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.
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
Howie Day - Collide
Five For Fighting - Superman
Angela Ammons - Always Getting Over You
Boyzone - All That I Need
3 Doors Down - Here Without You
Mashed by Norwegian Recycling
Well you dawned on me and you bet I felt it
I tried to be chill but you're so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks and I'm tryin to get back
Before the cool done run out I'll be givin it my bestest
And nothin's gonna stop me but divine intervention
I reckon it's again my turn to win some or learn some
I won't hesitate no more
No more it can not wait: I'm yours
The dawn is breaking, a light shining through
You're barely waking and I'm tangled up in you
Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find love love love
Listen to the music of the moment maybe sing with me
I like peaceful melodies
It's your god forsaken right to be loved loved loved
I'm open, you're closed
Where I'll follow you'll go
I worry I won't see your face light up again
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
(I'm sure, there no need to)
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
(Locate our time is short, this is our fate)
I somehow find you and I (I'm yours) collide
I can't stand to fly, I'm not that naive
I'm just out to find the better part of me
I'm more than a bird
I'm more than a plane
I'm more than some pretty face beside a train
And it's not easy to be me
Was it not enough stimulation
If I had break the other day
Just when I thought that I'm okay
Didn't like my conversation
I can't come up with something new
It doesn't really matter what I do
So here's my observation
You could never see it through my eyes
And I'm too tired to try
I was lost and alone trying to grow
Making my way down that long winding road
Had no reason, no rhyme
Like a song out of time
And there you were standing in front of my eyes
How could I be such a fool
To let go of love and break all of the rules
Girl when you walked out that door
Left a hole in my heart
And now I know for sure
I'm here without you baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you baby and I dream about you all the time
I'm here without you baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight: I'm yours
(So don't lie and say you're over me)
Don't nothing, I'm always getting over you
I was lost and alone
But you're still on my lonely mind
It cannot wait, I'm yours
I can't stand to fly
Finally find, you and I collide
I'm just out to find
You finally find, you and I collide
You finally find, you and I collide
Howie Day - Collide
Five For Fighting - Superman
Angela Ammons - Always Getting Over You
Boyzone - All That I Need
3 Doors Down - Here Without You
Mashed by Norwegian Recycling
Well you dawned on me and you bet I felt it
I tried to be chill but you're so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks and I'm tryin to get back
Before the cool done run out I'll be givin it my bestest
And nothin's gonna stop me but divine intervention
I reckon it's again my turn to win some or learn some
I won't hesitate no more
No more it can not wait: I'm yours
The dawn is breaking, a light shining through
You're barely waking and I'm tangled up in you
Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find love love love
Listen to the music of the moment maybe sing with me
I like peaceful melodies
It's your god forsaken right to be loved loved loved
I'm open, you're closed
Where I'll follow you'll go
I worry I won't see your face light up again
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
(I'm sure, there no need to)
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
(Locate our time is short, this is our fate)
I somehow find you and I (I'm yours) collide
I can't stand to fly, I'm not that naive
I'm just out to find the better part of me
I'm more than a bird
I'm more than a plane
I'm more than some pretty face beside a train
And it's not easy to be me
Was it not enough stimulation
If I had break the other day
Just when I thought that I'm okay
Didn't like my conversation
I can't come up with something new
It doesn't really matter what I do
So here's my observation
You could never see it through my eyes
And I'm too tired to try
I was lost and alone trying to grow
Making my way down that long winding road
Had no reason, no rhyme
Like a song out of time
And there you were standing in front of my eyes
How could I be such a fool
To let go of love and break all of the rules
Girl when you walked out that door
Left a hole in my heart
And now I know for sure
I'm here without you baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you baby and I dream about you all the time
I'm here without you baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight: I'm yours
(So don't lie and say you're over me)
Don't nothing, I'm always getting over you
I was lost and alone
But you're still on my lonely mind
It cannot wait, I'm yours
I can't stand to fly
Finally find, you and I collide
I'm just out to find
You finally find, you and I collide
You finally find, you and I collide
Lyrics submitted by Kipa
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