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 see what I do, first look at the phone
Turn on your TV
Unscrew a bottle of beer,
An orange square cellophane cheese
First I think of this, and then I turn to that
Maybe I just don't think
Might sing to this, I might sing to that
If I could only sing
Now, as you can see
This clearly isn't me
I'm not alone, I'm just blue
I'm not alone
There was a day when I was alone
A few sane days ago
There was a love I've been living with
That I lost on the way home
First I thought of this
And then I turn to that
And then I turn a little bit scared
Well, I feel a little bit easier
Knowing that you're here
Now, as you can see
This clearly isn't me
I'm not alone, I'm just blue
I'm not alone
First I think of this
Then I turn to that
Then I turn a little scared
I feel a little easier now
Knowing that you're all here
Now, as you can see
This clearly isn't me
I'm not alone, I'm just blue
I'm not alone
Turn on your TV
Unscrew a bottle of beer,
An orange square cellophane cheese
First I think of this, and then I turn to that
Maybe I just don't think
Might sing to this, I might sing to that
If I could only sing
Now, as you can see
This clearly isn't me
I'm not alone, I'm just blue
I'm not alone
There was a day when I was alone
A few sane days ago
There was a love I've been living with
That I lost on the way home
First I thought of this
And then I turn to that
And then I turn a little bit scared
Well, I feel a little bit easier
Knowing that you're here
Now, as you can see
This clearly isn't me
I'm not alone, I'm just blue
I'm not alone
First I think of this
Then I turn to that
Then I turn a little scared
I feel a little easier now
Knowing that you're all here
Now, as you can see
This clearly isn't me
I'm not alone, I'm just blue
I'm not alone
Lyrics submitted by urbabikaty
I'm Not Alone Lyrics as written by John Bell Duane Trucks
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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