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.
It's been 20 long years
I've cried, but not enough tears
I've become the sum of all my fears
I feel scared, so scared
You gave me a strength unparalleled
But nothing compared to how much I've bled
I feel scared, so scared
I wanna know what it feels like
Is it nothing but dreamlike?
I wanna touch you now
How can it feel so right?
It is nothing but dreamlike
I'm gonna touch you now
What are we allowed to do
What are we allowed to be
I wanna cross the line with you
Let's pass the point of no return
Is this wrong?
I don't wanna know
A big mistake?
I don't wanna know
I just wanna be
I just wanna be
I just wanna be me
I'm in a dreamlike state
I've cried, but not enough tears
I've become the sum of all my fears
I feel scared, so scared
You gave me a strength unparalleled
But nothing compared to how much I've bled
I feel scared, so scared
I wanna know what it feels like
Is it nothing but dreamlike?
I wanna touch you now
How can it feel so right?
It is nothing but dreamlike
I'm gonna touch you now
What are we allowed to do
What are we allowed to be
I wanna cross the line with you
Let's pass the point of no return
Is this wrong?
I don't wanna know
A big mistake?
I don't wanna know
I just wanna be
I just wanna be
I just wanna be me
I'm in a dreamlike state
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Dreamlike Lyrics as written by Pontus Hjelm
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I think this about fear of re-entering a once cherished relationship, especially with how much pain it may have caused you in the past.