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.
What is this place and why am I here?
I see myself and nothing feels real
I'm torn between this world and the next
Walking the line between life and death
I can see the other side
Ascent of the Blessed
Drawn by a blinding light
I can see the other side
Ascent of the Blessed
I die, die, die
I slowly fade
Into memory, memory
I slowly fade
Will you remember me, remember me?
Making peace with my demons, now that I see them
I am finding my freedom, as I stop breathing
I'm sinking deeper, can't beat the reaper
All men are mortal, he will be there
I'm looking back full of regret
Not ready yet, I'm cheating death (I kill death)
This might be heaven, this might be hell
I accept both, so farewell (farewell)
I can see the other side
Ascent of the Blessed
Drawn by a blinding light
I can see the other side
Ascent of the Blessed
I die, die, die
I slowly fade
Into memory, memory
I slowly fade
Will you remember me, remember me?
(Will you remember me, remember me?)
(I'm torn between this world and the next)
(Will you remember me, remember me?)
(I'm walking the line between life and death)
I turn everything upside down
I kill death!
Time is ticking, ticking away
Will you remember me, remember me?
I kill death!
I'm falling through the circles of hell
I see my tired self
At the end of the road
There is no way to go
My heart skips a beat
Makes me forget how to breathe
A void so dark and deep
I'm about to fall into eternal sleep
I slowly fade
Into memory, memory
I slowly fade
Will you remember me, remember me?
I slowly fade
Into memory, memory
I slowly fade
Will you remember me, remember me?
(I slowly fade)
(I slowly fade)
I see myself and nothing feels real
I'm torn between this world and the next
Walking the line between life and death
I can see the other side
Ascent of the Blessed
Drawn by a blinding light
I can see the other side
Ascent of the Blessed
I die, die, die
I slowly fade
Into memory, memory
I slowly fade
Will you remember me, remember me?
Making peace with my demons, now that I see them
I am finding my freedom, as I stop breathing
I'm sinking deeper, can't beat the reaper
All men are mortal, he will be there
I'm looking back full of regret
Not ready yet, I'm cheating death (I kill death)
This might be heaven, this might be hell
I accept both, so farewell (farewell)
I can see the other side
Ascent of the Blessed
Drawn by a blinding light
I can see the other side
Ascent of the Blessed
I die, die, die
I slowly fade
Into memory, memory
I slowly fade
Will you remember me, remember me?
(Will you remember me, remember me?)
(I'm torn between this world and the next)
(Will you remember me, remember me?)
(I'm walking the line between life and death)
I turn everything upside down
I kill death!
Time is ticking, ticking away
Will you remember me, remember me?
I kill death!
I'm falling through the circles of hell
I see my tired self
At the end of the road
There is no way to go
My heart skips a beat
Makes me forget how to breathe
A void so dark and deep
I'm about to fall into eternal sleep
I slowly fade
Into memory, memory
I slowly fade
Will you remember me, remember me?
I slowly fade
Into memory, memory
I slowly fade
Will you remember me, remember me?
(I slowly fade)
(I slowly fade)
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Ascent of the Blessed Lyrics as written by Benjamin Richter Andreas Dorner
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Caliban vocalist Andreas Dörner spoke on this track stating: “This song is inspired by my imagination of a near-death-experience and the question about my life. It’s about the question if one is a good or an evil person."