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.
Walk me out in the mornin' dew my honey
Walk me out in the mornin' dew today
I can't walk you out in the mornin' dew my honey
I can't walk you out in the mornin' dew today
I thought I heard a baby cry this mornin'
I thought I heard a baby cry today
You didn't hear no baby cry this mornin'
You didn't hear no baby cry today
Where have all the people gone my honey?
Where have all the people gone today?
Well there's no need for you to be worryin' about all those people
You never see those people anyway
I thought I heard a young man moan this mornin'
I thought I heard a young man moan today
I thought I heard a young man moan this mornin'
I can't walk you out in the morning dew today
Walk me out in the mornin' dew my honey
Walk me out in the mornin' dew today
I'll walk you out in the mornin' dew my honey
I guess it doesn't matter anyway
Well I guess it doesn't matter anyway, no no
I guess it doesn't matter anyway
Walk me out in the mornin' dew today
I can't walk you out in the mornin' dew my honey
I can't walk you out in the mornin' dew today
I thought I heard a baby cry this mornin'
I thought I heard a baby cry today
You didn't hear no baby cry this mornin'
You didn't hear no baby cry today
Where have all the people gone my honey?
Where have all the people gone today?
Well there's no need for you to be worryin' about all those people
You never see those people anyway
I thought I heard a young man moan this mornin'
I thought I heard a young man moan today
I thought I heard a young man moan this mornin'
I can't walk you out in the morning dew today
Walk me out in the mornin' dew my honey
Walk me out in the mornin' dew today
I'll walk you out in the mornin' dew my honey
I guess it doesn't matter anyway
Well I guess it doesn't matter anyway, no no
I guess it doesn't matter anyway
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Morning Dew Lyrics as written by Tim Rose Bonnie Dobson
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This song was written by Bonnie Dobson. She saw the film stayed up all night one of those mindsets and wrote the song. I watched the film and here's some interpretations:
Walk me out is about one of the main characters who had a wife and kid who died from radiation. He pretends like they're alive and there's the lyrics.
The young man is Paul he's rational accepting post apocylptic life and suicide for his family.
The baby crying is Paul's daughter. A baby. It cried in the beginning and the end. They killed it to make sure it was dead before they committed suicide before the radiation got there.It was implied not a scene.
Also you didn't hear a baby cry because everyone lives in denial. That's how they cope.
Watch the movie it's a rant.
Morning dew will move you so much if you watch the movie and listen to the song. It's amazing.
The film is On the Beach
Jerry calls Paul a good man because he's read the book or seen the movie. Paul was a man he did what needed to be done. No matter what that was.
@bkabbott what are you talking about? What film? There is no movie called morning dew. The song is not featured in any movie nor what the song written for any movie. You claim the song was “inspired by the film”. “THE film”? What film? There IS no film. Don’t spit out bullshit without following it up.