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.
Black
The moon, outside, too bright, those blinds
Let's just keep 'em closed, you know
My hands they know where to go
To find your fingertips and trace them back to your lips
Take you on a trip, flip that switch
Make my world go black
Hit me like a Heart Attack
Knock me flat on my back
Just keep doing that thing you're doing there
Rush me with your hair
I swear I don't know how long that will last
Black (Make my world go black) (x 3)
Like a dress on the floor
Like the one you don't need no more
Black like a sky with no starts
Just find me and follow into my arms
Make my world go black
Hit me like a Heart Attack
Knock me flat on my back
Just keep doing that thing you're doing there
Rush me with your hair
I swear I don't know how long that will last
Make my world go Black (x 5)
I don't wanna see a thing Baby I just wanna feel your touch
I don't wanna see a thing Baby I just wanna feel your love
Make my world go Black
Hit me like a heart attack flip me right on my back
Just keep doing that thing you're doing there
Rush me with your hair
I swear I don't know how long this will last (x 2)
Make my world go Black (x4)
I just wanna feel your touch, feel your love
The moon, outside, too bright, those blinds
Let's just keep 'em closed, you know
My hands they know where to go
To find your fingertips and trace them back to your lips
Take you on a trip, flip that switch
Make my world go black
Hit me like a Heart Attack
Knock me flat on my back
Just keep doing that thing you're doing there
Rush me with your hair
I swear I don't know how long that will last
Black (Make my world go black) (x 3)
Like a dress on the floor
Like the one you don't need no more
Black like a sky with no starts
Just find me and follow into my arms
Make my world go black
Hit me like a Heart Attack
Knock me flat on my back
Just keep doing that thing you're doing there
Rush me with your hair
I swear I don't know how long that will last
Make my world go Black (x 5)
I don't wanna see a thing Baby I just wanna feel your touch
I don't wanna see a thing Baby I just wanna feel your love
Make my world go Black
Hit me like a heart attack flip me right on my back
Just keep doing that thing you're doing there
Rush me with your hair
I swear I don't know how long this will last (x 2)
Make my world go Black (x4)
I just wanna feel your touch, feel your love
Lyrics submitted by bkabbott
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