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 see forever when I look in your eyes
You're all I've ever wanted
I always want you to be mine
Let's make a promise 'til the end of time
We'll always be together
And our love will never die
So here we are face to face and heart to heart
I want you to know we will never be apart
Now I believe that wishes can come true
'Cause I see my whole world
I see only you
When I look into your eyes
I can see how much I love you
And it makes me realize
When I look into your eyes
I see all my dreams come true
When I look into your eyes
I've looked for you all of my life
Now that I've found you we will never say goodbye
I can't stop this feeling
There's nothing I can do
'Cause I see everything when I look at you
When I look into your eyes
I can see how much I love you
And it makes me realize
When I look into your eyes
I see all my dreams come true
When I look into your eyes
Oh, when I look into your eyes
I can see how much I love you
And it makes me realize
When I look into your eyes
We will always be together
And our love will never die
When I look into your eyes
I see all my dreams come true
When I look into your eyes
When I look into your eyes
You're all I've ever wanted
I always want you to be mine
Let's make a promise 'til the end of time
We'll always be together
And our love will never die
So here we are face to face and heart to heart
I want you to know we will never be apart
Now I believe that wishes can come true
'Cause I see my whole world
I see only you
When I look into your eyes
I can see how much I love you
And it makes me realize
When I look into your eyes
I see all my dreams come true
When I look into your eyes
I've looked for you all of my life
Now that I've found you we will never say goodbye
I can't stop this feeling
There's nothing I can do
'Cause I see everything when I look at you
When I look into your eyes
I can see how much I love you
And it makes me realize
When I look into your eyes
I see all my dreams come true
When I look into your eyes
Oh, when I look into your eyes
I can see how much I love you
And it makes me realize
When I look into your eyes
We will always be together
And our love will never die
When I look into your eyes
I see all my dreams come true
When I look into your eyes
When I look into your eyes
Lyrics submitted by okeefenokeeGiant
When I Look into Your Eyes Lyrics as written by Bill Leverty Carl Snare
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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My boyfriend and I's song...very beautiful and VERY meaningful for us.
Firehouse rules......theys still do in my opinion.
I agree C-Pac... they still do... another one of their songs I like .. although "Love of a Lifetime" I prefer over this one...sorry
This was my wedding song. We were trying to figure out what we wanted to use, couldn't agree on anything. We were at a freind' party one night messing around with cassettes and happened to come across tis song and said "This is it!"
Nothing describes better what I feel so exactly as this song. I wait so long for just one second, when my eyes cross with hers. And it´s a sensation I´ve never had before. I see forever... in just one second.
good song..
I asked C.J. Snare (singer) at a meet and greet, what the inspiration for this song was? He said a visit to the doctor's office. When the nurse was checking his vision, she said "When I look into your eyes.............." Those were C.J.'s words.
Billboard interviewed Stevie Nicks in 2014 and asked...’That reminds me of a story Don Henley told years ago, about your [Fleetwood Mac] song "Sara." He said you got pregnant while the two of you were dating, and Sara was the name you gave the unborn baby.’
Stevie said ‘Had I married Don and had that baby, and had she been a girl, I would have named her Sara. But there was another woman in my life named Sara, who shortly after that became Mick's wife, Sara Fleetwood.’
Interviewer asks:
‘So what Henley says about the song is accurate, but it's not the entirety of the song?’
Stevie says ‘Right. It's accurate, but not the entirety of it.’ Link billboard.com/articles/news/6266329/stevie-nicks-interview-on-don-henley-fleetwood-mac-24-karat-gold-album