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.
It's midnight, it feels right
To kill my father tonight
It's midnight, and it's ripe
To rape my mother tonight
I'm your creation gone awry
I'm destination fueled by hate
I'm cold and uncaring as I laugh in your face
Mommy and daddy as I kill and I rape
It is my fate to murder you
Your teachings are as lame as you
I have no desire to be like you
Goodbye, your life is through
I'm your mold, the evil savage soul
Burning hot but feeling deadly cold
The fire in my eyes says you've have got to die
Mommy and daddy must die tonight
To kill my father tonight
It's midnight, and it's ripe
To rape my mother tonight
I'm your creation gone awry
I'm destination fueled by hate
I'm cold and uncaring as I laugh in your face
Mommy and daddy as I kill and I rape
It is my fate to murder you
Your teachings are as lame as you
I have no desire to be like you
Goodbye, your life is through
I'm your mold, the evil savage soul
Burning hot but feeling deadly cold
The fire in my eyes says you've have got to die
Mommy and daddy must die tonight
Lyrics submitted by hydrogen
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