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.
Born of blood, oh god of chaos
My mother of monsters, she who bodes anguish
A damning prophecy woven by the hands of fate
This beast will bring ruination
The sun to be devoured, the kings of gods to fall
False idols will reap with their kin
The gods will understand true pain
But for now, deceit descends
As god-forged chains constrain my limbs
The end is nigh, watch all your gods run and hide
Cold steel is gagging me, fate has abandoned me
Chained to this rock, but I will not rot
Breaker of chains that the gods disdain
Look what they've done, look what they've done
Sneaking, conniving, fat, traitorous fucks
Will snap in my jaw as I go to gnaw
Desolate homes and hollow bones
Where is your throne, lord?
Oathbreaker, chainbreaker, begin your hunt
A true beast of dread shall rise
From these feeble restraints; forsaken, betrayed
The sun to be devoured, the kings of gods to fall
They will be in my thrall, unbreakable chains
As god-forged chains constrain my limbs
As times before this time again
Lay waste, these chains
To gods' disdain, their kind will be slain
The great devourer
Watch them suffer
I shall feast on the all-father off lies
Death by teeth, watch the fire grow
The howling terror of the Ragnarök
I am unleashed
Great devourer
Swallow the sun and become unbound
The end, free your mind of I, chainbreaker
Now is the time, a perfect death
Lie through your teeth, die
Gut and maim
ft Synestia
My mother of monsters, she who bodes anguish
A damning prophecy woven by the hands of fate
This beast will bring ruination
The sun to be devoured, the kings of gods to fall
False idols will reap with their kin
The gods will understand true pain
But for now, deceit descends
As god-forged chains constrain my limbs
The end is nigh, watch all your gods run and hide
Cold steel is gagging me, fate has abandoned me
Chained to this rock, but I will not rot
Breaker of chains that the gods disdain
Look what they've done, look what they've done
Sneaking, conniving, fat, traitorous fucks
Will snap in my jaw as I go to gnaw
Desolate homes and hollow bones
Where is your throne, lord?
Oathbreaker, chainbreaker, begin your hunt
A true beast of dread shall rise
From these feeble restraints; forsaken, betrayed
The sun to be devoured, the kings of gods to fall
They will be in my thrall, unbreakable chains
As god-forged chains constrain my limbs
As times before this time again
Lay waste, these chains
To gods' disdain, their kind will be slain
The great devourer
Watch them suffer
I shall feast on the all-father off lies
Death by teeth, watch the fire grow
The howling terror of the Ragnarök
I am unleashed
Great devourer
Swallow the sun and become unbound
The end, free your mind of I, chainbreaker
Now is the time, a perfect death
Lie through your teeth, die
Gut and maim
ft Synestia
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
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This track explores themes of chaos, destruction, and rebellion against oppressive gods. The lyrics personify a powerful and relentless force that is born from chaos & darkness. It is described as the offspring of a mother of monsters and signifies the beginning of ruination.