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.
No matter the rest, precious is time
I've been waiting for so long now
But sooner or later, this day will be ours
I am leaving to come back
It's a long way, I miss the time, I run to you
You bring my thoughts to life as I count the days
We'll meet again, somehow, to never be the same
No matter the rest, precious is time
I've been waiting for so long now
But sooner or later, this day will be ours
I am leaving to come back
I need to fill this emptiness, I need you more than air
The lack is felt
The horizon is revealed to me
My shadow shrinks by the eye, to disappear
I'll do anything I can
To save the time we've left, even more
And you bring my thoughts to life
As I count the days and nights
I'm on the way
No matter the rest, precious is time
I've been waiting for so long now
But sooner or later, this day will be ours
I am leaving to come back
This day will be ours
'Cause I am leaving to come back
I've been waiting for so long now
But sooner or later, this day will be ours
I am leaving to come back
It's a long way, I miss the time, I run to you
You bring my thoughts to life as I count the days
We'll meet again, somehow, to never be the same
No matter the rest, precious is time
I've been waiting for so long now
But sooner or later, this day will be ours
I am leaving to come back
I need to fill this emptiness, I need you more than air
The lack is felt
The horizon is revealed to me
My shadow shrinks by the eye, to disappear
I'll do anything I can
To save the time we've left, even more
And you bring my thoughts to life
As I count the days and nights
I'm on the way
No matter the rest, precious is time
I've been waiting for so long now
But sooner or later, this day will be ours
I am leaving to come back
This day will be ours
'Cause I am leaving to come back
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Scarcity Lyrics as written by Yann Ligner Guillaume Bernard
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I think this is about needing to leave, to escape from a toxic environment & the scars that remind us of our time there.