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.
Woke up in my clothes again this morning
Don't know exactly where I am
And I should heed my doctor's warning
He does the best with me he can
He claims I suffer from delusions
Yet I'm so confident I'm sane
It can't be an optical illusion
So how can you explain
Shadows in the rain, oh
And if you see us on the corner
We're dancing in the rain
I join my friends there when I see them
Outside my window pane
Shadows in the rain, oh
Shadows in the rain, yeah
Shadows in the rain, yeah
Shadows in the rain, oh
Woke up in my clothes again this morning
Don't know exactly where I am
And I should heed my doctor's warning
He does the best with me he can
Shadows in the rain, oh
Shadows in the rain, oh (ow)
Shadows in the rain, oh (ow)
Shadows in the rain, oh
Shadows in the rain
The shadows in the rain
Shadows in the rain
Rain (rain), rain (rain)
Shadows in the rain
Shadows in the rain
Shadows in the rain
How can you explain?
Optical illusion, shadows in the rain
Explain, shadows in the rain
How can you explain?
How can you explain?
How can you explain?
Shadows in the rain
How can you explain?
Shadows in the rain
Don't know exactly where I am
And I should heed my doctor's warning
He does the best with me he can
He claims I suffer from delusions
Yet I'm so confident I'm sane
It can't be an optical illusion
So how can you explain
Shadows in the rain, oh
And if you see us on the corner
We're dancing in the rain
I join my friends there when I see them
Outside my window pane
Shadows in the rain, oh
Shadows in the rain, yeah
Shadows in the rain, yeah
Shadows in the rain, oh
Woke up in my clothes again this morning
Don't know exactly where I am
And I should heed my doctor's warning
He does the best with me he can
Shadows in the rain, oh
Shadows in the rain, oh (ow)
Shadows in the rain, oh (ow)
Shadows in the rain, oh
Shadows in the rain
The shadows in the rain
Shadows in the rain
Rain (rain), rain (rain)
Shadows in the rain
Shadows in the rain
Shadows in the rain
How can you explain?
Optical illusion, shadows in the rain
Explain, shadows in the rain
How can you explain?
How can you explain?
How can you explain?
Shadows in the rain
How can you explain?
Shadows in the rain
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae
Shadows in the Rain Lyrics as written by Gordon Sumner
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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a song about insanity.