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 the enemy
It's time to finish what we have started
You can't escape
It's raining bricks all over this glass metropolis
And I'll watch it all come crashing down and pretend that it won't make a sound.
I could've saved them all, but I'd rather watch every tower fall
Is something wrong with my state of mind?
Why don't I wanna stop what's happening before my eyes?
It's all or nothing
I can't remember when we stood for something real
Are we so fragile that we hide behind the walls built in our minds?
I think it might be time to tear them down and let this monster out
Stop, stop right there
It's only desperation
You'll cave
Your betrayal is the only truth
You can't escape
It's raining bricks all over this glass metropolis
And I'll watch it all come crashing down and pretend that it won't make a sound
I could've saved them all, but I'd rather watch every tower fall
Is something wrong with my state of mind?
Why don't I wanna stop what's happening before my eyes?
We all know the good in me is fading
But whatever is left is begging you to believe that I'm everything that you want
We all know the good in me is fading
But whatever is left is begging you to believe that I'm everything that you want
But I'm not the one you need
No I'm not the one you need
It's time to finish what we have started
You can't escape
It's raining bricks all over this glass metropolis
And I'll watch it all come crashing down and pretend that it won't make a sound.
I could've saved them all, but I'd rather watch every tower fall
Is something wrong with my state of mind?
Why don't I wanna stop what's happening before my eyes?
It's all or nothing
I can't remember when we stood for something real
Are we so fragile that we hide behind the walls built in our minds?
I think it might be time to tear them down and let this monster out
Stop, stop right there
It's only desperation
You'll cave
Your betrayal is the only truth
You can't escape
It's raining bricks all over this glass metropolis
And I'll watch it all come crashing down and pretend that it won't make a sound
I could've saved them all, but I'd rather watch every tower fall
Is something wrong with my state of mind?
Why don't I wanna stop what's happening before my eyes?
We all know the good in me is fading
But whatever is left is begging you to believe that I'm everything that you want
We all know the good in me is fading
But whatever is left is begging you to believe that I'm everything that you want
But I'm not the one you need
No I'm not the one you need
Lyrics submitted by IXPTV
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I think this song is about how some of us prefer to do nothing when disaster strikes the world, instead would rather sit and observe the wreckage then take part in the relief efforts. There are people who wanna believe the best in others and don't wanna believe that there are people who don't care enough to take action. This song is saying, there are in fact those types of people who really don't care at all or they just don't believe taking action would make a difference.