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.
Deep inside these sleeping shallows
Far away where no-one goes now
Take my place in golden space
Of TV stars that no-one knows now
Deep deep mystery is talkin' to me
She's the giver of constant animation
All around and ready to make a new formation
You're the reason I'm in this world...
I don't believe in everything I see
Rivers of Avalon
Your supernatural energy
Part of my scenery
What I belong to is you ecstacy
Rivers of Avalon
Your faith unwavering is king
The clone of my own loneliness has got to fade
What am I known to?
Little garland in your starling
Loving waves that I've succumbed to
Deep deep mystery is talkin' to me
She's the giver of constant adulation
All around and ready to make a new formation
You're the reason I'm in this world...
I don't believe in everything I see
Rivers of Avalon
Your supernatural energy
Part of my scenery
What I belong to is your ecstacy
Rivers of Avalon
Your faith unwavering is king
What do you see in me?
Deep deep mystery is talkin' to me
She's the giver of constant animation
All around and ready to make a new formation
You're the reason I'm in this world...
I don't believe in everything I see
Rivers of Avalon
Your supernatural energy
Part of my scenery
What I belong to is your ecstacy
Rivers of Avalon
Your faith unwavering is king
I don't believe in everything I see
Rivers of Avalon
Your supernatural energy
All that it means...
Far away where no-one goes now
Take my place in golden space
Of TV stars that no-one knows now
Deep deep mystery is talkin' to me
She's the giver of constant animation
All around and ready to make a new formation
You're the reason I'm in this world...
I don't believe in everything I see
Rivers of Avalon
Your supernatural energy
Part of my scenery
What I belong to is you ecstacy
Rivers of Avalon
Your faith unwavering is king
The clone of my own loneliness has got to fade
What am I known to?
Little garland in your starling
Loving waves that I've succumbed to
Deep deep mystery is talkin' to me
She's the giver of constant adulation
All around and ready to make a new formation
You're the reason I'm in this world...
I don't believe in everything I see
Rivers of Avalon
Your supernatural energy
Part of my scenery
What I belong to is your ecstacy
Rivers of Avalon
Your faith unwavering is king
What do you see in me?
Deep deep mystery is talkin' to me
She's the giver of constant animation
All around and ready to make a new formation
You're the reason I'm in this world...
I don't believe in everything I see
Rivers of Avalon
Your supernatural energy
Part of my scenery
What I belong to is your ecstacy
Rivers of Avalon
Your faith unwavering is king
I don't believe in everything I see
Rivers of Avalon
Your supernatural energy
All that it means...
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i think this might actually be another song about Gloria, Anthony's drug counselor.
The lines: Take my place in golden space Of TV stars that no-one knows now Deep deep mystery is talkin' to me Shes the giver of constant animation
Show that he thinks gloria deserves all he has, because she gave him another chance at life.
Also, the line, "You're the reason I'm in this world" would obviously be she saved him.
Wow i'm the 1st one to say something here............... anyhoo I've never heard this song but im still their numer 1 fan.
what cd is this on? live album? thats the only one i dont have
it on the album "the zephyr song" which is a rareish album, not available on itunes.
i'm pretty sure that this song is on the zephyr song single cd...but i'm not totally positive. i love this song...it shows such beautiful musicianship and i love the tune i guess u could say, and i love ak's voice!!!
this is a super duper special song, and i have it,muahaha, and much much more, so IM number 1 fan xDDDD
oh and velvetglove111 is right,it's on the zephyr song single along with body of water, someone,out of range (and of course the zephyr song) i recommend it to everyone
damn the chorus sounds alot like this is the place.. well at leas the first half of it... anyways i just listened to it for the first time, got right into it off the start, good song
could be an early demo of it.
What a great song. I love anything that has the RHCP name attached to it. This is probably my favorite B-side song
...first of all, i think the lyric is "your faith unwavering is KEY" not KING. ...given that the chili peppers recent work is concerned with spirituality, both in question and in celebration (often both-like "californication") it seems like this is one of the few which directly mentions the spiritual as a world view...both of the time they mask it with discussions of love or sociology...
I agree with sethm... it is key not king. It seems that this song is simply about a girl that he has fallen in love with.