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.
I'm buying acres in the sky
And building stairs with every lie
With every step I make her cry
Until I die, until I die
I'm swinging hard for all my life
Reaching across this great divide
Until I see the other side
Until I die, until I die
And the night grows darker still
And the night grows darker still
And the night grows dark, darker still
I'm swimming deep into her eyes
I'm swimming strong but won't survive
The dark, the blue, I cannot fight
Until I die, until I die
I'm wishing hard upon the night
With every wish, a new star dies
But bright the light behind her eyes
Until I die, until I die
And the night grows darker still
And the night grows darker still
And the night grows dark
Darker still
Until I die, until I die
And the night grows darker still
Until I die, until I die
And the night grows darker still
Until I die, until I die
And the night grows darker still
And the night grows dark
And the night grows darker still
And the night grows darker still
And the night grows dark
And building stairs with every lie
With every step I make her cry
Until I die, until I die
I'm swinging hard for all my life
Reaching across this great divide
Until I see the other side
Until I die, until I die
And the night grows darker still
And the night grows darker still
And the night grows dark, darker still
I'm swimming deep into her eyes
I'm swimming strong but won't survive
The dark, the blue, I cannot fight
Until I die, until I die
I'm wishing hard upon the night
With every wish, a new star dies
But bright the light behind her eyes
Until I die, until I die
And the night grows darker still
And the night grows darker still
And the night grows dark
Darker still
Until I die, until I die
And the night grows darker still
Until I die, until I die
And the night grows darker still
Until I die, until I die
And the night grows darker still
And the night grows dark
And the night grows darker still
And the night grows darker still
And the night grows dark
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Darker Still Lyrics as written by Jeff Ling Ben Gordon
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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