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.
The secret sign of a charmed existence
Is the shiny liquid on her lips
And the ecstasy that comes with her image
Grows from the power that the money gives
And she's got a celebrity lifestyle
And she's just floating in space
Yeah she's got a celebrity lifestyle
And all her ch ldren want a suck and a taste of oh her
Celebrity lifestyle
Yeah her celebrity life
And she's just a drug addiction
And a self reflecting image of a narcotized mind
The secret wisdom of 120 days is hidden deep in between her legs
And sexual transcendence is reserved for the wealthy
But is only one joy that money can make
She's got a celebrity lifestyle
And she's got a glowing white face
Yeah she's got a celebrity lifestyle
And she ties her naked children up with wires and lace
Oh her celebrity lifestyle is the product of a celebrity mind
And her celebrity mouth is the perfect image of the end of time
Oh we're alive
Oh we're alive
Oh my celebrity lifestyle
Oh my celebrity fear
Is the shiny liquid on her lips
And the ecstasy that comes with her image
Grows from the power that the money gives
And she's got a celebrity lifestyle
And she's just floating in space
Yeah she's got a celebrity lifestyle
And all her ch ldren want a suck and a taste of oh her
Celebrity lifestyle
Yeah her celebrity life
And she's just a drug addiction
And a self reflecting image of a narcotized mind
The secret wisdom of 120 days is hidden deep in between her legs
And sexual transcendence is reserved for the wealthy
But is only one joy that money can make
She's got a celebrity lifestyle
And she's got a glowing white face
Yeah she's got a celebrity lifestyle
And she ties her naked children up with wires and lace
Oh her celebrity lifestyle is the product of a celebrity mind
And her celebrity mouth is the perfect image of the end of time
Oh we're alive
Oh we're alive
Oh my celebrity lifestyle
Oh my celebrity fear
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Killer tune. Celebrities are pieces of shit too.