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.
(Music : Azagthoth / Lyrics : Vincent)
Cold finger on the trigger
Behind a line drawn in the sand
Anger rise !
We fight a war with much at stake
The rights of birth that no one can take
Overflowing with anger
A soon to be awakening
Will be martyrs on to glory
Dawn fings us in this rage
As it must be
This dawn of the mad
My finger on the button
With what¹s so foreign in my sights
Anger rise !
We wage a war ... our nature to preserve
By any means... our enemies be gone
No longer can we wait
As an enemy drains our future
As the light of a new day shines
Our anger fuels our march this dawn
Call of duty ... all the minutemen rise and shine
Call of duty ... only sovereigns stand the test of time
Cold finger on the trigger
Behind a line drawn in the sand
Anger rise !
We fight a war with much at stake
The rights of birth that no one can take
Overflowing with anger
A soon to be awakening
Will be martyrs on to glory
Dawn fings us in this rage
As it must be
This dawn of the mad
My finger on the button
With what¹s so foreign in my sights
Anger rise !
We wage a war ... our nature to preserve
By any means... our enemies be gone
No longer can we wait
As an enemy drains our future
As the light of a new day shines
Our anger fuels our march this dawn
Call of duty ... all the minutemen rise and shine
Call of duty ... only sovereigns stand the test of time
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"don't come here saying "it's the concept that makes a band heavy"" - This is just one of the reasons that everybody hates you. You act all superior, despite the fact that A) You have misquoted me and B) You didn't understand the point I was making anyway.
My point, which obviously went right over your head, was that while 'Blasphemy' (the page, from which you attempted to quote me) doesn't sound heavy to me, in musical terms, the subject behind it is heavy, in the same way that 'Henry: Portrait of a serial Killer' is a heavier film than 'Shallow Hal' (Don't worry, I don't expect you to understand anything I am saying, but unfortunately, I can't dumb it down anymore, for you).
If Killswitch Engage had released 'Alive or Just breathing' at the same time as 'Alters of Madness' was released, Killswitch Engage's album would have been hailed as the heavier of the two, because of the speed and the depth of the vocals.
So go ahead and post another mindless little rant about how I take it in the ass and how Killswitch Engage are a bunch of wet fags because every time you reply, you just hammer home the point, that you are uneducated and incapable of independent thought.