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.
Well I know
I could be just another stranger
But to you
I guess I'm just another fool
And you swear
You like to live your life in danger
Then you hide
Behind a wall of silly rules
Nobody thinks the way I do
I guess that nobody cares
Your head's so full of things
So set your mind free of them
I'm breaking the rules
Did you know?
That in the truth there's nothing stranger
I suppose
You think, I think I know it all
Nobody hears the things I say
I guess that nobody cares
My head's so full of things
I set my mind free of them
I'm breaking the rules
Breakin' all the rules
Can't you see they're nothing without you?
Empty heads full of fools
Now you see I'm breaking all the rules
Breakin' all the rules
Well I know
That you would love to go to Heaven
But you know
That you're just too afraid to die
And I know
That you would love to know the answers
But to you
The truth is just another lie
Nobody hears the things I say
I guess that nobody cares
My head's so full of things
I set my mind free of them
I'm breaking the rules
Breakin' all the rules
Can't you see they're nothing without you?
Empty heads full of fools
Now you see I'm breaking all the rules
Breakin' all the rules
Breakin' all the rules
(Why don't you tell to them?)
Breakin' all the rules
(Now come on, now come on)
Breakin' all the rules
(Why don't you get it on?)
Breakin' all the rules
(Now come on, now come on)
Breakin' all the rules
(All right)
Breakin' all the rules
(Now come on, now come on)
Breakin' all the rules
(All right now)
Breakin' all the rules
([Incomprehensible])
Breakin' all the rules
(Now come on, now come on)
Breakin' all the rules
(Now let me tell you now)
Breakin' all the rules
(Let's go all crazy)
Breakin' all the rules
(Now come on, now come on)
Yeah!
I could be just another stranger
But to you
I guess I'm just another fool
And you swear
You like to live your life in danger
Then you hide
Behind a wall of silly rules
Nobody thinks the way I do
I guess that nobody cares
Your head's so full of things
So set your mind free of them
I'm breaking the rules
Did you know?
That in the truth there's nothing stranger
I suppose
You think, I think I know it all
Nobody hears the things I say
I guess that nobody cares
My head's so full of things
I set my mind free of them
I'm breaking the rules
Breakin' all the rules
Can't you see they're nothing without you?
Empty heads full of fools
Now you see I'm breaking all the rules
Breakin' all the rules
Well I know
That you would love to go to Heaven
But you know
That you're just too afraid to die
And I know
That you would love to know the answers
But to you
The truth is just another lie
Nobody hears the things I say
I guess that nobody cares
My head's so full of things
I set my mind free of them
I'm breaking the rules
Breakin' all the rules
Can't you see they're nothing without you?
Empty heads full of fools
Now you see I'm breaking all the rules
Breakin' all the rules
Breakin' all the rules
(Why don't you tell to them?)
Breakin' all the rules
(Now come on, now come on)
Breakin' all the rules
(Why don't you get it on?)
Breakin' all the rules
(Now come on, now come on)
Breakin' all the rules
(All right)
Breakin' all the rules
(Now come on, now come on)
Breakin' all the rules
(All right now)
Breakin' all the rules
([Incomprehensible])
Breakin' all the rules
(Now come on, now come on)
Breakin' all the rules
(Now let me tell you now)
Breakin' all the rules
(Let's go all crazy)
Breakin' all the rules
(Now come on, now come on)
Yeah!
Lyrics submitted by ChildOfAcid
Breaking All The Rules Lyrics as written by JOHN OSBOURNE, JOHN TERENCE SINCLAIR, RANDOLPH FRANK CASTILLO, ROBERT DAISLEY, ZAKK WYLDE
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