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've held the hand of God and I've sang the Devil's song
And when it comes my time no tears are gonna fall
But some will light the fire and some will mourn the one
Left longing for the ire of, of their departed son.
Oh lord have mercy thank God you're gone
Here's to the end, thank God you're gone.
They finally shoved you in the box they could never fit you in
An empty cell forever locked so much for best intentions.
But some will load the gun and some will hone the knife
Some will raise the fist as they recall your life.
Oh lord have mercy thank God you're gone
Here's to the end, thank God you're gone.
We've waited for so long, waited for so long
Thank god you're gone, you're gone
I've held the hand of God and I've sang the Devil's song
You'll never erase the past or regain what's lost
You're finally gone
Oh Lord have mercy thank God you're gone
Here's to the end, thank God you're gone.
Thank God you're gone
So far gone
And when it comes my time no tears are gonna fall
But some will light the fire and some will mourn the one
Left longing for the ire of, of their departed son.
Oh lord have mercy thank God you're gone
Here's to the end, thank God you're gone.
They finally shoved you in the box they could never fit you in
An empty cell forever locked so much for best intentions.
But some will load the gun and some will hone the knife
Some will raise the fist as they recall your life.
Oh lord have mercy thank God you're gone
Here's to the end, thank God you're gone.
We've waited for so long, waited for so long
Thank god you're gone, you're gone
I've held the hand of God and I've sang the Devil's song
You'll never erase the past or regain what's lost
You're finally gone
Oh Lord have mercy thank God you're gone
Here's to the end, thank God you're gone.
Thank God you're gone
So far gone
Lyrics submitted by sepultura1987
To the End Lyrics as written by David Randall Blythe Chris Adler
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I take this is being more about the narrator (self) than a particular person. Sort of taken as a message of live your life to it's fullest and have no regrets when you die (the end).
It seems in parts that there may be two voices (narrators) in the song, and that the second voice should celebrate their life in death (instead of mourn it).