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.
You stand on the edge
You're never getting better
Never getting better
So close that you're shaking
Skin is getting wetter
Skin is getting wetter
'Cause I now you thought you'd be fine
It's just one more time
But you've crossed the line, my love
As you start to try to lie still
The dark moods took you
You swallow the pill, my love
It's like you're on fire tonight
You start to cry it's in the eyes
As your heart starts to burn tonight
I see you fly you're out of time
You gotta start moving slower
But you keep on moving on, and on, and on
And your body's rolling over
I can see you floating up into the sun
As you start dropping lower
I see your boat is sinking down, and down
And down and then you find
The other side
You start to go under
Tell me, can you hear me?
Tell me, can you hear me?
Your lips are so freezing
I can hear you breathing
I can hear you breathing
But you said you were walking through dreams
And watching us scream
You float out of reach, my love
And now the sky it starts to turn black
You're under attack
They can't call you back, my love
It's like you're on fire tonight
You start to cry it's in the eyes
As your heart starts to burn tonight
I see you fly you're out of time
You gotta start moving slower
But you keep on moving on, and on, and on
And your body's rolling over
I can see you floating up into the sun
As you start dropping lower
I see your boat is sinking down and down
And then you find the other side
'Cause it's like you're on fire tonight
You start to cry it's in the eyes
As your heart starts to burn tonight
And then you find your other side
You're never getting better
Never getting better
So close that you're shaking
Skin is getting wetter
Skin is getting wetter
'Cause I now you thought you'd be fine
It's just one more time
But you've crossed the line, my love
As you start to try to lie still
The dark moods took you
You swallow the pill, my love
It's like you're on fire tonight
You start to cry it's in the eyes
As your heart starts to burn tonight
I see you fly you're out of time
You gotta start moving slower
But you keep on moving on, and on, and on
And your body's rolling over
I can see you floating up into the sun
As you start dropping lower
I see your boat is sinking down, and down
And down and then you find
The other side
You start to go under
Tell me, can you hear me?
Tell me, can you hear me?
Your lips are so freezing
I can hear you breathing
I can hear you breathing
But you said you were walking through dreams
And watching us scream
You float out of reach, my love
And now the sky it starts to turn black
You're under attack
They can't call you back, my love
It's like you're on fire tonight
You start to cry it's in the eyes
As your heart starts to burn tonight
I see you fly you're out of time
You gotta start moving slower
But you keep on moving on, and on, and on
And your body's rolling over
I can see you floating up into the sun
As you start dropping lower
I see your boat is sinking down and down
And then you find the other side
'Cause it's like you're on fire tonight
You start to cry it's in the eyes
As your heart starts to burn tonight
And then you find your other side
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Tonight Lyrics as written by Andrew Armstrong Charlotte Aitchison
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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