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.
Twisted vision and blaring silence
But a love so confined
Set my heart on fire
Blurred my vision
Now I'm drowned in the dark
You thought I'd bury you
I was just digging up
You needed someone to hold on to
Then let me fall apart
You think I got lost
I'm a spell from the gods
I came down and rose up for you
Just know that you're not that innocent
I'm a spell from the gods
Just know that you're not that innocent
I'm counting my scars in the dark
You thought I'd bury you
I was just digging up
You needed someone to hold on to
Then let me fall apart
I'm addicted
It paralyzes me
Can't control it
I'm going crazy
I just need it
Yeah it feels so good
Now look at me
I'm losing control
I just know that you're not that innocent
You think I got lost
I'm a spell from the gods
I came down and rose up for you
Just know that you're not that innocent
I'm a spell from the gods
Just know that you're not that innocent
You think I got lost
I'm a spell from the gods
I came down and rose up for you
Just know that you're not that innocent
But a love so confined
Set my heart on fire
Blurred my vision
Now I'm drowned in the dark
You thought I'd bury you
I was just digging up
You needed someone to hold on to
Then let me fall apart
You think I got lost
I'm a spell from the gods
I came down and rose up for you
Just know that you're not that innocent
I'm a spell from the gods
Just know that you're not that innocent
I'm counting my scars in the dark
You thought I'd bury you
I was just digging up
You needed someone to hold on to
Then let me fall apart
I'm addicted
It paralyzes me
Can't control it
I'm going crazy
I just need it
Yeah it feels so good
Now look at me
I'm losing control
I just know that you're not that innocent
You think I got lost
I'm a spell from the gods
I came down and rose up for you
Just know that you're not that innocent
I'm a spell from the gods
Just know that you're not that innocent
You think I got lost
I'm a spell from the gods
I came down and rose up for you
Just know that you're not that innocent
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
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I believe this is about someone so infatuated with their ex partner they can't escape their obsession.