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.
Save me!
Somebody save me
Save me!
Somebody save me, yeah
Promised myself after the first romance
I wouldn't give ya a second chance
Said you see, you're sure to find
Ah, but the closer I get to ya, baby
You drive me stone out, a, my, mind
Save me!
Oh, yeah, save me, yeah, yeah
Those who love always give the most
We're cryin' together from coast to coast
Love leaves us cold and hurt inside
Leaves tears of ours unjustified
Beggin' you to, save me!
Yeah, need somebody to
Save me, yeah, hey, hey, hey
Yeah, um hum, yeah, um hum hum
Your love said you needed me
You abused my love, set me free
You didn't need, you didn't want me
Somebody help me, this man wants to taunt me
I'm beggin you to, oh oh!
Save me, yeah, he hee, save me!
Call in the cape crusader, green hornet
Kado too
I'm in so much trouble I don't know what to do
If you're thinkin a thing about me
Save me, oh yeah, yea, c'mon
I just said
Save me, baby c'mon
Save me, woo ho, save me!
Oh
Whoa ho ho save me
Somebody save me
Save me!
Somebody save me, yeah
Promised myself after the first romance
I wouldn't give ya a second chance
Said you see, you're sure to find
Ah, but the closer I get to ya, baby
You drive me stone out, a, my, mind
Save me!
Oh, yeah, save me, yeah, yeah
Those who love always give the most
We're cryin' together from coast to coast
Love leaves us cold and hurt inside
Leaves tears of ours unjustified
Beggin' you to, save me!
Yeah, need somebody to
Save me, yeah, hey, hey, hey
Yeah, um hum, yeah, um hum hum
Your love said you needed me
You abused my love, set me free
You didn't need, you didn't want me
Somebody help me, this man wants to taunt me
I'm beggin you to, oh oh!
Save me, yeah, he hee, save me!
Call in the cape crusader, green hornet
Kado too
I'm in so much trouble I don't know what to do
If you're thinkin a thing about me
Save me, oh yeah, yea, c'mon
I just said
Save me, baby c'mon
Save me, woo ho, save me!
Oh
Whoa ho ho save me
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i think this is about knowing you're making the same mistake by repeatedly going back to the same guy, wishing you could somehow just be "saved" by someone else from the situation so as to not keep dealing with it anymore