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.
They'll say, no one can see us
That we're estranged and all alone
They believe nothing can reach us
And pull us out of the boundless gloom
They're wrong
They're wrong
They're wrong
Yeah, baby, they're wrong
They're wrong
They're wrong
They'll say the sun is dying
And the fragile can't be saved
And the cold, it will devour us
And we won't rise up and slay giants
They're wrong
They're wrong
They're wrong
Yeah, baby, they're wrong
They're wrong
They're wrong
It takes a leap of faith
To awake from these delusions
You are the coder and avatar
A star
They'll say, no one will find us
That we're estranged and all alone
They believe nothing can reach us
And pull us out of the boundless gloom
They're wrong
They're wrong
They're wrong
Babe, they're wrong
They're wrong
They're wrong
That we're estranged and all alone
They believe nothing can reach us
And pull us out of the boundless gloom
They're wrong
They're wrong
They're wrong
Yeah, baby, they're wrong
They're wrong
They're wrong
They'll say the sun is dying
And the fragile can't be saved
And the cold, it will devour us
And we won't rise up and slay giants
They're wrong
They're wrong
They're wrong
Yeah, baby, they're wrong
They're wrong
They're wrong
It takes a leap of faith
To awake from these delusions
You are the coder and avatar
A star
They'll say, no one will find us
That we're estranged and all alone
They believe nothing can reach us
And pull us out of the boundless gloom
They're wrong
They're wrong
They're wrong
Babe, they're wrong
They're wrong
They're wrong
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
The Void Lyrics as written by Matthew James Bellamy
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Lead vocalist 'Matt Bellamy' had the idea of being lost, when you are tethered to a space station & get snipped off and floating off into space and seeing how the planet is disappearing. He composed The Void after watching some movies with the bands record producer 'Rich Costey'. Costey has a projector and they had some sci-fi films from the 80s playing in the studio & Matt liked the synths very ominous and slightly threatening sound from films by 'John Carpenter' for example, which in turn inspired him to compose the song.