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.
My reflection
Wraps and pulls me under
Healing waters to be
Bathed in Breña
Guides me
Safely in
Worlds I've never been to
Heal me
Heal me
My dear Breña
So vulnerable
It's alright
Heal me
Heal me
My dear Breña
Show me lonely and
Show me openings
To lead me closer to you
My dear Breña
Vulnerable
It's alright
Opening to
Heal
Opening to
Heal
Heal
Wraps and pulls me under
Healing waters to be
Bathed in Breña
Guides me
Safely in
Worlds I've never been to
Heal me
Heal me
My dear Breña
So vulnerable
It's alright
Heal me
Heal me
My dear Breña
Show me lonely and
Show me openings
To lead me closer to you
My dear Breña
Vulnerable
It's alright
Opening to
Heal
Opening to
Heal
Heal
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae
Breña Lyrics as written by Billy Howerdel Maynard James Keenan
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Wow. This song is just incredible. It's genius. Everything from the warm sound of the guitars to the simple, but healing lyrics. It's like a lullaby. I swear I go to sleep every night listening to this song. The best closing track (temporarily disregarding "Over" for the moment) I've ever heard on a cd.