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.
When the war is over got to get away-ay
Pack my bag to no place in no time, no day-ay
You and I, we used each other's shoulder
Still so young but somehow so much older
How can I go home and not get blown away
Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away-ay-ay
Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away-ay-ay
When the war is over got to start agai-ain
Try to hold a trace of what it was back the-en
You and I, we sent each other stories
Just a page, I'm lost in all its glories
How can I go home and not get blown away...
You and I had our sights set on something
Hope this doesn't mean our days are numbered
I got plans for more than a wa-anted ma-a-a-an
All around this chaos and madness
Can't help feelin' nothing more than sadness
Only choice, to face it the be-est I ca-a-an
When the war is over got to start agai-ain
Try to hold a trace of what it was back the-e-en
You and I, we sent each other stories
Just a page, I'm lost in all its glories
How can I go home and not get blown away-ay-ay
Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away-ay-ay
And not get blown right away
Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away-ay-ay
Don't steal my heart
Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away-ay-ay
Nobody gonna steal my heart
Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away-ay-ay
Pack my bag to no place in no time, no day-ay
You and I, we used each other's shoulder
Still so young but somehow so much older
How can I go home and not get blown away
Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away-ay-ay
Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away-ay-ay
When the war is over got to start agai-ain
Try to hold a trace of what it was back the-en
You and I, we sent each other stories
Just a page, I'm lost in all its glories
How can I go home and not get blown away...
You and I had our sights set on something
Hope this doesn't mean our days are numbered
I got plans for more than a wa-anted ma-a-a-an
All around this chaos and madness
Can't help feelin' nothing more than sadness
Only choice, to face it the be-est I ca-a-an
When the war is over got to start agai-ain
Try to hold a trace of what it was back the-e-en
You and I, we sent each other stories
Just a page, I'm lost in all its glories
How can I go home and not get blown away-ay-ay
Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away-ay-ay
And not get blown right away
Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away-ay-ay
Don't steal my heart
Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away-ay-ay
Nobody gonna steal my heart
Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away-ay-ay
Lyrics submitted by Santo Arma Re-dux
When the War Is Over Lyrics as written by Steve Prestwich
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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