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 took a cue, a cue from you,
all my sins are now weapons too
I smelled the stench of your room,
I think it's safe to assume,
your rose has permanently lost its bloom
And I bought a Mountain Dew,
but I don't drink Mountain Dew,
I just needed a bottle to throw at you.
And I am repulsed by my daughter's lover
I am repulsed by my daughter's lover
If I can give you some advice,
throw out your sugar and your spice,
and next time maybe you'll think twice
Maybe I should walk you through it,
even birds and bees do it,
without destroying the family unit
It's enough to make me hurl,
I brought you into this world,
and I can push you out too, girl
Oh-ho, I am repulsed by my daughter's lover
He's a sore for sighted eyes
I am repulsed by my daughter's lover
Yeah, he just ain't my kinda guy
And as usual your mother prefers to remain silent
And your brother boozes the day away
Day away
This story's getting sad,
because being someone's dad
should never hurt quite this bad
Now please feel free,
take this paternal tip from me;
get thine ass to a nunnery
Return the clay to the parlour
Blood is thinner than water
I no longer consider her my daughter
And I am repulsed by my own reflection
I think it's safe to say I
Overreacted upon reflection
Yeah, I'm just that kinda guy
Oh, I
Oh, I
Oh, I
Oh, I
all my sins are now weapons too
I smelled the stench of your room,
I think it's safe to assume,
your rose has permanently lost its bloom
And I bought a Mountain Dew,
but I don't drink Mountain Dew,
I just needed a bottle to throw at you.
And I am repulsed by my daughter's lover
I am repulsed by my daughter's lover
If I can give you some advice,
throw out your sugar and your spice,
and next time maybe you'll think twice
Maybe I should walk you through it,
even birds and bees do it,
without destroying the family unit
It's enough to make me hurl,
I brought you into this world,
and I can push you out too, girl
Oh-ho, I am repulsed by my daughter's lover
He's a sore for sighted eyes
I am repulsed by my daughter's lover
Yeah, he just ain't my kinda guy
And as usual your mother prefers to remain silent
And your brother boozes the day away
Day away
This story's getting sad,
because being someone's dad
should never hurt quite this bad
Now please feel free,
take this paternal tip from me;
get thine ass to a nunnery
Return the clay to the parlour
Blood is thinner than water
I no longer consider her my daughter
And I am repulsed by my own reflection
I think it's safe to say I
Overreacted upon reflection
Yeah, I'm just that kinda guy
Oh, I
Oh, I
Oh, I
Oh, I
Lyrics submitted by Shintaha
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This is clearly a song about a man who doesn't like the man his daughter is having sex with. He's taken her virginity, and this clearly, and deeply upsets him. But the man is really sicken and disgusted by this man and as the song goes on I think it becomes clear.
The father is his daughter's lover... at least that's the feeling I get. It becomes a bit more clear in the final stanza:
"And I am repulsed by my own reflection, I think it's safe to say I, Overreacted upon reflection, Yeah, I'm just that kinda guy"
He can't look at himself, and the throughout the song he says his daughter's lover "ain't my kind of guy" and in this stanza it switches to "I'm just that kinda of guy," which might be him becoming ok with incestuous situation ("I no longer consider you my daughter")
But I might be reading incorrectly into this reading.
Hmm, I disagree with this interpretation... I think he is repulsed by his own hatefulness, I doubt it has anything to do with incest!