, I didn't want to go out tonight anyway
I stay right here
The world is out of reach
For a body under siege
By a foreign mind implanted in a being
That used to be so innocent
Is this a cell or my bedroom? Who can tell?
What secrets lie within this boy's drawer
A reason for his punishment
If I only had a friend like you
If I only had a friend like you
If I only had a friend like you
If I only had a friend like you
What to do when no one's watching
Anything else means nothing
When the world outside comes knocking
We are going hunting
What to do when no one's watching
Anything else means nothing
When the world outside comes knocking
We are going hunting
The world he kept outside
Got a scent of where he hides
And the skeletons of rats inside his drawer
Are proof that no one's innocent
What is the way?
Is it mercy? Is it brave
To let the stones fall down upon the sickly
Or is it simply punishment?
If I only had a friend like you
If I only had a friend like you
If I only had a friend like you
If I only had a friend like you
What to do when no one's watching
Anything else means nothing
When the world outside comes knocking
We are going hunting
What to do when no one's watching
Anything else means nothing
When the world outside comes knocking
We are going hunting
Our time has come and gone so stay inside
You have to keep your secrets small
Close your eyes
I hear you whisper through the walls
What to do when no one's watching (what's left for you to do now?)
Anything else means nothing
When the world outside comes knocking (they've come to hunt you down)
We are going hunting
What to do when no one's watching (what's left for you to do now?)
Anything else means nothing
When the world outside comes knocking (they've come to hunt you down)
We are going hunting
What to do when no one's watching
Anything else means nothing
When the world outside comes knocking
We are going hunting
What to do when no one's watching
Anything else means nothing
When the world outside comes knocking
We are going hunting
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Going Hunting Lyrics as written by Johannes Mikael Gustaf Eckerstrom Henrik Carl Sandelin
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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Avatar frontman Johannes Eckerström says of this track (I'm paraphrasing); "It's about both inner and outer darkness. We keep sailing over dark oceans, staring down into the abyss. "