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.
There's a girl that's been on my mind
All the time, Sus-Sussudio, oh-oh
Now she don't even know my name
But I think she likes me just the same, Sus-Sussudio, whoa-oh
Ah, if she called me, I'd be there
I'd come running anywhere
She's all I need, all my life
I feel so good if I just say the word, Sus-Sussudio
Just say the word, oh, Sus-Sussudio
Now I know that I'm too young
My love has just begun, Sus-Sussudio, oh-oh
Ooh, give me a chance, give me a sign
I'll show her anytime, Sus-Sus-Sussudio, oh-oh
Ah, I've got to have her, have her now
I've got to get closer, but I don't know how
She makes me nervous and makes me scared
But I feel so good if I just say the word, Sus-Sussudio
Just say the word, oh, S-Sus-Sussudio, oh
Ah, she's all I need, all of my life
I feel so good if I just say the word, Sus-Sussudio
I'll just say the word, oh, S-Sus-Sussudio
I'll just say the word, oh, Sus-Sussudio
I'll say the word, oh, S-Su-Sussudio, oh-oh, oh, oh
Just say the word
Ooh, just, just, just say the word, ooh
Just say the word
S-Sus-Sussudio, Sus-Sussudio
Ah, Sus-Su-Sussudio, Sus-Sussudio
Sussudio, Sus-Sussudio
Just say the word, Sus-Sussudio
Say the word, oh
Just say the word
Ooh, just, just, just say the word
All the time, Sus-Sussudio, oh-oh
Now she don't even know my name
But I think she likes me just the same, Sus-Sussudio, whoa-oh
Ah, if she called me, I'd be there
I'd come running anywhere
She's all I need, all my life
I feel so good if I just say the word, Sus-Sussudio
Just say the word, oh, Sus-Sussudio
Now I know that I'm too young
My love has just begun, Sus-Sussudio, oh-oh
Ooh, give me a chance, give me a sign
I'll show her anytime, Sus-Sus-Sussudio, oh-oh
Ah, I've got to have her, have her now
I've got to get closer, but I don't know how
She makes me nervous and makes me scared
But I feel so good if I just say the word, Sus-Sussudio
Just say the word, oh, S-Sus-Sussudio, oh
Ah, she's all I need, all of my life
I feel so good if I just say the word, Sus-Sussudio
I'll just say the word, oh, S-Sus-Sussudio
I'll just say the word, oh, Sus-Sussudio
I'll say the word, oh, S-Su-Sussudio, oh-oh, oh, oh
Just say the word
Ooh, just, just, just say the word, ooh
Just say the word
S-Sus-Sussudio, Sus-Sussudio
Ah, Sus-Su-Sussudio, Sus-Sussudio
Sussudio, Sus-Sussudio
Just say the word, Sus-Sussudio
Say the word, oh
Just say the word
Ooh, just, just, just say the word
Lyrics submitted by Boonechic_21
Sussudio Lyrics as written by Pillip Collins
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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@jay696 In Too Deep then came....
In The Air Tonight.
His oh so very angry break up song,