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.
Driving down the road I hear the radio
And your muffled screams through the backseat
I just made your shoes but they need to be
Cleaned for meet-and-greet
So classic, so smooth
As you sedated me
I slipped a little something into your drink
A potion, more like a poision
I tell you as you drive on
Brake lights shine through black
They reveal the burial plot
One last kiss before your final send-off
You take my final breaths
Thrust them into the ocean
Cement shoes, I shall become one with death
The air bubbles start to surface
A sensation of satisfaction sweeps over my entire body
Content with the done deal
The taste of this victory is almost to much for me
Don't you forget I killed you
With my death that I home-brewed
As I sink down I remember what the sea king said
"You die here"
The chemicals begin to mix
Vision begins to blur
I fall to my knees
I am my own victim
I was meant this way, either way
You tapped my phones, I made the setup
It was meant to be neptune's plan
No fate involved
And your muffled screams through the backseat
I just made your shoes but they need to be
Cleaned for meet-and-greet
So classic, so smooth
As you sedated me
I slipped a little something into your drink
A potion, more like a poision
I tell you as you drive on
Brake lights shine through black
They reveal the burial plot
One last kiss before your final send-off
You take my final breaths
Thrust them into the ocean
Cement shoes, I shall become one with death
The air bubbles start to surface
A sensation of satisfaction sweeps over my entire body
Content with the done deal
The taste of this victory is almost to much for me
Don't you forget I killed you
With my death that I home-brewed
As I sink down I remember what the sea king said
"You die here"
The chemicals begin to mix
Vision begins to blur
I fall to my knees
I am my own victim
I was meant this way, either way
You tapped my phones, I made the setup
It was meant to be neptune's plan
No fate involved
Lyrics submitted by Mike Helsinker
Shoeshine for Neptune Lyrics as written by Cameron Clayton Reed Remi James Rodberg
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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its a very dark and yet deep love story