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.
[Kim]
Wish I could change the way that you feel
standing with him you feel more real
looking so sweet with all your might
trusted in him to put it right
Holding his hand like a brand new kite
blue eyes sparkle, open, alright
wish I could see, the girl who'd fight
playing and laughing and trying to show it
Running and falling and dying to know it
staring you down with her gaze hold it
wish I could free you but I can't don't blow it
Angel, gonna show it
lord
the devil, go on hold it
angel, gonna show it
lord
blow it
Becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you
becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you
becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you
becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you
Wish I could free you, but I can't, don't blow it
wish I could free you, but I can't, don't know it
Wish I could change the way that you feel
standing with him you feel more real
looking so sweet with all your might
trusted in him to put it right
Holding his hand like a brand new kite
blue eyes sparkle, open, alright
wish I could see, the girl who'd fight
playing and laughing and trying to show it
Running and falling and dying to know it
staring you down with her gaze hold it
wish I could free you but I can't don't blow it
Angel, gonna show it
lord
the devil, go on hold it
angel, gonna show it
lord
blow it
Becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you
becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you
becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you
becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you, becuz of you
Wish I could free you, but I can't, don't blow it
wish I could free you, but I can't, don't know it
Lyrics submitted by shut
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