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.
My mind has been shut down
My friends have been let down
What is the reason?
There's millions of reasons
Single me out (single me out)
Tear off my front
Make me expose
What I conceal
[Chorus]
Life is
A bullet
The bloodstains
Will prove it
It's tearing through you and me
Not caring about you or me-e-e
Now I could explain everything
You've cursed the fire now fuck the flame
What is the reason?
There's million of reasons
Blindfold me now (spin me around)
Spin me around
Picking me up
When I fall down
[Chorus]
Today I feel blue
My head is in the clouds
Separate me
My soul from my body
Today I feel blue
My head is in the clouds
Separate me
My soul from my body
I'm feeling so lonely
I'm not the only one
Separate me
My soul from my body
'cause I'm in love with too many things
And I hate everything
Single me out (single me out)
Tear off my front
Make me expose
What I conceal
Blindfold me now (spin me around)
Spin me around
Picking me up
When I fall down
[Chorus]
I'm in love with too many things
And I hate everything
My friends have been let down
What is the reason?
There's millions of reasons
Single me out (single me out)
Tear off my front
Make me expose
What I conceal
[Chorus]
Life is
A bullet
The bloodstains
Will prove it
It's tearing through you and me
Not caring about you or me-e-e
Now I could explain everything
You've cursed the fire now fuck the flame
What is the reason?
There's million of reasons
Blindfold me now (spin me around)
Spin me around
Picking me up
When I fall down
[Chorus]
Today I feel blue
My head is in the clouds
Separate me
My soul from my body
Today I feel blue
My head is in the clouds
Separate me
My soul from my body
I'm feeling so lonely
I'm not the only one
Separate me
My soul from my body
'cause I'm in love with too many things
And I hate everything
Single me out (single me out)
Tear off my front
Make me expose
What I conceal
Blindfold me now (spin me around)
Spin me around
Picking me up
When I fall down
[Chorus]
I'm in love with too many things
And I hate everything
Lyrics submitted by PapaRoacher_5k
Life is a Bullet Lyrics as written by Jacoby Shaddix David Buckner
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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for some reason this song was stuck in my head for a whole month of exam leave and i ended up writing quotes from it when i was bored at the end of a paper if i had time to waste this has to be one of the most depressing songs i had heard in a while - kinda made me think about the hurt i have caused to people (even unintentionally) "my life is a bullet"