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.
A thousand words without a structure
Hitting straight into my head
I know I looked like counting dust grains
But I remember every word you said
This is my future
There's a spark of life inside of me
But I don't want you to feel strangled
You can walk away and leave me be
But can you hear me
These melodies burning, two hearts in my chest
But can you feel me
I'm burning, I'm glowing, we're breathing
How shall I fill these pages
When our tale remains untold
A million songs you'll never sing with me
You were supposed to be the brightest star
But now I'm standing here
Empty handed with an ever burning scar
Where the lights shine the brightest
The shadows crawl up dark
Chapter one: A new beginning
A tearing end before a loving start
And I will never get to know you
All that remains is a bitter epilogue
My dedication to the empty
A bleeding never to be cured
How shall I fill these pages
When our tale remains untold
A million songs you'll never sing with me
You were supposed to be the brightest star
But now I'm standing here
Empty handed with an ever burning scar
We were hoping and loving, but faded
A night like forever, freezing and drowning
The night sky unveiling what then became my scar
You and you and I, caught in the hands of red and white
But nothing is lost, everything is transformed
How shall I fill these pages
When our tale remains untold
A million songs you'll never sing with me
You were supposed to be the brightest star
But now I'm standing here
Empty handed with an ever burning scar
How shall I fill these pages
When our tale remains untold
A million songs you'll never sing with me
I'll never watch you growing old
Hitting straight into my head
I know I looked like counting dust grains
But I remember every word you said
This is my future
There's a spark of life inside of me
But I don't want you to feel strangled
You can walk away and leave me be
But can you hear me
These melodies burning, two hearts in my chest
But can you feel me
I'm burning, I'm glowing, we're breathing
How shall I fill these pages
When our tale remains untold
A million songs you'll never sing with me
You were supposed to be the brightest star
But now I'm standing here
Empty handed with an ever burning scar
Where the lights shine the brightest
The shadows crawl up dark
Chapter one: A new beginning
A tearing end before a loving start
And I will never get to know you
All that remains is a bitter epilogue
My dedication to the empty
A bleeding never to be cured
How shall I fill these pages
When our tale remains untold
A million songs you'll never sing with me
You were supposed to be the brightest star
But now I'm standing here
Empty handed with an ever burning scar
We were hoping and loving, but faded
A night like forever, freezing and drowning
The night sky unveiling what then became my scar
You and you and I, caught in the hands of red and white
But nothing is lost, everything is transformed
How shall I fill these pages
When our tale remains untold
A million songs you'll never sing with me
You were supposed to be the brightest star
But now I'm standing here
Empty handed with an ever burning scar
How shall I fill these pages
When our tale remains untold
A million songs you'll never sing with me
I'll never watch you growing old
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Epilogue Lyrics as written by Pascal Heemann
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
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Accepting and preparing for the death of a relationship is impossible, even if you can see the conclusion & know it\'s inevitable. This song to me explores the agony of the parting, the crushing burden of trying to move on despite feeling as though you have been ripped apart from the inside out.