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.
I want your heart,
I want your soul,
I want everything you hold dear.
I want the sinews that bind you together.
I know enough is never enough.
I want the broad road and twenty-twenty vision.
Your wrist, a keyboard of perfume,
Money cannot buy.
And I'm in a position to say
The camera does not lie.
There's a lot of vampires out there,
Hanging out to grab your soul.
They don't live in Transylvania.
They don't live in rock 'n' roll.
I want your bones,
I want your blood,
I want everything you hold dear.
I want the sinews that bind you together.
I made an educated guess.
There's a panic in the lingerie.
You know I tremble at each touch.
Close my eyes and sigh,
Then fly off like a bullet
For the darkside of the sky.
I want you pain,
I want your pleasure,
I want everything you hold dear.
I want the sinews that bind you together.
I know enough is never enough;
Hatcheck to showgirl.
Let's get to bed, madam.
I know there's no way out but through together.
Wet with sex,
Wet with sweat.
Embody your body.
There's a lot of vampires out there,
Hanging out to grab your soul.
They don't live in Transylvania.
They don't live in rock 'n' roll.
Rock 'n' roll
Vampires.
I want your soul,
I want everything you hold dear.
I want the sinews that bind you together.
I know enough is never enough.
I want the broad road and twenty-twenty vision.
Your wrist, a keyboard of perfume,
Money cannot buy.
And I'm in a position to say
The camera does not lie.
There's a lot of vampires out there,
Hanging out to grab your soul.
They don't live in Transylvania.
They don't live in rock 'n' roll.
I want your bones,
I want your blood,
I want everything you hold dear.
I want the sinews that bind you together.
I made an educated guess.
There's a panic in the lingerie.
You know I tremble at each touch.
Close my eyes and sigh,
Then fly off like a bullet
For the darkside of the sky.
I want you pain,
I want your pleasure,
I want everything you hold dear.
I want the sinews that bind you together.
I know enough is never enough;
Hatcheck to showgirl.
Let's get to bed, madam.
I know there's no way out but through together.
Wet with sex,
Wet with sweat.
Embody your body.
There's a lot of vampires out there,
Hanging out to grab your soul.
They don't live in Transylvania.
They don't live in rock 'n' roll.
Rock 'n' roll
Vampires.
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The lyrics are funny! Haven't heard it though even though I love Adam Ant.