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.
"No not 'alison hell' part 2! yes, another gloomy subject! yet another true story! this is about an unfortunate young girl who was locked in a room for half a decade just for looking at a boy in a grocery store! her guardian, also her grandmother, felt that the only way she could protect her granddaughter from the 'evils and temptations' in the world was to confine her to her room 'till eternity.' there is, however, a rather happy end to all this when, during the middle of the song, the police/social workers storm the house and free the girl from her mental / physical captivity. she is now on the bright road to recovery whilst nanny finds her new home in the sanitarium. ps clare is a doll!"]
My room is full of toys and things
But filled with nothing new
Just me and clare alone in this
Enchanted, placid room
It's Saturday and no more school
There hasn't been for years
She says we're here forever
Till eternity
Our solitude has been disturbed
Clare hold on, don't flee
With open arms they call my name
"Oh won't you come with me?"
Get back, back!
Just leave us all alone
Take that and that!
I'll break your every bone
Get back, back!
Just leave us all alone
Take that and that!
I'll break your every bone
Blacking out, poisoned
Colours now decay
Drifting off to never, neverland
Please don't take me away
To never, neverland
No, to the neverland
Time has passed and now I see
What I've lived through
I've got no fears that match the hate
That came from you
It's Saturday, I've things to do
I wish you all the best
Now I leave your placid room
Enjoy eternal rest
My room is full of toys and things
But filled with nothing new
Just me and clare alone in this
Enchanted, placid room
It's Saturday and no more school
There hasn't been for years
She says we're here forever
Till eternity
Our solitude has been disturbed
Clare hold on, don't flee
With open arms they call my name
"Oh won't you come with me?"
Get back, back!
Just leave us all alone
Take that and that!
I'll break your every bone
Get back, back!
Just leave us all alone
Take that and that!
I'll break your every bone
Blacking out, poisoned
Colours now decay
Drifting off to never, neverland
Please don't take me away
To never, neverland
No, to the neverland
Time has passed and now I see
What I've lived through
I've got no fears that match the hate
That came from you
It's Saturday, I've things to do
I wish you all the best
Now I leave your placid room
Enjoy eternal rest
Lyrics submitted by JucaOPastor, edited by Kingofstilport
Never, Neverland Lyrics as written by Jeffrey Bruce Waters Coburn Pharr
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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