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.
Caught off guard
All worked up
the air is as dark and cold as night
let me go
I'm not done
I swear I'll take just one lifetime, and I
I won't lie I won't sin maybe I don't wana go
can't you wait?, Maybe I don't wana go (chorus)
I should have asked, I could of helped
at least a fucking thousand times before will this offer get me in or does this prove that they gave more (chorus)x2
All worked up
the air is as dark and cold as night
let me go
I'm not done
I swear I'll take just one lifetime, and I
I won't lie I won't sin maybe I don't wana go
can't you wait?, Maybe I don't wana go (chorus)
I should have asked, I could of helped
at least a fucking thousand times before will this offer get me in or does this prove that they gave more (chorus)x2
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How the hell does this shit, pop, teeny crap make you cry? FUCK you don't know what EMO is if you think this is emo you piece of crap. This band and Blink both fucking suck. Go get some real emo like gasp Fugazi, or new school emocore like Poison the Well and Bloodjinn.