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 know the ghosts will hunt me down
Into deep dark clouds they go
Finding new ways ot make me drown
And I know they'll find me somehow
All I know is that time went by
I know my life here on Earth is passing by
Trespassing into darker clouds
Accepting that all my ghosts will hunt me down
I know you want me to try to hunt them down
All I know now is my mind
I know you want me to try to find a way
Down we go into deep dark clouds
I know the ghost will hunt me down
Into deep dark clouds they go
Finding new ways ot make me drown
And I know they'll find me somehow
I know you want me to try to hunt them down
All I know now is my mind
I know you want me to try to find a way
Down we go into deep dark clouds
Into deep dark clouds they go
Finding new ways ot make me drown
And I know they'll find me somehow
All I know is that time went by
I know my life here on Earth is passing by
Trespassing into darker clouds
Accepting that all my ghosts will hunt me down
I know you want me to try to hunt them down
All I know now is my mind
I know you want me to try to find a way
Down we go into deep dark clouds
I know the ghost will hunt me down
Into deep dark clouds they go
Finding new ways ot make me drown
And I know they'll find me somehow
I know you want me to try to hunt them down
All I know now is my mind
I know you want me to try to find a way
Down we go into deep dark clouds
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
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The band themselves has said of this track that it's an anthem of forsaken hope. An inner voice trying to convince you to fight back and keep your head above water, while the ghosts are hunting you down.