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.
(T-try it again)
(That)
I wanna take you home
A night out on the town
Say that you're pretty so you stand up stand up
Before I drag you down
Crawling up your skin
Potions pills and medicines
To drain you
And bleed your magic out
(Woah)
(Woah)
(Woah)
(Woah)
Lonely little life
And nobody believes you now
You're bleeding magic out
Don't want to scare you off
Don't want to know your name
You'll never know a single thing about me
Until it's far too late
Crawling up your skin
Potion, pleasing medicines
To circumvent your brain
(Woah)
(Woah)
(Woah)
(Woah)
Lonely little life
And nobody believes you now
You're bleeding magic out
(Woah)
(Woah)
(Woah)
(Woah)
Lonely little life
And nobody believes you now
You're bleeding magic out
And nobody believes you now
You're bleeding magic
(That)
I wanna take you home
A night out on the town
Say that you're pretty so you stand up stand up
Before I drag you down
Crawling up your skin
Potions pills and medicines
To drain you
And bleed your magic out
(Woah)
(Woah)
(Woah)
(Woah)
Lonely little life
And nobody believes you now
You're bleeding magic out
Don't want to scare you off
Don't want to know your name
You'll never know a single thing about me
Until it's far too late
Crawling up your skin
Potion, pleasing medicines
To circumvent your brain
(Woah)
(Woah)
(Woah)
(Woah)
Lonely little life
And nobody believes you now
You're bleeding magic out
(Woah)
(Woah)
(Woah)
(Woah)
Lonely little life
And nobody believes you now
You're bleeding magic out
And nobody believes you now
You're bleeding magic
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Bleed Magic Lyrics as written by Dallon James Weekes
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Dallon Weekes of the band says of the song that it's just a story, really. I wanted to write a happy sounding dark song. In this case it’s about A killer/vampire/whatever, stalking & seducing their victim. To them, the blood is magic. Keeps them young and alive forever. I had been watching a lot of true crime documentaries & Halloween seemed like a good time for a song like this