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.
This will be the day
That you will hear me say
That I will never run away
I am here for you
Love is meant for two
Now tell me what you're gonna do
If I gave you diamonds and pearls
Would you be a happy boy or a girl?
If I could I would give you the world
All I can do is just offer you my love
Which one of us is right (woah)
If we always fight? (Ooh)
Why can't we just let love decide? (Let love decide)
Am I the weaker man (mmh, yeah)
Because I understand (woah-whoa)
That love must be the master plan? (Love is the master plan)
If I gave you diamonds and pearls
Would you be a happy boy or a girl?
If I could I would give you the world
All I can do is just offer you my love
D to the I to the A to the M
O to the N to the D to the pearls of love
D to the I to the A to the M (to the M)
O to the N to the D to the pearls of love
There will come a time (there will come a time)
You will blow your mind (your mind)
And everything you'll look for you'll find (take a look inside)
That will be the time (that'll be the time)
That everything will shine (forever)
So bright it makes you colorblind (you will be color blind)
If I gave you diamonds and pearls
Would you be a happy boy or a girl?
If I could I would give you the world
But all I can do is just offer you my love
If I gave you diamonds and pearls (pearls yeah, yeah)
Would you be a happy boy or a girl?
If I could I would give you the world (give you the world)
All I can do (all I can do) is just offer you my (ohh) love
If I gave you diamonds and pearls (diamonds)
Would you be, would you, would you (boy or a girl)
(Would ya, would ya, would ya be happy, little baby?)
If I could I would give you the world
That you will hear me say
That I will never run away
I am here for you
Love is meant for two
Now tell me what you're gonna do
If I gave you diamonds and pearls
Would you be a happy boy or a girl?
If I could I would give you the world
All I can do is just offer you my love
Which one of us is right (woah)
If we always fight? (Ooh)
Why can't we just let love decide? (Let love decide)
Am I the weaker man (mmh, yeah)
Because I understand (woah-whoa)
That love must be the master plan? (Love is the master plan)
If I gave you diamonds and pearls
Would you be a happy boy or a girl?
If I could I would give you the world
All I can do is just offer you my love
D to the I to the A to the M
O to the N to the D to the pearls of love
D to the I to the A to the M (to the M)
O to the N to the D to the pearls of love
There will come a time (there will come a time)
You will blow your mind (your mind)
And everything you'll look for you'll find (take a look inside)
That will be the time (that'll be the time)
That everything will shine (forever)
So bright it makes you colorblind (you will be color blind)
If I gave you diamonds and pearls
Would you be a happy boy or a girl?
If I could I would give you the world
But all I can do is just offer you my love
If I gave you diamonds and pearls (pearls yeah, yeah)
Would you be a happy boy or a girl?
If I could I would give you the world (give you the world)
All I can do (all I can do) is just offer you my (ohh) love
If I gave you diamonds and pearls (diamonds)
Would you be, would you, would you (boy or a girl)
(Would ya, would ya, would ya be happy, little baby?)
If I could I would give you the world
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"But all I can do is just offer you my love"-maybe that's all he or she is asking of You?