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.
I think a lot about the words I know that we both let go unsaid
I found myself feeling every word
The weight of my regrets
No more regrets
No more words left to leave unsaid
To a bitter end
Because you won't speak to me
We should fight until this feeling’s dead
We should fight until there's nothing left to give
When nothing's left, there’s no regrets
I hope you choke before you come to your senses
What's done is done, get over it
But I get the feeling you won't let go of it
Get it off your chest, I'm sick of you second-guessing it
We lie, we cheat, we steal, we blame and then we leave
Then find our way to get right back in to end up on our knees
Practice the words you preach
Give fucking everything to the bitter end
Stand for something
We should fight until this feeling's come and went
We should fight until there's nothing left to give
Nothing left
No regret
I hope you choke before you come to your senses
What's done is done, get over it
But I get the feeling you won't let go of it
Get it off your chest, I’m sick of you second-guessing it
Why don’t you just say what needs to be said
I'll never know what goes on in your head
I hope you choke before you come to your senses I hope you choke
What’s done is done, get over it
But I get the feeling you won't let go of it
Get it off your chest, I'm sick of you second-guessing it
I found myself feeling every word
The weight of my regrets
No more regrets
No more words left to leave unsaid
To a bitter end
Because you won't speak to me
We should fight until this feeling’s dead
We should fight until there's nothing left to give
When nothing's left, there’s no regrets
I hope you choke before you come to your senses
What's done is done, get over it
But I get the feeling you won't let go of it
Get it off your chest, I'm sick of you second-guessing it
We lie, we cheat, we steal, we blame and then we leave
Then find our way to get right back in to end up on our knees
Practice the words you preach
Give fucking everything to the bitter end
Stand for something
We should fight until this feeling's come and went
We should fight until there's nothing left to give
Nothing left
No regret
I hope you choke before you come to your senses
What's done is done, get over it
But I get the feeling you won't let go of it
Get it off your chest, I’m sick of you second-guessing it
Why don’t you just say what needs to be said
I'll never know what goes on in your head
I hope you choke before you come to your senses I hope you choke
What’s done is done, get over it
But I get the feeling you won't let go of it
Get it off your chest, I'm sick of you second-guessing it
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
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I think this is about how frustrating it can be to find yourself in a relationship where only one person really has any fight left in them, and the other party seems to have basically checked out.