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.
I'm killing us slowly
Catch me 'cause I know I'm falling slowly
I'd burn if it meant you'd love me
Feels like I'll never learn
In this life, always taking turns
I gave everything I had
Didn't listen 'cause that's not what you asked
What will it take to forgive the lies?
There's no hope inside your eyes
And now I sit and question why?
I'm killing us slowly
Catch me 'cause I know I'm falling slowly
I'd burn if it meant you'd love me
You just see all the nights that I made you cry
I fucked up, it's too late to get it right
No matter what you choose to believe
I'd still burn if it meant you'd love me
You swear you'll never leave
It might be what sets us free
I tried to get through to you
Didn't listen 'cause that's not what you do
What will it take to forgive the lies?
There's no hope inside your eyes
And now I sit and question why?
I'm killing us slowly
Catch me 'cause I know I'm falling slowly
I'd burn if it meant you'd love me
You just see all the nights that I made you cry
I fucked up, it's too late to get it right
No matter what you choose to believe
I'd still burn if it meant you'd love me
How can I fix what I don't know's wrong?
Maybe you're right, I should let this go
What if I miss you? You know I'm not as strong
I'm killing us slowly
Catch me 'cause I know I'm falling slowly
I'd burn if it meant you'd love me
Slowly, catch me 'cause I know I'm falling
Slowly, I'd burn if it meant you'd love me
You just see all the nights that I made you cry
I fucked up, it's too late to get it right
No matter what you choose to believe
I'd still burn if it meant you'd love me
I'd burn if it meant you'd love me
I'd burn if it meant you'd love me
You know that I'd burn
You know that I'd burn
You know that I'd burn
You know that I'd burn
Catch me 'cause I know I'm falling slowly
I'd burn if it meant you'd love me
Feels like I'll never learn
In this life, always taking turns
I gave everything I had
Didn't listen 'cause that's not what you asked
What will it take to forgive the lies?
There's no hope inside your eyes
And now I sit and question why?
I'm killing us slowly
Catch me 'cause I know I'm falling slowly
I'd burn if it meant you'd love me
You just see all the nights that I made you cry
I fucked up, it's too late to get it right
No matter what you choose to believe
I'd still burn if it meant you'd love me
You swear you'll never leave
It might be what sets us free
I tried to get through to you
Didn't listen 'cause that's not what you do
What will it take to forgive the lies?
There's no hope inside your eyes
And now I sit and question why?
I'm killing us slowly
Catch me 'cause I know I'm falling slowly
I'd burn if it meant you'd love me
You just see all the nights that I made you cry
I fucked up, it's too late to get it right
No matter what you choose to believe
I'd still burn if it meant you'd love me
How can I fix what I don't know's wrong?
Maybe you're right, I should let this go
What if I miss you? You know I'm not as strong
I'm killing us slowly
Catch me 'cause I know I'm falling slowly
I'd burn if it meant you'd love me
Slowly, catch me 'cause I know I'm falling
Slowly, I'd burn if it meant you'd love me
You just see all the nights that I made you cry
I fucked up, it's too late to get it right
No matter what you choose to believe
I'd still burn if it meant you'd love me
I'd burn if it meant you'd love me
I'd burn if it meant you'd love me
You know that I'd burn
You know that I'd burn
You know that I'd burn
You know that I'd burn
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Slow Burn Lyrics as written by Hiram Hernandez Jr. Erik Ron
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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I think this is about what one would go through to repair a broken relationship they’ve blamed themselves for.