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.
Sworn to secrecy, I might go after school
She was an angel, I saw her swimming there
I am in such a mess I can't cope with this
She just teases me, pretends she can't see me here
So let me go up there I can be fresh air
Stay with you all night, just let me love you
Just for a while or two
Be with you all night be with you all night
'Til I fall asleep, 'til I fall asleep
'Til I fall asleep, 'til I fall asleep
Just let me be here, I won't tell anyone
Don't wanna wake up, don't wanna wake up
The blind lead the blind, so I can't help find my way
This could be heaven I don't know where I am
I am too scared to come out from behind here
My body is aching it feels like it's wearing me
So let me go up there, I can be fresh air
Stay with you all night, just let me love you
Just for a while or two
Be with you all night, be with you all night
'Til I fall asleep, 'til I fall asleep
'Til I fall asleep, 'til I fall asleep
Just let me be here, I won't tell anyone
Don't wanna wake up, don't wanna wake up
She was an angel, I saw her swimming there
I am in such a mess I can't cope with this
She just teases me, pretends she can't see me here
So let me go up there I can be fresh air
Stay with you all night, just let me love you
Just for a while or two
Be with you all night be with you all night
'Til I fall asleep, 'til I fall asleep
'Til I fall asleep, 'til I fall asleep
Just let me be here, I won't tell anyone
Don't wanna wake up, don't wanna wake up
The blind lead the blind, so I can't help find my way
This could be heaven I don't know where I am
I am too scared to come out from behind here
My body is aching it feels like it's wearing me
So let me go up there, I can be fresh air
Stay with you all night, just let me love you
Just for a while or two
Be with you all night, be with you all night
'Til I fall asleep, 'til I fall asleep
'Til I fall asleep, 'til I fall asleep
Just let me be here, I won't tell anyone
Don't wanna wake up, don't wanna wake up
Lyrics submitted by dwizhaffa, edited by smontague, gina-marie
Olive Grove Facing the Sea [DVD] Lyrics as written by Jonathan Quinn Gary Lightbody
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There's no copyright notation above, so here are the lyrics by a most talented band:
Sworn to secrecy, I might go after school She was an angel, I saw her swimming there I am in such a mess I can't cope with this She just teases me, pretends she can't see me here
So let me go up there I can be fresh air Stay with you all night, just let me love you Just for a while or two Be with you all night be with you all night
'Til I fall asleep, 'til I fall asleep 'Til I fall asleep, 'til I fall asleep Just let me be here, I won't tell anyone Don't wanna wake up, don't wanna wake up
The blind lead the blind, so I can't help find my way This could be heaven I don't know where I am I am too scared to come out from behind here My body is aching it feels like it's wearing me
So let me go up there, I can be fresh air Stay with you all night, just let me love you Just for a while or two Be with you all night, be with you all night
'Til I fall asleep, 'til I fall asleep 'Til I fall asleep, 'til I fall asleep Just let me be here, I won't tell anyone Don't wanna wake up, don't wanna wake up
It's a beautifully sad song about wanting love; experiencing fear; emotionally wanting another; etc.
Of all the explanations here, I believe you may have said it best. <br /> This song was sent to me on a mix from a man I exchanged letters with in England. He was painfully shy, and suffered from social anxiety disorder. " Sworn to secrecy" (He never could find the nerve to tell me he had feelings for me even though it was in every other way implied.) "The blind lead the blind" (We never met, and both were too timid to admit our feelings for each other.) which also explain "This could be Heaven, but I don't know where I am. "<br /> "I am too frightened to come out from behind here" in anyone's case, is obviously a metaphor for being too afraid to show one's feelings.<br /> <br />