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.
Take one
There's a million people in my head
Another million people in my bed
I think they nearly heard every word I said
Every word I said
Hiding behind blue lights
Blue lights
Blue lights
Yeah, in your eyes are blue lights
Blue lights
Blue lights
We're just damage (done)
We're just damage (done)
Need you to pull me out
Pull me out
To the now
To the now
Swear we won't cycle on
One ends and ones just begun
Take one
There's a million people in my head
Another million people in my bed
I think they nearly heard every word I said
Every word I said
Dim cerulean
You're like a phantom in the mist
Or like a fog, corrupt my rhythm
When you're lost
You're like a limb that's disappearing
Dim cerulean
We're just damage (done)
We're just damage (done)
Need you to pull me out
Pull me out
To the now
To the now
Swear we won't cycle on
One ends and ones just begun
It's like staring at the sun
I got nowhere left to run
It's like staring at the sun
And I got nowhere left to run
It's like staring at the sun
And I got nowhere left to-
We're just damage (done)
We're just damage (done)
Need you to pull me out
Pull me out
To the now
To the now
Swear we won't cycle on
One ends and ones just begun
Take one
There's a million people in my head
Another million people in my bed
I think they nearly heard every word I said
Every word I said
There's a million people in my head
Another million people in my bed
I think they nearly heard every word I said
Every word I said
Hiding behind blue lights
Blue lights
Blue lights
Yeah, in your eyes are blue lights
Blue lights
Blue lights
We're just damage (done)
We're just damage (done)
Need you to pull me out
Pull me out
To the now
To the now
Swear we won't cycle on
One ends and ones just begun
Take one
There's a million people in my head
Another million people in my bed
I think they nearly heard every word I said
Every word I said
Dim cerulean
You're like a phantom in the mist
Or like a fog, corrupt my rhythm
When you're lost
You're like a limb that's disappearing
Dim cerulean
We're just damage (done)
We're just damage (done)
Need you to pull me out
Pull me out
To the now
To the now
Swear we won't cycle on
One ends and ones just begun
It's like staring at the sun
I got nowhere left to run
It's like staring at the sun
And I got nowhere left to run
It's like staring at the sun
And I got nowhere left to-
We're just damage (done)
We're just damage (done)
Need you to pull me out
Pull me out
To the now
To the now
Swear we won't cycle on
One ends and ones just begun
Take one
There's a million people in my head
Another million people in my bed
I think they nearly heard every word I said
Every word I said
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
D4MAGE DONE Lyrics as written by Brent Allen Andrew Oliver
Lyrics © KILLPHONIC
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I think this is about the endless spin of deliberation & doubts that can fester in one's mind with no expiration in sight seemingly.