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.
Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, someone
Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, something
Save me, save me, save me, save me, someone
Save me, save me, save me, save me, something
You put a hole in my heart
You put a hole in my heart
You put a hole in my heart
Ruptured the hole in my heart
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, someone
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, something
Sell me, sell me, sell me, sell me, someone
Sell me, sell me, sell me, sell me, something
You put a hole in my heart
You put a hole in my heart
You put a hole in my heart
Ruptured a hole in my heart
Heart
Heart
Heart
Heart, heart
Heart, heart
Heart, heart
Heart, heart
Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, something
Save me, save me, save me, save me, someone
Save me, save me, save me, save me, something
You put a hole in my heart
You put a hole in my heart
You put a hole in my heart
Ruptured the hole in my heart
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, someone
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, something
Sell me, sell me, sell me, sell me, someone
Sell me, sell me, sell me, sell me, something
You put a hole in my heart
You put a hole in my heart
You put a hole in my heart
Ruptured a hole in my heart
Heart
Heart
Heart
Heart, heart
Heart, heart
Heart, heart
Heart, heart
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Rupture Lyrics as written by Dolores Mary O'riordan
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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To me this song is about love and loss. How gut wrenching & even suicidal it can all be. At it's core the song is saying to save someone from this despair and how we often have to save ourselves from ourselves.