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'd like to tell you What I dream about I'd like to say How much I miss you But I say sorry So come my darling Come to me I'm sorry I'm dying on the tree I'd like to tell you That it's not too late I'd like to say That I won with myself But I say sorry So come my darling Come to me Sorry I'm dying on the tree With the world beneath my feet So you found me after all Pile of rocks And two nailed boards Linger beside me You're all I have left Tell me the story of your life There's so much that I have got to find out Until the next darkness arrives I do not have too many requirements Only one wish Before you go And before I crumble back into the dust Take me to the river down below Take me to the river down below Stay Sit down And get some rest Since you came across my place Linger beside me You're all I have left Tell me the story of your life There's so much that I have got to find out Until the next darkness arrives I do not have too many requirements Only one wish Before you go And before I crumble back into the dust Take me to the river down below Take me to the river down below And before I crumble back into the dust... And before I crumble back into the dust...""
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
River Down Below Lyrics as written by Michal Lapaj Mariusz Duda
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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