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.
Run
Crawl through the holes in the evidence
Where evil has taken up residence
No faith in what red and white will say
They save the truth for a rainy day
Fall through the cracks with the casualties
Where freedom's thrown out with morality
Become a soldier for the controller
Or battle 'til you beat the game
Are you listening to the whispering?
Is it sinking in 'cause it's sickening?
Will you take the bait while you suffocate?
'Cause you know, something is creeping in the dark
Run
A call to survivors has just come through
"Resist the zombie they'll make of you"
Call out the lies, blow the storm away
Don't save the truth for a rainy day
Are you listening to the whispering?
Is it sinking in 'cause it's sickening?
Will you take the bait while you suffocate?
'Cause you know, something is creeping in the dark
In the dark
(Something is creeping)
The dark
In the dark
(Something is creeping)
There is no next level
"All access denied"
Ignorance is past-tense
"Game over, you died"
Oh
Become a soldier for the controller
Or battle 'til you beat the game
Are you listening to the whispering?
Is it sinking in 'cause it's sickening?
Will you take the bait while you suffocate?
'Cause you know, something is creeping in the dark
Are you listening to the whispering?
Is it sinking in 'cause it's sickening?
Will you take the bait while you suffocate?
'Cause you know, something is creeping in the dark
In the dark
(Something is creeping)
The dark
In the dark
Run
Don't save the truth for a rainy day
Crawl through the holes in the evidence
Where evil has taken up residence
No faith in what red and white will say
They save the truth for a rainy day
Fall through the cracks with the casualties
Where freedom's thrown out with morality
Become a soldier for the controller
Or battle 'til you beat the game
Are you listening to the whispering?
Is it sinking in 'cause it's sickening?
Will you take the bait while you suffocate?
'Cause you know, something is creeping in the dark
Run
A call to survivors has just come through
"Resist the zombie they'll make of you"
Call out the lies, blow the storm away
Don't save the truth for a rainy day
Are you listening to the whispering?
Is it sinking in 'cause it's sickening?
Will you take the bait while you suffocate?
'Cause you know, something is creeping in the dark
In the dark
(Something is creeping)
The dark
In the dark
(Something is creeping)
There is no next level
"All access denied"
Ignorance is past-tense
"Game over, you died"
Oh
Become a soldier for the controller
Or battle 'til you beat the game
Are you listening to the whispering?
Is it sinking in 'cause it's sickening?
Will you take the bait while you suffocate?
'Cause you know, something is creeping in the dark
Are you listening to the whispering?
Is it sinking in 'cause it's sickening?
Will you take the bait while you suffocate?
'Cause you know, something is creeping in the dark
In the dark
(Something is creeping)
The dark
In the dark
Run
Don't save the truth for a rainy day
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Rainy Day Lyrics as written by Joseph Occhiuti Daniel Sugarman
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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"Rainy Day" was inspired by the horror franchise "Resident Evil". The line "No faith in what red and white will say" and the colors of the song's cover art refer to the logotype of the franchise's Umbrella Corporation.