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 am the best there is
I'm fan_3 and I handle my biz
I'm not universally known
But I'm known to leave the speakers blown
See, I gotta get it pumpin'
You know how we do it
My parents be like
"Turn down that rap music"
Gotta feel the bass vibrate
My pop must be irate
If the house don't shake
The beat don't break
If the parties in the room ain't jumpin'
Then the music must not be pumpin'
Gotta get in my car
Let the loud part blast
Windows down pumpin' my jams through town
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
You know I like it when the beat goes boom
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
You know I like it when the beat goes boom
Down to L.A., '04's the year
Puttin' heads to bet
From the indicate fear
Gotta get in the club-tight atmosphere
While ya'll hear the jams
I'm makin' plans
You try to play me out
Like I'm a J. J. fad
I'm good when I'm good
But I'm better when I'm bad
Like audio 2
You know I get us toppin'
And when the jams is up
You hit the ceiling
Take off my sneakers
Turn on the speakers
I can make it I can shake it
Workin' and tworkin'
Pumpin' loops in the ride
While I'm past point doom
Got a truck full 'a AMPs
You can hear it go boom
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
You know I like it when the beat goes boom
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
You know I like it when the beat goes boom
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
You know I like it when the beat goes boom
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
You know I like it when the beat goes boom
'n I'm known
'n I'm known
'n I'm known to leave the speakers blown
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom
You know I like it when the beat goes boom
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom
You know I like it
You know I like it
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
You know I like it when the beat goes boom
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
You know I like it when the beat goes boom
I'm fan_3 and I handle my biz
I'm not universally known
But I'm known to leave the speakers blown
See, I gotta get it pumpin'
You know how we do it
My parents be like
"Turn down that rap music"
Gotta feel the bass vibrate
My pop must be irate
If the house don't shake
The beat don't break
If the parties in the room ain't jumpin'
Then the music must not be pumpin'
Gotta get in my car
Let the loud part blast
Windows down pumpin' my jams through town
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
You know I like it when the beat goes boom
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
You know I like it when the beat goes boom
Down to L.A., '04's the year
Puttin' heads to bet
From the indicate fear
Gotta get in the club-tight atmosphere
While ya'll hear the jams
I'm makin' plans
You try to play me out
Like I'm a J. J. fad
I'm good when I'm good
But I'm better when I'm bad
Like audio 2
You know I get us toppin'
And when the jams is up
You hit the ceiling
Take off my sneakers
Turn on the speakers
I can make it I can shake it
Workin' and tworkin'
Pumpin' loops in the ride
While I'm past point doom
Got a truck full 'a AMPs
You can hear it go boom
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
You know I like it when the beat goes boom
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
You know I like it when the beat goes boom
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
You know I like it when the beat goes boom
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
You know I like it when the beat goes boom
'n I'm known
'n I'm known
'n I'm known to leave the speakers blown
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom
You know I like it when the beat goes boom
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom
You know I like it
You know I like it
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
You know I like it when the beat goes boom
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
I like it in the car
I like it in my room
Boom-shaka-laka-laka-boom (boom)
You know I like it when the beat goes boom
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Such an upbeat song!!