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.
Footsteps in the night
Footsteps in the night, yeah
Echoes through my life
Echoes through my life, yeah
I can't fall far behind
I can't fall far behind, no
Truth is hard to find
Peace is hard to find, yeah
And the rains come
And the rains come
Through the streets of love
So give your heartbreaks and feelings up
I've run into love, run into love, yeah
Think you've got enough, you can't get enough yeah
And the rains come
And the rains come
Through the streets of love
So give your heartbreaks and feelings up
At the end of the starry night
We'll join hands and see in the light
But you're lonely
Fold your memories and steal away
Come get ready, here comes the rain it’s falling
And it's falling, down
Down, down
And the rains come
And the rains come
Through the streets of love
So give your heartbreaks and feelings up
Give your heartbreaks and feelings up
Give your heartbreaks and feelings up
Give your heartbreaks and feelings up
Footsteps in the night, yeah
Echoes through my life
Echoes through my life, yeah
I can't fall far behind
I can't fall far behind, no
Truth is hard to find
Peace is hard to find, yeah
And the rains come
And the rains come
Through the streets of love
So give your heartbreaks and feelings up
I've run into love, run into love, yeah
Think you've got enough, you can't get enough yeah
And the rains come
And the rains come
Through the streets of love
So give your heartbreaks and feelings up
At the end of the starry night
We'll join hands and see in the light
But you're lonely
Fold your memories and steal away
Come get ready, here comes the rain it’s falling
And it's falling, down
Down, down
And the rains come
And the rains come
Through the streets of love
So give your heartbreaks and feelings up
Give your heartbreaks and feelings up
Give your heartbreaks and feelings up
Give your heartbreaks and feelings up
Lyrics submitted by 60_miles_an_hour
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My favourite from the album, gorgeous.
I've had my heart broken recently, and this song just seems to resonate with me. Especially the chorus - "so give your heartbreaks and feelings up".