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.
What do you want me to say
It's never going away
'Cause I'm stuck on you like the smell of cigarettes on your flower dress
I want you under my fingernails
I want you in my sleep and in my dreams
I wake up spooning my pillow
Sweaty hand but please don't tell your friends
Now I'm addicted to cigarettes at first I didn't let myself inhale
But smoke got through and so did you and now every burn hole smells like home
And I know it's killing me but that still won't stop me
'Cause now we smell the same but you still kill me faster
I don't mind that you lie sometimes
Because I lie too guess I'm just like you
I don't mind that you lie sometimes
Because I lie too guess I'm just like you
I don't mind that you lie sometimes
Because I lie too guess I'm just like you
I don't mind that you lie sometimes
Because I lie too guess I'm just like you
I
DON'T MIND
THAT YOU LIE
SOMETIMES
BECAUSE I
LIE TOO
GUESS I'M JUST
LIKE YOU
It's never going away
'Cause I'm stuck on you like the smell of cigarettes on your flower dress
I want you under my fingernails
I want you in my sleep and in my dreams
I wake up spooning my pillow
Sweaty hand but please don't tell your friends
Now I'm addicted to cigarettes at first I didn't let myself inhale
But smoke got through and so did you and now every burn hole smells like home
And I know it's killing me but that still won't stop me
'Cause now we smell the same but you still kill me faster
I don't mind that you lie sometimes
Because I lie too guess I'm just like you
I don't mind that you lie sometimes
Because I lie too guess I'm just like you
I don't mind that you lie sometimes
Because I lie too guess I'm just like you
I don't mind that you lie sometimes
Because I lie too guess I'm just like you
I
DON'T MIND
THAT YOU LIE
SOMETIMES
BECAUSE I
LIE TOO
GUESS I'M JUST
LIKE YOU
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I just want to feel her warm embrace again...