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.
Yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Two people, just meeting, barely touching each other
Two spirits, greeting, tryin' to carry it further
You are one, and I am another
We should be one inside each other
You can see inside me, will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride inside my love?
You can see inside me, will you come inside me
Do you wanna ride inside my love?
Two strangers, not strangers
Only lacking the knowing
So willing, feeling
Infinite growing
While we're here, the whole world is turning
We should be one, fulfilling the yearning
You can see inside me, will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride inside my love?
You can see inside me, will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride inside my love?
You can see inside me, will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride inside my love?
You can see inside me, will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride, inside my love?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Two people, just meeting, barely touching each other
Two spirits, greeting, tryin' to carry it further
You are one, and I am another
We should be one inside each other
You can see inside me, will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride inside my love?
You can see inside me, will you come inside me
Do you wanna ride inside my love?
Two strangers, not strangers
Only lacking the knowing
So willing, feeling
Infinite growing
While we're here, the whole world is turning
We should be one, fulfilling the yearning
You can see inside me, will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride inside my love?
You can see inside me, will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride inside my love?
You can see inside me, will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride inside my love?
You can see inside me, will you come inside me?
Do you wanna ride, inside my love?
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i love this song so much!