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 sit still and silent,
For a moment in the light of the act
If I clear my mind, I am rising beyond all space and time
There's nothing that I have to do to be who I am, yeah
Now I release to the mother sky,
All I have to transmute this illusion,
I lost my grip but I have you now,
How can this be? I have become my enemy,
(Oh I've lost)
I lost my grip but I have you now,
How can this be? I've become my enemy
I repair the shattered diamond,
To it's wholeness with these bloodstained hands,
Just as I designed, I am rising beyond all space and time,
Nothing that I have to do to be who I am, yeah
Now I release to the mother sky,
All I have to transmute this illusion,
I lost my grip but I have you now,
How can this be? I have become my enemy,
(Oh I've lost)
I lost my grip but I have you now,
How can this be? I've become my enemy
Will you see the black of the eye, separated from the white?
If the enemy has shrouded the eye, one must prepare to die
Now I release to the mother sky,
All I have to transmute this illusion,
I lost my grip but I have you now,
How can this be? I have become my enemy,
(Oh I've lost)
I've lost my grip but I have you now,
How can this be? I've become my enemy
For a moment in the light of the act
If I clear my mind, I am rising beyond all space and time
There's nothing that I have to do to be who I am, yeah
Now I release to the mother sky,
All I have to transmute this illusion,
I lost my grip but I have you now,
How can this be? I have become my enemy,
(Oh I've lost)
I lost my grip but I have you now,
How can this be? I've become my enemy
I repair the shattered diamond,
To it's wholeness with these bloodstained hands,
Just as I designed, I am rising beyond all space and time,
Nothing that I have to do to be who I am, yeah
Now I release to the mother sky,
All I have to transmute this illusion,
I lost my grip but I have you now,
How can this be? I have become my enemy,
(Oh I've lost)
I lost my grip but I have you now,
How can this be? I've become my enemy
Will you see the black of the eye, separated from the white?
If the enemy has shrouded the eye, one must prepare to die
Now I release to the mother sky,
All I have to transmute this illusion,
I lost my grip but I have you now,
How can this be? I have become my enemy,
(Oh I've lost)
I've lost my grip but I have you now,
How can this be? I've become my enemy
Lyrics submitted by Vbdude
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I believe this song is clearly about alien abduction, Mother Sky symbolizing being abducted by the Mother ship or space ship. The song speaks of communication issues and being unsure once abducted if the alien or aliens are good or evil. He suspects that perhaps they may become his enemy because they may see something is eyes that's threatening & he is perplexed as to why because he means them no harm.