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.
Sunday morning
Brings the dawn in
It's just a restless feeling
By my side
Early dawning
Sunday morning
It's just the wasted years
So close behind
Watch out, the world's behind you
There's always someone around you
Who will call
It's nothing at all
Sunday morning
And I'm falling
I've got a feeling
I don't want to know
Early dawning
Sunday morning
It's all the streets you've crossed
Not so long ago
Watch out, the world's behind you
There's always someone around you
Who will call
It's nothing at all
Watch out, the world's behind you
There's always someone around you
Who will call
It's nothing at all
Sunday morning
Sunday morning
Sunday morning
Sunday morning
Brings the dawn in
It's just a restless feeling
By my side
Early dawning
Sunday morning
It's just the wasted years
So close behind
Watch out, the world's behind you
There's always someone around you
Who will call
It's nothing at all
Sunday morning
And I'm falling
I've got a feeling
I don't want to know
Early dawning
Sunday morning
It's all the streets you've crossed
Not so long ago
Watch out, the world's behind you
There's always someone around you
Who will call
It's nothing at all
Watch out, the world's behind you
There's always someone around you
Who will call
It's nothing at all
Sunday morning
Sunday morning
Sunday morning
Sunday morning
Lyrics submitted by capitol76, edited by Mellow_Harsher, edfinkel
Sunday Morning Lyrics as written by Lou Reed John Cale
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This is one of the best songs ever written about waking up after a night of hard partying and feeling the damage. The restlessness, the paranoia, the way not only the night before, but your entire life is scrutinized.... It relates the self-doubt, the guilt, and the people who try to reassure you "It's nothing at all." Lou Reed was a lyrical genius, and the way he was able to capture those subtle feelings that people have but aren't necessarily proud of is one of his greatest accomplishments.