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.
There you lay
Innocence in heat
The tension builds up with the sin so sweet
And you close your eyes
And you give into it wholly
And you inhale the scent unholy
Come embrace the darkest lie
Here I lay
In my darkest suit
The afterglow's devouring all of the truth
And I close my eyes
And I give into it wholly
And I inhale the scent unholy
Come embrace the darkest lie
And on and on we...
Innocence in heat
The tension builds up with the sin so sweet
And you close your eyes
And you give into it wholly
And you inhale the scent unholy
Come embrace the darkest lie
Here I lay
In my darkest suit
The afterglow's devouring all of the truth
And I close my eyes
And I give into it wholly
And I inhale the scent unholy
Come embrace the darkest lie
And on and on we...
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I think this is about embracing ones darkest desires instead of fearing them & in turn allowing ones self to become fully vulnerable.