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.
Living in my paranoia,
Disillusioned with this world of humans,
Persecuted by myself,
They want me dead.
Will I escape from myself?
They want me dead.
People are screaming my name,
I am the prisoner of a false reality.
Will I survive?
Will I finally find the key?
I need to escape,
Need to reason with my brain.
FALSE!
Persecuted by these voices in my head, from everywhere,
I'm so wrecked, they are digging my deathbed.
It's like my soul has suddenly goes out to travel out of my body.
Looking for a new place to live, to remain forever in peace.
Wake up, wake up,
I need to fight not be weak.
Stand up, stand up,
Be strong to destroy all your fears.
Wake up, stand up,
And live your life!
Prisoner of a false reality.
Demon inside me,
He's controlling my body.
You have to suffer for the others.
You've been chosen by the obscure forces,
You need to pay for your hocus pocus.
Disillusioned with this world of humans,
Persecuted by myself,
They want me dead.
Will I escape from myself?
They want me dead.
People are screaming my name,
I am the prisoner of a false reality.
Will I survive?
Will I finally find the key?
I need to escape,
Need to reason with my brain.
FALSE!
Persecuted by these voices in my head, from everywhere,
I'm so wrecked, they are digging my deathbed.
It's like my soul has suddenly goes out to travel out of my body.
Looking for a new place to live, to remain forever in peace.
Wake up, wake up,
I need to fight not be weak.
Stand up, stand up,
Be strong to destroy all your fears.
Wake up, stand up,
And live your life!
Prisoner of a false reality.
Demon inside me,
He's controlling my body.
You have to suffer for the others.
You've been chosen by the obscure forces,
You need to pay for your hocus pocus.
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
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I think has to do with someone realizing it's now or never that they face and deal with their own demons and dark thoughts or they may be defeated by them completely.