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
On your breast
I might lay my crowded head
In your light
I might bathe in cold burnt sweat
In your mouth
I might feel the serpent's kiss
In you womb
I might swim in fetal bliss
But in your heart I'd freeze
In your heart I'd freeze
In your heart I'd freeze
In your heart I'd freeze
In your eyes
I might be your saving grace
In your head
I might say it through your eyes
In your lungs
I might stare between you
In your heart I'd freeze
In your heart I'd freeze
In your heart I'd freeze
In your heart I'd freeze
I'd freeze
I would feed your heart
Take a vow of silence
And put your love out of business
But in your heart
In your heart I'd freeze
In your heart I'd freeze
In your heart I'd freeze
On your breast
I might lay my crowded head
In your light
I might bathe in cold burnt sweat
In your mouth
I might feel the serpent's kiss
In you womb
I might swim in fetal bliss
But in your heart I'd freeze
In your heart I'd freeze
In your heart I'd freeze
In your heart I'd freeze
In your eyes
I might be your saving grace
In your head
I might say it through your eyes
In your lungs
I might stare between you
In your heart I'd freeze
In your heart I'd freeze
In your heart I'd freeze
In your heart I'd freeze
I'd freeze
I would feed your heart
Take a vow of silence
And put your love out of business
But in your heart
In your heart I'd freeze
In your heart I'd freeze
In your heart I'd freeze
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This is a fucking AWESOME song. I found it on Frostwire (fuck that bullshit, downloaded so much shit onto my computer, ughh) and thought it was pretty awesome, and then I did some research on it and... how the FUCK was this a throwaway B-side?? Coulda made their most popular album even better. Shoulda stuck it right after 4th of July, it'd be an epic Sabbath-esque 1-2. Chris' vocals are at some of their finest here, and Kim's guitar just sounds EVIL.