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 know what you want to do
Everything is all lies
You'll do anything to get what you want
Shokuha saibuku
Magamagashiku imi kirawareru sonzai
Is it God? The devil? A saint? A witch?
Shinkaku-ka suru no wa hito no tsugou
Kotowari no soto Soko wa kare to naku kanjiru no wa uso
I hate you
I refuse
I don't trust you at all
Everything is all lies
I know what you want to do
Everything is all lies
You'll do anything to get what you want
Shokuha saibuku
Magamagashiku imi kirawareru sonzai
Is it God? The devil? A saint? A witch?
Shinkaku-ka suru no wa hito no tsugou
Kotowari no soto Soko wa kare to naku kanjiru no wa uso
I hate you
I refuse
I don't trust you at all
I know what you did to me
You'll do anything to get what you want
I know what you did to me
I hear someone say: “Wake the fuck up!”
Wake up from what?
Dream or reality, no one fu- fu- fucking knows…
I hear someone say: “Wake the fuck up!”
Wake up from what?
Shut up, motherfucker!
Boom, boom, boom!!
Don't you fucking dare trying to control me
Boom, boom, boom!!
I'll fucking think and act by myself
Boom, boom, boom!!
Don't you people fucking dance around me
Think and act on your own
Is this a contradiction?
Shokuha saibuku
Boom, boom!!
Everything is all lies
You'll do anything to get what you want
Magamagashiku imi kirawareru sonzai
Is it God? The devil? A saint? A witch?
Shinkaku-ka suru no wa hito no tsugou
Kotowari no soto, soko wa kare to naku kanjiru no wa uso
You manipulate people with words and inflict pain and damage on the world
You are a demon that feeds on people's weakness
I know what you did to me
You'll do anything to get what you want
I know what you did to me
I hear someone say: “Wake the fuck up!”
Wake up from what?
Dream or reality, no one fu- fu- fucking knows…
I hear someone say: “Wake the fuck up!”
Wake up from what?
Shut up, motherfucker!
Everything is all lies
You'll do anything to get what you want
Shokuha saibuku
Magamagashiku imi kirawareru sonzai
Is it God? The devil? A saint? A witch?
Shinkaku-ka suru no wa hito no tsugou
Kotowari no soto Soko wa kare to naku kanjiru no wa uso
I hate you
I refuse
I don't trust you at all
Everything is all lies
I know what you want to do
Everything is all lies
You'll do anything to get what you want
Shokuha saibuku
Magamagashiku imi kirawareru sonzai
Is it God? The devil? A saint? A witch?
Shinkaku-ka suru no wa hito no tsugou
Kotowari no soto Soko wa kare to naku kanjiru no wa uso
I hate you
I refuse
I don't trust you at all
I know what you did to me
You'll do anything to get what you want
I know what you did to me
I hear someone say: “Wake the fuck up!”
Wake up from what?
Dream or reality, no one fu- fu- fucking knows…
I hear someone say: “Wake the fuck up!”
Wake up from what?
Shut up, motherfucker!
Boom, boom, boom!!
Don't you fucking dare trying to control me
Boom, boom, boom!!
I'll fucking think and act by myself
Boom, boom, boom!!
Don't you people fucking dance around me
Think and act on your own
Is this a contradiction?
Shokuha saibuku
Boom, boom!!
Everything is all lies
You'll do anything to get what you want
Magamagashiku imi kirawareru sonzai
Is it God? The devil? A saint? A witch?
Shinkaku-ka suru no wa hito no tsugou
Kotowari no soto, soko wa kare to naku kanjiru no wa uso
You manipulate people with words and inflict pain and damage on the world
You are a demon that feeds on people's weakness
I know what you did to me
You'll do anything to get what you want
I know what you did to me
I hear someone say: “Wake the fuck up!”
Wake up from what?
Dream or reality, no one fu- fu- fucking knows…
I hear someone say: “Wake the fuck up!”
Wake up from what?
Shut up, motherfucker!
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
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I think this about those who lie & manipulate, spreading hate to get what they want no matter the cost.