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.
Do-do-do-dominion
Do-do-do-dominion
Life has become a war
Under our overlords
I look them in the eye
I keep crossing the bitter line
Don't hold me
I've never been nothing but strong and free
The number one enemy
'Cause I'm not hypnotized
I refuse to believe the lies
Our rebellion has begun
Dominion, dominion
Under the fists of a powerful
Dominion, dominion
Don't let the empire take control
Revolution from within
Let the kingdom reign begin
Dominion, dominion
Do-do-do-dominion
Do-do-do-dominion
Do-do-do-dominion
Do-do-do-dominion
Colliding chaos
Pre-programmed robots
No dissent allowed at all
A forty foot golden idol
Not your place
I'll never bow down to the power state
Death will not dominate
The fighters finally rise
They refuse to believe the lies
Our rebellion has begun
Dominion, dominion
Under the fists of a powerful
Dominion, dominion
Don't let the empire take control
Revolution from within
Let the kingdom reign begin
Dominion, dominion
H
H
H
Dominion, dominion
Under the fists of a powerful
Dominion, dominion
Don't let the empire take control
Revolution from within
Let the kingdom reign begin
Dominion, dominion
Dominion, dominion
Dominion, dominion
Dominion, dominion
Do-do-do-dominion
Do-do-do-dominion
Do-do-do-dominion
Do-do-do-dominion
Do-do-do-dominion
Life has become a war
Under our overlords
I look them in the eye
I keep crossing the bitter line
Don't hold me
I've never been nothing but strong and free
The number one enemy
'Cause I'm not hypnotized
I refuse to believe the lies
Our rebellion has begun
Dominion, dominion
Under the fists of a powerful
Dominion, dominion
Don't let the empire take control
Revolution from within
Let the kingdom reign begin
Dominion, dominion
Do-do-do-dominion
Do-do-do-dominion
Do-do-do-dominion
Do-do-do-dominion
Colliding chaos
Pre-programmed robots
No dissent allowed at all
A forty foot golden idol
Not your place
I'll never bow down to the power state
Death will not dominate
The fighters finally rise
They refuse to believe the lies
Our rebellion has begun
Dominion, dominion
Under the fists of a powerful
Dominion, dominion
Don't let the empire take control
Revolution from within
Let the kingdom reign begin
Dominion, dominion
H
H
H
Dominion, dominion
Under the fists of a powerful
Dominion, dominion
Don't let the empire take control
Revolution from within
Let the kingdom reign begin
Dominion, dominion
Dominion, dominion
Dominion, dominion
Dominion, dominion
Do-do-do-dominion
Do-do-do-dominion
Do-do-do-dominion
Do-do-do-dominion
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Dominion Lyrics as written by Kevin Gregory Churko Kane Churko
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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