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.
Closer, no hesitation
Give me all that you have
And it's been so long, that I can't explain
And it's been so wrong
Right now, so wrong
Naked, my thoughts are creeping
Too late, the show has begun
'Cause it's been so long, that I can't confess
And it's been so wrong
Right now, so wrong
Is it all as it seems?
So unresolved, so unredeemed
If I remain, how will I know?
'Cause it's been so long, that I can't be sure
And it's been so wrong
Right now, so wrong
Give me all that you have
And it's been so long, that I can't explain
And it's been so wrong
Right now, so wrong
Naked, my thoughts are creeping
Too late, the show has begun
'Cause it's been so long, that I can't confess
And it's been so wrong
Right now, so wrong
Is it all as it seems?
So unresolved, so unredeemed
If I remain, how will I know?
'Cause it's been so long, that I can't be sure
And it's been so wrong
Right now, so wrong
Lyrics submitted by Ice, edited by Portishead93
Humming Lyrics as written by Beth Gibbons Adrian Francis Utley
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It sounds like UFO's are singing at the beginning. Very hypnotic.