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.
Don't play with my world
Don't mess with my mind
Don't question my space-time
My cosmos is mine
Don't toy with my heart
Don't knock down my shrines
Don't alter my headlines
My cosmos is mine
No war, no war, no war
No more, no more, no more, no more
No fear, no fear, no fear, no fear
Not here, not here, not here, not here
No rain, no clouds
No pain, no shrouds
No final breaths
No senseless deaths
Don't stare at my soul
I swear it is fine (don't mess with my mind)
Its borders are outlined (don't question my space-time)
My cosmos is mine (my cosmos is mine)
My cosmos is mine
My cosmos is mine (don't play with my world)
My cosmos is mine (don't mess with my mind)
My cosmos is mine (don't question my space-time)
My cosmos is mine
(Don't play with my world)
(Don't mess with my mind)
(Don't mess with my mind)
Don't mess with my mind
Don't question my space-time
My cosmos is mine
Don't toy with my heart
Don't knock down my shrines
Don't alter my headlines
My cosmos is mine
No war, no war, no war
No more, no more, no more, no more
No fear, no fear, no fear, no fear
Not here, not here, not here, not here
No rain, no clouds
No pain, no shrouds
No final breaths
No senseless deaths
Don't stare at my soul
I swear it is fine (don't mess with my mind)
Its borders are outlined (don't question my space-time)
My cosmos is mine (my cosmos is mine)
My cosmos is mine
My cosmos is mine (don't play with my world)
My cosmos is mine (don't mess with my mind)
My cosmos is mine (don't question my space-time)
My cosmos is mine
(Don't play with my world)
(Don't mess with my mind)
(Don't mess with my mind)
Lyrics submitted by themusiclover
My Cosmos Is Mine Lyrics as written by Martin Gore
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This came from an interview with Martin.
“ [The last track that I wrote] is also the first song on the album, 'My Cosmos Is Mine'. I wrote it shortly after Russia had invaded Ukraine. I thought, "How much should we still bear? What else will be thrown at us?" And my first reaction was to say: I will pull myself back into my little world, leave me alone. The song is about, when dealing with powerlessness, protecting your inner self from the attacks of the world and to, together with your loved ones, prefer to hide somewhere. Which is of course rather shortsighted, because we have to accept the responsibility of our planet's wellbeing, or else no one will be left anymore”