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.
Can't take me apart...
Can't take me apart...
See the light a new day has arrived for us
Genesis of our evolution
A linchpin holds within a means to and end
Can't you see that we are one?
[Repeat: x3]
Can't take me apart
No you can't
We see no end to the dream
[Chorus]
We will never see the end
We will never be the ned
All of my life I felt discarded
Never feeling a part of it
No you can't
Without me you will fade, you will not remain
We are one and though the same future machine
A linchpin holds within a mean to an end
Can't you see that we are one?
[Repeat: x3]
Can't take me apart
No you can't
We see no end to the dream
[Chorus]
No you...
No you can't take... [Repeat: x5]
No you can't take me apart
[Chorus]
We will never see the end
We will never be the end
All my life I felt discarded
Never feeling a part of it
[Repeat: x5]
You can't change me
You can't change me now
Can't take me apart...
See the light a new day has arrived for us
Genesis of our evolution
A linchpin holds within a means to and end
Can't you see that we are one?
[Repeat: x3]
Can't take me apart
No you can't
We see no end to the dream
[Chorus]
We will never see the end
We will never be the ned
All of my life I felt discarded
Never feeling a part of it
No you can't
Without me you will fade, you will not remain
We are one and though the same future machine
A linchpin holds within a mean to an end
Can't you see that we are one?
[Repeat: x3]
Can't take me apart
No you can't
We see no end to the dream
[Chorus]
No you...
No you can't take... [Repeat: x5]
No you can't take me apart
[Chorus]
We will never see the end
We will never be the end
All my life I felt discarded
Never feeling a part of it
[Repeat: x5]
You can't change me
You can't change me now
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It should so obvioulsy say "God give me a PIE!!"