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.
Voices in your, voices in your, voices in your head
Those who tryna drive you mad
And make it all, make it all
Wild! (Wild)
Voices in your, voices in your, voices in your head
Those who tryna drive you mad
And make it all, make it all
Wild! (Wild)
There's another mind deep in me
Don't know what's gotten into me
I ain't seen the other side plentifully
'Til the end I'll, 'til the end I'll fight
There's another mind deep in me
Don't know what's gotten into me
I ain't seen the other side plentifully
'Til the end I'll, 'til the end I'll fight
Don't give up, don't give up!
Don't give up, don't give up!
Don't give up, don't give up!
Don't give up, don't give up!
Don't give up, don't give up!
Don't give up, don't give up!
Don't give up, don't give up!
Don't give up, don't give up!
Those who tryna drive you mad
And make it all, make it all
Wild! (Wild)
Voices in your, voices in your, voices in your head
Those who tryna drive you mad
And make it all, make it all
Wild! (Wild)
There's another mind deep in me
Don't know what's gotten into me
I ain't seen the other side plentifully
'Til the end I'll, 'til the end I'll fight
There's another mind deep in me
Don't know what's gotten into me
I ain't seen the other side plentifully
'Til the end I'll, 'til the end I'll fight
Don't give up, don't give up!
Don't give up, don't give up!
Don't give up, don't give up!
Don't give up, don't give up!
Don't give up, don't give up!
Don't give up, don't give up!
Don't give up, don't give up!
Don't give up, don't give up!
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
schizophrenia Lyrics as written by John Cunningham Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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