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.
(Dreamstate)
Always told me to keep you close
The feeling's fading when you're a ghost
I dream of colors that light your face
But real life showed me it takes away
'Cause every time I wake up
I'm waiting for a miracle
And maybe when the night comes
I'll find you in another world
So how do I live in a dreamstate
When nothing is real when I'm awake
The sun rises but I know I'm afraid
I'm living in a dreamstate
Death played victim through hide and seek
You felt its cold touch when you were weak
Your soul departed, the sky turned blue
But when I'm sleeping, I talk with you
'Cause every time I wake up
I'm waiting for a miracle
And maybe when the night comes
I'll find you in another world
So how do I live in a dreamstate
When nothing is real when I'm awake
The sun rises but I know I'm afraid
I'm living in a dreamstate
('Cause every time I wake up)
(I'm waiting for a miracle)
I can try but it blinds when I walk through hell
Now my dream's a reminder
I know that
Nothing is real (nothing is real)
Nothing is real (nothing is real)
Nothing is real (nothing is real)
No, the pain won't erase, I cannot wake
So how do I live in a dreamstate
When nothing is real when I'm awake
The sun rises but I know I'm afraid
I'm living in a dreamstate
The sun rises but I know I'm afraid
I'm living in a dreamstate
I'm living in a dreamstate
Always told me to keep you close
The feeling's fading when you're a ghost
I dream of colors that light your face
But real life showed me it takes away
'Cause every time I wake up
I'm waiting for a miracle
And maybe when the night comes
I'll find you in another world
So how do I live in a dreamstate
When nothing is real when I'm awake
The sun rises but I know I'm afraid
I'm living in a dreamstate
Death played victim through hide and seek
You felt its cold touch when you were weak
Your soul departed, the sky turned blue
But when I'm sleeping, I talk with you
'Cause every time I wake up
I'm waiting for a miracle
And maybe when the night comes
I'll find you in another world
So how do I live in a dreamstate
When nothing is real when I'm awake
The sun rises but I know I'm afraid
I'm living in a dreamstate
('Cause every time I wake up)
(I'm waiting for a miracle)
I can try but it blinds when I walk through hell
Now my dream's a reminder
I know that
Nothing is real (nothing is real)
Nothing is real (nothing is real)
Nothing is real (nothing is real)
No, the pain won't erase, I cannot wake
So how do I live in a dreamstate
When nothing is real when I'm awake
The sun rises but I know I'm afraid
I'm living in a dreamstate
The sun rises but I know I'm afraid
I'm living in a dreamstate
I'm living in a dreamstate
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Dreamstate Lyrics as written by Daniel Braunstein Rory Rodriguez
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Dayseeker frontman Rory Rodriguez commented: “‘Dreamstate‘ is about my experiences in dreaming of my father, who passed last July and truly feeling like we were communicating while it was happening. It was a beautiful thing to experience on one hand… but also very heartbreaking and disorienting with my sense of reality on the other.”