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.
Heartbeat
Heartbeat, heart heartbeat
Heartbeat, heartbeat
Heartbeat, heart heartbeat
I saw you talking on the phone
I know that you are not alone
But you steal my heart away
Yeah you steal my heart away
You're acting like you're on your own
But I saw you standing with a girl
Stop tryn' to steal my heart away,
Stop tryn' to steal my heart away
I don't know where we're going
I don't know who we are
I can feel your heartbeat
I can feel your heartbeat
He said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
Running through me
Feel your heartbeat
She said
I can feel your heartbeat
She said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
She said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
Running through me
Heartbeat
Feel your heartbeat
Maybe it's the way you move
You got me dreaming like a fool
That I could steal your heart away
I could steal your heart away
No matter what it is you think
I'm not the kind of girl to blink
And give my heart away
Stop tryin' steal my heart away
I don't know where we're going
I don't know who we are
I can feel your heartbeat
He said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
He said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
Running through me
Heartbeat
Feel your heartbeat
She said
I can feel your heartbeat
She said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
She said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
Running through me
Stop stealing my heart away
Stop stealing my heart away
Stop stealing my heart away
You're stealing my heart away
I don't know where we're going
I don't know who we are
Feels like we are floating
High above the stars, the stars, the stars, the stars
Heartbeat
Heartbeat, heart heartbeat
But I can feel it
I can feel it
I can feel it
I can feel it, I can
I can feel your heartbeat
He said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
He said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
Running through me
Your heartbeat, feel your heartbeat
She said
I can feel your heartbeat
She said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
She said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
Running through me
Heartbeat
Feel your heartbeat
Stop stealing my heart away
Tell it to me girl
Stop stealing my heart away
Give it to me boy
Stop stealing my heart away
Say it to me girl
You're stealing my heart away
Stop stealing my heart away
Stop stealing my heart away
Stop stealing my heart away
Your heartbeat.
Heartbeat, heart heartbeat
Heartbeat, heartbeat
Heartbeat, heart heartbeat
I saw you talking on the phone
I know that you are not alone
But you steal my heart away
Yeah you steal my heart away
You're acting like you're on your own
But I saw you standing with a girl
Stop tryn' to steal my heart away,
Stop tryn' to steal my heart away
I don't know where we're going
I don't know who we are
I can feel your heartbeat
I can feel your heartbeat
He said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
Running through me
Feel your heartbeat
She said
I can feel your heartbeat
She said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
She said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
Running through me
Heartbeat
Feel your heartbeat
Maybe it's the way you move
You got me dreaming like a fool
That I could steal your heart away
I could steal your heart away
No matter what it is you think
I'm not the kind of girl to blink
And give my heart away
Stop tryin' steal my heart away
I don't know where we're going
I don't know who we are
I can feel your heartbeat
He said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
He said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
Running through me
Heartbeat
Feel your heartbeat
She said
I can feel your heartbeat
She said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
She said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
Running through me
Stop stealing my heart away
Stop stealing my heart away
Stop stealing my heart away
You're stealing my heart away
I don't know where we're going
I don't know who we are
Feels like we are floating
High above the stars, the stars, the stars, the stars
Heartbeat
Heartbeat, heart heartbeat
But I can feel it
I can feel it
I can feel it
I can feel it, I can
I can feel your heartbeat
He said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
He said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
Running through me
Your heartbeat, feel your heartbeat
She said
I can feel your heartbeat
She said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
She said to me
I can feel your heartbeat
Running through me
Heartbeat
Feel your heartbeat
Stop stealing my heart away
Tell it to me girl
Stop stealing my heart away
Give it to me boy
Stop stealing my heart away
Say it to me girl
You're stealing my heart away
Stop stealing my heart away
Stop stealing my heart away
Stop stealing my heart away
Your heartbeat.
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This is one of the BEST songs I've heard in a while.
Enrique & Nicole's voices compliment each others perfectly.
I love this song. and the video clip is hot. It's about too people falling for one another, but they are both already with someone else. Well, at least that is what i get from it.
OOOOMMMMGGGG THIS SONG IS SOOO GOOD. I HEARD IT ONCE AND NOW I JUST L.O.V.E IT TO BITS. I'VE HAD IT ON REPEAT FOR DAAYYS! ENRIQUE AND NICOLES VOICES SOUND REALLY NICE TOGETHER. THE MUSIC SOUNDS REALY GOOD TOO. tHE LINE 'STOP STEALiNG MY HEART AWAY' IS JUST STUCK IN MY HEAD! THIS SONG IS JUST AWESOME !!!!!!!!
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