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.
Raise me up, don't let me fall
'Cause I don't get myself
I feel like I felt before
But cannot find my way
All those feelings went away
I may not be what you think I am
Think we ought to find ourselves
Think we ought to find ourselves again
Raise me up, don't let me fall
'Cause it is getting so hard (getting so hard)
I feel like I felt before
Maybe I only try? (maybe I only try?)
All those feelings went away
I may not be what you think I am
Think we ought to find ourselves
Think we ought to find ourselves again
All those questions never asked
All those days are coming back to me now
Dreams that can't be realized
All those nights are coming back to me now
And I know there're coming back to you
All those questions never asked
They're coming back to me now
Dreams that can't be realized
Are coming back to me now
Raise me up, don't let me fall, raise me up
Raise me up, don't let me fall, raise me up
Raise me up, don't let me fall, raise me up
Raise me up, don't let me fall, raise me up
Raise me up, don't let me fall, raise me up
Raise me up, don't let me fall, raise me up
Raise me up, don't let me fall, raise me up
Raise me up, don't let me fall, fall, fall
'Cause I don't get myself
I feel like I felt before
But cannot find my way
All those feelings went away
I may not be what you think I am
Think we ought to find ourselves
Think we ought to find ourselves again
Raise me up, don't let me fall
'Cause it is getting so hard (getting so hard)
I feel like I felt before
Maybe I only try? (maybe I only try?)
All those feelings went away
I may not be what you think I am
Think we ought to find ourselves
Think we ought to find ourselves again
All those questions never asked
All those days are coming back to me now
Dreams that can't be realized
All those nights are coming back to me now
And I know there're coming back to you
All those questions never asked
They're coming back to me now
Dreams that can't be realized
Are coming back to me now
Raise me up, don't let me fall, raise me up
Raise me up, don't let me fall, raise me up
Raise me up, don't let me fall, raise me up
Raise me up, don't let me fall, raise me up
Raise me up, don't let me fall, raise me up
Raise me up, don't let me fall, raise me up
Raise me up, don't let me fall, raise me up
Raise me up, don't let me fall, fall, fall
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Loose Heart Lyrics as written by Piotr Grudzinski Michal Krzysztof Lapaj
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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