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 lost myself when I looked in your eyes
I tried to disguise myself.fear inside the suffering moved
and breathed our hands
silhouettes against the sky I lost myself
when spoken words agreed.shall we dance again?
poems may surprise
stolen pearl caught my eye stole the truth
from my heart.fear inside
where were you hope to chain this memory?
we could have been the last time.show me the
sigh of the side of chance.hold tomorrow one foot
in and one foot out.are you strong enough?
pitiful boy.I lost myself in moments embrace
I saw the lie come clear.fear inside
fallen now child run away I tried to reveal
myself but fear inside where were you?
help unchain this memory
I tried to disguise myself.fear inside the suffering moved
and breathed our hands
silhouettes against the sky I lost myself
when spoken words agreed.shall we dance again?
poems may surprise
stolen pearl caught my eye stole the truth
from my heart.fear inside
where were you hope to chain this memory?
we could have been the last time.show me the
sigh of the side of chance.hold tomorrow one foot
in and one foot out.are you strong enough?
pitiful boy.I lost myself in moments embrace
I saw the lie come clear.fear inside
fallen now child run away I tried to reveal
myself but fear inside where were you?
help unchain this memory
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i agree.