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.
Siren songs
We are seduced
We wish
We wish
We had it all
We are seduced, deceived
To wish we had it all
To wish to have it all
We wonu0027t be fooled
Work to buy
Just to comply
Live a lie until you die
We wonu0027t be fooled
All our dreams
Are about
Possessing everything
Siren song
The more you have, the more you want
The more you have, the more you want
We will be lost in waste
Regret
We were never free
We were never free
Never free
Work to buy
Just to comply
Live a lie until you die
We wonu0027t be fooled
All our dreams
Are about
Possessing everything
Siren song
The more you have, the more you want
The more you have, the more you want
Lost in wasteland, wasteland
You don't know how much time you waste
Just for a taste of waste
All our dreams
Are about
Possessing everything
Siren song
Siren song
The lure of temptation
Siren song
Back off
We donu0027t need you
Who is dreaming about
Getting more
Who is dreaming about
Getting all
Getting more
We are seduced
We wish
We wish
We had it all
We are seduced, deceived
To wish we had it all
To wish to have it all
We wonu0027t be fooled
Work to buy
Just to comply
Live a lie until you die
We wonu0027t be fooled
All our dreams
Are about
Possessing everything
Siren song
The more you have, the more you want
The more you have, the more you want
We will be lost in waste
Regret
We were never free
We were never free
Never free
Work to buy
Just to comply
Live a lie until you die
We wonu0027t be fooled
All our dreams
Are about
Possessing everything
Siren song
The more you have, the more you want
The more you have, the more you want
Lost in wasteland, wasteland
You don't know how much time you waste
Just for a taste of waste
All our dreams
Are about
Possessing everything
Siren song
Siren song
The lure of temptation
Siren song
Back off
We donu0027t need you
Who is dreaming about
Getting more
Who is dreaming about
Getting all
Getting more
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The band themselves says of this song; Siren Song is an observation on how our consumerist society has tricked us into believing that accumulating a mass amount of products equates to a better life. We’ve been deceived by salespeople to believe that we must consistently buy new products - albeit these products often being produced to a subpar standard, henceforth forcing us into a cyclical system of repurchasing, which results in a large amount of it sitting in landfill, polluting our planet - to stay relevant within society. This leads to us overworking ourselves in order to indulge our materialistic habits, therefore, causing us to buy these products with not only our money, but with our life too.\n\nThe track’s title and theme is inspired by the Greek Mythology tale of Odysseus and the Sirens. This is a story in which a man falls under the beguiling spell of the Sirens, whose sole intention is to lure innocent sailors to their early graves for their own benefit. The Sirens represent distraction and deception; two tactics that eerily mirror those used in modern day commercialism.\n\nSiren Song is a criticism of consumerism, so releasing it on Black Friday, a day that’s arguably the epitome of consumerism, felt like a natural fit. After hearing this track, we hope some people ask themselves, “do I really need this? How many working hours of my life will it cost me?”. That simple line of questioning will surely help your pockets, your life and the environment. Humans are powerful; it’s time we push materialism out of the driver\'s seat and take the wheel ourselves.