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.
A chill arrives.
It seals the loss in our eyes.
One soul locked in two towers.
I found us in another time, raw of heart and scar.
A former shell, a future self.
The bridge between the stone and sky collapsed
to oceans of embers, ever-vast.
One soul remains, locked in two towers.
One soul betrayed, accept the things you cannot change.
The garden lies before me, secured from wolven claw.
I give to you, if only to remain.
“No my prisoner, the gate is closed.”
Only despair shall shape the bones of the dying plane.
One soul remains, locked in two towers.
One soul betrayed, accept the things you cannot change.
Hear me betrayer, what is to come?
Covenant lost, what is to come?
All of death is due in time.
Despair shall shape the bones of the dying plane.
The winds that pass, whispering epitaphs.
Carnivorous forms entwining sorrowed pasts.
Carve into canyon hearts until the centuries cease.
Once and for all, the martyrs of the coming fall.
One soul remains, locked in two towers.
One soul betrayed, accept the things you cannot change.
One soul. Two towers.
Accept the things you cannot change.
It seals the loss in our eyes.
One soul locked in two towers.
I found us in another time, raw of heart and scar.
A former shell, a future self.
The bridge between the stone and sky collapsed
to oceans of embers, ever-vast.
One soul remains, locked in two towers.
One soul betrayed, accept the things you cannot change.
The garden lies before me, secured from wolven claw.
I give to you, if only to remain.
“No my prisoner, the gate is closed.”
Only despair shall shape the bones of the dying plane.
One soul remains, locked in two towers.
One soul betrayed, accept the things you cannot change.
Hear me betrayer, what is to come?
Covenant lost, what is to come?
All of death is due in time.
Despair shall shape the bones of the dying plane.
The winds that pass, whispering epitaphs.
Carnivorous forms entwining sorrowed pasts.
Carve into canyon hearts until the centuries cease.
Once and for all, the martyrs of the coming fall.
One soul remains, locked in two towers.
One soul betrayed, accept the things you cannot change.
One soul. Two towers.
Accept the things you cannot change.
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Two Towers Lyrics as written by Will Putney
Lyrics © Royalty Network
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Conceptually, ‘Two Towers‘ is an abstract story which follows the journey of your past self and future self, and the forces that pull them apart. Realizing the impossible concept of them meeting, one is faced with the reality of accepting the things you cannot change. It’s a little out of the box for us, but it was challenging and fun to create a unique song for the record. Source: theprp.com