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.
I wish that I could fly
Into the sky
So very high
Just like a dragonfly
I'd fly above the trees
Over the seas in all degrees
To anywhere I please, oh
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Let's go and see the stars
The Milky Way or even Mars
Where it could just be ours
Let's fade into the sun
Let your spirit fly
Where we are one
Just for a little fun
Oh, oh, oh yeah
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I got to get away (get away, get away)
Girl, I got to get away (get away, get away)
Oh, oh, oh yeah
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah (with you), yeah, yeah (oh yeah)
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah (with you) yeah, yeah
I got to get away
I want to get away
I want to get away
I want to get away
I want to get away, yeah
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah (with you) yeah, yeah
Oh girl, I got to get away
I want to get away
I want to get away
I want to get away
I want to get away, yeah
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah (with you) yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Into the sky
So very high
Just like a dragonfly
I'd fly above the trees
Over the seas in all degrees
To anywhere I please, oh
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Let's go and see the stars
The Milky Way or even Mars
Where it could just be ours
Let's fade into the sun
Let your spirit fly
Where we are one
Just for a little fun
Oh, oh, oh yeah
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I got to get away (get away, get away)
Girl, I got to get away (get away, get away)
Oh, oh, oh yeah
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah (with you), yeah, yeah (oh yeah)
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah (with you) yeah, yeah
I got to get away
I want to get away
I want to get away
I want to get away
I want to get away, yeah
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah (with you) yeah, yeah
Oh girl, I got to get away
I want to get away
I want to get away
I want to get away
I want to get away, yeah
I want to get away
I want to fly away
Yeah (with you) yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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I like it.