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.
Black procession in the rain, lovely brand new hearse
Everyone cries, everyone cares, or maybe just pretends
Oh, it's your big moment, by the way
Cold of heart, indifference
Though they were your best friends
Tears and flowers from the one you never would expect
Oh, it's your big moment, by the way
Would you like to tell them something?
Do you remember what you said when I looked into your eyes for the first time?
I know you're not quite ready yet, but there's nothing to be afraid of
In your Summerland
On the wall in the waiting room, still life in a frame
At the end of the corridor, someone screams your name
Oh, it's your big moment, by the way
Would you like to tell them something?
Do you remember what you said when I looked into your eyes for the first time?
I know you're not quite ready yet, but there's nothing to be afraid of
In your Summerland
Your Summerland
Everyone cries, everyone cares, or maybe just pretends
Oh, it's your big moment, by the way
Cold of heart, indifference
Though they were your best friends
Tears and flowers from the one you never would expect
Oh, it's your big moment, by the way
Would you like to tell them something?
Do you remember what you said when I looked into your eyes for the first time?
I know you're not quite ready yet, but there's nothing to be afraid of
In your Summerland
On the wall in the waiting room, still life in a frame
At the end of the corridor, someone screams your name
Oh, it's your big moment, by the way
Would you like to tell them something?
Do you remember what you said when I looked into your eyes for the first time?
I know you're not quite ready yet, but there's nothing to be afraid of
In your Summerland
Your Summerland
Lyrics submitted by CheVD
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Appears to be about the death of a loved one in a hospital. ("waiting room", "corridor" etc.)
If not for the start I would almost have thought it was about the birth of a child, but assuming that the Summerland is 'death' (perhaps heaven or the like?)