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.
I am outnumbered
My vision blurred
I'm absorbed by rage
The outcome turns
Bit the hand
Greater man
When you wrought my wrath
Your end began
You broke me down
A shattered crown
I shoveled deep
And tried to drown
This attack
Turned life black
So I built this flame
To burn you back
To burn you back
We start this fire
Just to burn it all
From the dark desire
Our vengeance falls
I have climbed through dirt
Through mud and earth
In this quest for life
I've only hurt
I lost myself
And none could help
Felt unending pain
Perpetual hell
Death arrived
Smile contrived
He pulled me close
But I survived
This attack
Turned life black
Now I own this flame
And burn you back
I burn you back
We start this fire
Just to burn it all
From all the pyre
A new life calls
We build it higher
We will storm their walls
From the dark desire
Our vengeance falls (vengeance falls)
Vengeance falls (vengeance falls)
Gather the strength just to hold it close
Choking the spark that became my pulse
Waiting so long just to make you feel
My vengeance now has become so real
We start this fire
Just to burn it all (burn it all)
From all the pyre
A new life calls (new life calls)
We build it higher (build it higher)
We will storm their walls (storm their walls)
From the dark desire (desire)
Our vengeance falls (our vengeance falls)
My vision blurred
I'm absorbed by rage
The outcome turns
Bit the hand
Greater man
When you wrought my wrath
Your end began
You broke me down
A shattered crown
I shoveled deep
And tried to drown
This attack
Turned life black
So I built this flame
To burn you back
To burn you back
We start this fire
Just to burn it all
From the dark desire
Our vengeance falls
I have climbed through dirt
Through mud and earth
In this quest for life
I've only hurt
I lost myself
And none could help
Felt unending pain
Perpetual hell
Death arrived
Smile contrived
He pulled me close
But I survived
This attack
Turned life black
Now I own this flame
And burn you back
I burn you back
We start this fire
Just to burn it all
From all the pyre
A new life calls
We build it higher
We will storm their walls
From the dark desire
Our vengeance falls (vengeance falls)
Vengeance falls (vengeance falls)
Gather the strength just to hold it close
Choking the spark that became my pulse
Waiting so long just to make you feel
My vengeance now has become so real
We start this fire
Just to burn it all (burn it all)
From all the pyre
A new life calls (new life calls)
We build it higher (build it higher)
We will storm their walls (storm their walls)
From the dark desire (desire)
Our vengeance falls (our vengeance falls)
Lyrics submitted by Sonic Raider
Vengeance Falls Lyrics as written by Jason Suecof Corey Beaulieu
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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These are the lyrics for the song Vengeance Falls, not the song Vengeance (which now has a separate entry).