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.
Every breath you take
And every move you make
Every bond you break, every step you take
I'll be watchin' you
Every single day
And every word you say
Every game you play, every night you stay
I'll be watchin' you
Oh, can't you see
You belong to me?
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take
Every move you make
And every vow you break
Every smile you fake, every claim you stake
I'll be watchin' you
Since you've gone I've been lost without a trace
I dream at night, I can only see your face
I look around but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep cryin', "Baby, baby, please"
Oh, can't you see
You belong to me?
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take
Every move you make
And every vow you break
Every smile you fake, every claim you stake
I'll be watchin' you
Every move you make, every step you take
I'll be watchin' you
I'll be watchin' you
Every breath you take, every move you make
Every bond you break (I'll be watchin' you)
Every single day, every word you say
Every game you play (I'll be watchin' you)
Every move you make, every vow you break
Every smile you fake (I'll be watchin' you)
Every single day, every word you say
Every game you play (I'll be watchin' you)
Every breath you take, every move you make
Every bond you break (I'll be watchin' you)
Every single day, every word you say
Every game you play (I'll be watchin' you)
Every move you make, every vow you break
Every smile you fake (I'll be watchin' you)
Every single day, every word you say
Every game you play (I'll be watchin' you)
And every move you make
Every bond you break, every step you take
I'll be watchin' you
Every single day
And every word you say
Every game you play, every night you stay
I'll be watchin' you
Oh, can't you see
You belong to me?
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take
Every move you make
And every vow you break
Every smile you fake, every claim you stake
I'll be watchin' you
Since you've gone I've been lost without a trace
I dream at night, I can only see your face
I look around but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep cryin', "Baby, baby, please"
Oh, can't you see
You belong to me?
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take
Every move you make
And every vow you break
Every smile you fake, every claim you stake
I'll be watchin' you
Every move you make, every step you take
I'll be watchin' you
I'll be watchin' you
Every breath you take, every move you make
Every bond you break (I'll be watchin' you)
Every single day, every word you say
Every game you play (I'll be watchin' you)
Every move you make, every vow you break
Every smile you fake (I'll be watchin' you)
Every single day, every word you say
Every game you play (I'll be watchin' you)
Every breath you take, every move you make
Every bond you break (I'll be watchin' you)
Every single day, every word you say
Every game you play (I'll be watchin' you)
Every move you make, every vow you break
Every smile you fake (I'll be watchin' you)
Every single day, every word you say
Every game you play (I'll be watchin' you)
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae
Every Breath You Take Lyrics as written by Gordon Sumner
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Oh God, here we go again, the "stalker" interpretation. It is not at all about a literal stalker scenario. Its about the way that someone can obssess about someone (as in not set them free.. per the other song...) but is only able to create a prison for them in the process. On the one hand worshipping and idolizing them, on the other driving them the other way by being so damned afraid to lose them. The result is that this person will inevitable start to imprison the other person and drive them away. Later he will find that he has imprisoned himself in his own obssession, keeping himself away from what he loves (and she will set herself free, whether he loves her or not... :P) Then at that point he MAY begin stalking her, should that be the next thing his obssession leads to. It's more about the essence than the form, but naturally the preponderant masses will always drag something down to the most knuckle dragging concretion of imagination possible. The video was a big adjunct to the song, and really gives an aethetic that has more to do with the psyche of an obssessive than of a stalker per se.
I agree. While the song isn't a happy love song, it's also not really about a creepy stalker or abusive relationship either. It's about a man who loves a woman so much that she becomes his everything and his reason for living. He basically worships the ground she walks on. He can't live without her. Now essentially there is nothing wrong with this on it's own, but the danger comes from when it becomes borderline obsession because he's always afraid of losing her somehow, afraid that she's leave him, afraid that she'll fall in love with another man, afraid that she'll die, etc. He becomes so afraid that he'll lose her, that he becomes his own prisoner, because his fear traps him where all he can really think about is keeping her. His own insecurities and fears turn it into something where he's not able to enjoy the moment anymore, he's always worrying about what if something bad happens. It then becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, and in the end he does indeed lose her, and basically everything because he himself unintentionally makes it happen because of the way he feels. It reminds me of Anakin's love for Padme (Star Wars fan, here lol). He was so afraid of losing her that in the end, the irony is that he made it happen. He lost her precisely because he was so afraid of losing her.