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.
I will always love you
I will always love from here
I will never see you
I will never see you clear
I'm in a perfect space
Please come design me soon
I'm in a perfect space
I hate to judge but I do
You my robot boo
I believe in terrestrial angels
Believe in the power of one
I believe in life ever-changing
Believe that we are not done
I believe in the passion of neighbors
Believe in the danger of guns
I believe you can dig yourself out
I believe you can wait 'til I come
We're just human sand
We're just human sand
We're just
You will always cut me
You will always cut me here
You will never have me
You will never have my fear
I'm in a perfect space
Spend all the day on a Zoom
I'm in a perfect space
Look at the size of my room
You my robot boo
I believe in terrestrial angels
Believe in the power of one
I believe in life ever-changing
Believe that we are not done
I believe in the passion of neighbors
Believe in the danger of guns
I believe you can dig yourself out
I believe you can wait 'til I come
We're just human sand
We're just human sand
We're just
The sand is years of our lives
Hail to the mistakes
The sand is years of our lives
You've tried but we don't break
I believe in terrestrial angels
Believe in the power of one
I believe in life ever-changing
Believe that we are not done
We're just human sand
These are the things on my mind
We're just human sand
Will we be alright?
We're just human sand
These are the things on my mind
We're just human sand
Will we be alright?
We're just human sand
I will always love from here
I will never see you
I will never see you clear
I'm in a perfect space
Please come design me soon
I'm in a perfect space
I hate to judge but I do
You my robot boo
I believe in terrestrial angels
Believe in the power of one
I believe in life ever-changing
Believe that we are not done
I believe in the passion of neighbors
Believe in the danger of guns
I believe you can dig yourself out
I believe you can wait 'til I come
We're just human sand
We're just human sand
We're just
You will always cut me
You will always cut me here
You will never have me
You will never have my fear
I'm in a perfect space
Spend all the day on a Zoom
I'm in a perfect space
Look at the size of my room
You my robot boo
I believe in terrestrial angels
Believe in the power of one
I believe in life ever-changing
Believe that we are not done
I believe in the passion of neighbors
Believe in the danger of guns
I believe you can dig yourself out
I believe you can wait 'til I come
We're just human sand
We're just human sand
We're just
The sand is years of our lives
Hail to the mistakes
The sand is years of our lives
You've tried but we don't break
I believe in terrestrial angels
Believe in the power of one
I believe in life ever-changing
Believe that we are not done
We're just human sand
These are the things on my mind
We're just human sand
Will we be alright?
We're just human sand
These are the things on my mind
We're just human sand
Will we be alright?
We're just human sand
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Human Sand Lyrics as written by Gavin Rossdale Christopher Traynor
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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