| Otep – God Is A Gun Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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| Otep – Menocide Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Lyrics in a handful of Otep's song suggest that she was indeed, raped/victimized by her father or a father figure. No doubt, these seemingly repetitive, unwanted sexual encounters have most likely tainted her mind, not poisoned, just allowed her to have a different view of humanity. Now, of course it is not true that all men rape, all men victimize women, etc, BUT, being a victim of rape and incest, will most definitely change a person's outlook. Seeing as this happened to her as a child, this certain thought that she has about men must be years old, thought up by a young girl who was violated. Surely, if this had happened to her later on in life, perhaps her opinion would be different. Alas, she was affected by tragedy at such a young age. Whoever did this to her has infected her mind, and being a child of neglect and abuse (it seems), surely her parents had not taken the time to feed her healthy thoughts about the world, etc. Therefore, she started thinking for herself at such a young age. She's kept these childish thoughts, and turned them into art. Also, music and songwriting is obviously a therapeutic outlet for her, it probably helps her cope with memories of the past because victims of rape still have phycological issues and emotional pain up to fifteen years after the encounter. |
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