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.
Hold me like a microphone
Turn me on and off and make me
Say it's magic
Yes it's magic to me
Hold me like an air guitar
Run your fingers up my neck
And play "It's magic, yes it's magic to me"
Hold me like the keyboard notes
You've been practicing for days
And hope that someday
You'll be on your way
I always see you in the frontrows
Your eyes as wide as the television screens
Telling the stories of my oh so instant fame
And maybe you'll be on the guestlist
And I can meet you after the show
In the parking lot next to the
Super Eight Motel
Hold me like a microphone
Twist and turn anyway you want
"It's magic yes it's magic to me"
Hold me like a tamborine
Shake shake shake so everyone can see
That you're the only one for me
Hold me like a crash cymbal
Pound me 'till you're out of breath
And now it's over time for someone new
I hope I hope I hope I'm turning you on
I hope I hope you're singing along
I wish I wish I wish I could just stop
But this is what it takes to string you along
Turn me on and off and make me
Say it's magic
Yes it's magic to me
Hold me like an air guitar
Run your fingers up my neck
And play "It's magic, yes it's magic to me"
Hold me like the keyboard notes
You've been practicing for days
And hope that someday
You'll be on your way
I always see you in the frontrows
Your eyes as wide as the television screens
Telling the stories of my oh so instant fame
And maybe you'll be on the guestlist
And I can meet you after the show
In the parking lot next to the
Super Eight Motel
Hold me like a microphone
Twist and turn anyway you want
"It's magic yes it's magic to me"
Hold me like a tamborine
Shake shake shake so everyone can see
That you're the only one for me
Hold me like a crash cymbal
Pound me 'till you're out of breath
And now it's over time for someone new
I hope I hope I hope I'm turning you on
I hope I hope you're singing along
I wish I wish I wish I could just stop
But this is what it takes to string you along
Lyrics submitted by EveEnvy
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love these lyrics ^_^ very sexual lyrics must say ;) brilliant. cold listen to this song all day, catchy =]