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.
[Verse 1]
Don't step on my toes, let the weather go
It's been a long wait in bed
Say what, we blow, let's go, this is the time to shine
Everything wrong should be right
Girls, you in control
Not the government, not the government
[Pre-Chorus]
Nothing changes, never stops (Say what?)
Breathe
[Chorus]
We are more than machines, we are because we feel
When everything goes down, it is how we come around
We are more than a dream, but this heart is made of steel
I said I need you now, you are everything to me
More than machines (More than machines)
More than machines
[Verse 2]
Don't forget the code, let the wind blow
You can't be assured, of a window
Shame, bro, we know, you foe
Here is the news in blood
Everything wrong should be right
The earth dies
It's a money thing, it's a money thing
[Pre-Chorus]
Nothing changes, never stops (Say what?)
Breathe
[Chorus]
We are more than machines, we are because we feel
When everything goes down, it is how we come around
We are more than a dream, but this heart is made of steel
I said I need you now, you are everything to me
More than machines (More than machines)
More than machines
Don't step on my toes, let the weather go
It's been a long wait in bed
Say what, we blow, let's go, this is the time to shine
Everything wrong should be right
Girls, you in control
Not the government, not the government
[Pre-Chorus]
Nothing changes, never stops (Say what?)
Breathe
[Chorus]
We are more than machines, we are because we feel
When everything goes down, it is how we come around
We are more than a dream, but this heart is made of steel
I said I need you now, you are everything to me
More than machines (More than machines)
More than machines
[Verse 2]
Don't forget the code, let the wind blow
You can't be assured, of a window
Shame, bro, we know, you foe
Here is the news in blood
Everything wrong should be right
The earth dies
It's a money thing, it's a money thing
[Pre-Chorus]
Nothing changes, never stops (Say what?)
Breathe
[Chorus]
We are more than machines, we are because we feel
When everything goes down, it is how we come around
We are more than a dream, but this heart is made of steel
I said I need you now, you are everything to me
More than machines (More than machines)
More than machines
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
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Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale says of this track; "This is an action-packed song with three really big topics. Off the bat, I don’t understand how anyone has the audacity to get involved or assume responsibility for women’s bodies. I wanted to reference that because it’s important to discuss. As much as the song is about the destruction of women’s rights, it’s about the destruction of the planet and the move for A.I. and a world of robots to replace us. It’s a topic we’ve heard since the fifties. I’m not here to teach anything though; my job is medieval like a town crier. I come into town with my elixirs and sing about it, so it hopefully goes out into the universe."