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.
Oh
I know it wasn't much to ya
But you dressed it up so pretty, didn't you?
Wouldn't get caught up and lately I'm seein' right through ya
By the way, I moved to the city, you're too busy bein' tied up with
Other things, everything's different here
Wonderin' where you been, you disappeared
I guess I'll see you around
I'm sure I'll see you around
Such a slow lie
They're your lies
That everything will stay the same
Swear it's the ones who said that they'll never change
Slow lie
They're your lies
That everything will stay the same
Swear it's the ones who said that they'll never change
Was it too much for ya to have said goodbye or apologize?
It's kinda messed that even after all I told ya
You won't look in my eyes (my eyes, my eyes)
I probably should be caught up with
Other things, everything's different here
Wonderin' where you been, you disappeared
I guess I'll see you around
I'll see you around
Such a slow lie
They're your lies
That everything will stay the same
Swear it's the ones who said that they'll never change
Slow lie
They're your lies
That everything will stay the same
Swear it's the ones who said that they'll never change
Don't you go lose yourself and build a glass house
On the wrong things, on the wrong things
Don't you go dull your mind by gettin' too high
Off a big name, off a big name
Don't you go lose yourself and build a glass house
On the wrong things, on the wrong things
I can picture you still on the hill
It's the ones who said that they'll never change
I know it wasn't much to ya
But you dressed it up so pretty, didn't you?
Wouldn't get caught up and lately I'm seein' right through ya
By the way, I moved to the city, you're too busy bein' tied up with
Other things, everything's different here
Wonderin' where you been, you disappeared
I guess I'll see you around
I'm sure I'll see you around
Such a slow lie
They're your lies
That everything will stay the same
Swear it's the ones who said that they'll never change
Slow lie
They're your lies
That everything will stay the same
Swear it's the ones who said that they'll never change
Was it too much for ya to have said goodbye or apologize?
It's kinda messed that even after all I told ya
You won't look in my eyes (my eyes, my eyes)
I probably should be caught up with
Other things, everything's different here
Wonderin' where you been, you disappeared
I guess I'll see you around
I'll see you around
Such a slow lie
They're your lies
That everything will stay the same
Swear it's the ones who said that they'll never change
Slow lie
They're your lies
That everything will stay the same
Swear it's the ones who said that they'll never change
Don't you go lose yourself and build a glass house
On the wrong things, on the wrong things
Don't you go dull your mind by gettin' too high
Off a big name, off a big name
Don't you go lose yourself and build a glass house
On the wrong things, on the wrong things
I can picture you still on the hill
It's the ones who said that they'll never change
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