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.
Day after day
Arms reach to salvation
I'll leave the parade
Watch me and wait
I felt you leaving
Your eyes deceived me
You left me bleeding
In the garden of Eden
Lucid, violent root
Release your hate
I believe you're next
It's inside your head
Where you create your own world
One more way out of this
I'm afraid I don't know
I'm afraid I don't know
I have become this past
That could not wholly be me
This fucking hate interact within your scene
I'll set this fire to everything in sight
I felt you leaving
Your eyes deceived me
You left me bleeding
In the garden of Eden
One more thing
If it should all cave in
Remove your name
Make your promises
It's inside your head
Where you create your own world
One last way out of this
I'm afraid I don't know
Know-know-know-know-know, hey
I'm afraid I don't know
Know-know-know-know-know, hey
Arms reach to salvation
I'll leave the parade
Watch me and wait
I felt you leaving
Your eyes deceived me
You left me bleeding
In the garden of Eden
Lucid, violent root
Release your hate
I believe you're next
It's inside your head
Where you create your own world
One more way out of this
I'm afraid I don't know
I'm afraid I don't know
I have become this past
That could not wholly be me
This fucking hate interact within your scene
I'll set this fire to everything in sight
I felt you leaving
Your eyes deceived me
You left me bleeding
In the garden of Eden
One more thing
If it should all cave in
Remove your name
Make your promises
It's inside your head
Where you create your own world
One last way out of this
I'm afraid I don't know
Know-know-know-know-know, hey
I'm afraid I don't know
Know-know-know-know-know, hey
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Bloodbath Lyrics as written by Tim Henson Aaron Jennings
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I think this about being deceived in every way by someone. You are pulled into their world, their lies and their toxic essence as it swallows you up.