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.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
I'll tell you my story man
I wish I'd never been born
I'm loose at the seams
I've broken my dreams
And my hand, it shakes the pen
Come on, come on now baby
Let the good times roll again, yeah
Where did our sweet love go
Who stole away our time
Why do the stars above
Refuse to shine
The harder I try to paint a picture
Of the way it was back then
The more I miss the good times, baby
Let it roll again
Good times baby, this is the time
I need to know that your love is mine
Love me up yeah, you reel me in
I'm hooked, line and sinker
She's my heroin
How many days have I been
Lying on my back
Staring at the ceiling girl
Stretching on your rack
The harder I try to paint a picture
Of the way it was back then
The more I miss the good times, baby
Let it roll again
Good times baby, this is the time
I need to know that your love is mine
Love me up yeah, you reel me in
I'm hooked, line and sinker
She's my heroin
Said I'm hooked now
I'm not faking
I'm here 'till the day I die
Can't get enough now
My heart is aching
I'm in too deep to stop
All I want is thoseâ?¦
Good times baby, show me a sign
I need to know that your love is mine
Love me up yeah, you reel me in
I'm hooked line and sinker
She's my heroin
I'll tell you my story man
I wish I'd never been born
I'm loose at the seams
I've broken my dreams
And my hand, it shakes the pen
Come on, come on now baby
Let the good times roll again, yeah
Where did our sweet love go
Who stole away our time
Why do the stars above
Refuse to shine
The harder I try to paint a picture
Of the way it was back then
The more I miss the good times, baby
Let it roll again
Good times baby, this is the time
I need to know that your love is mine
Love me up yeah, you reel me in
I'm hooked, line and sinker
She's my heroin
How many days have I been
Lying on my back
Staring at the ceiling girl
Stretching on your rack
The harder I try to paint a picture
Of the way it was back then
The more I miss the good times, baby
Let it roll again
Good times baby, this is the time
I need to know that your love is mine
Love me up yeah, you reel me in
I'm hooked, line and sinker
She's my heroin
Said I'm hooked now
I'm not faking
I'm here 'till the day I die
Can't get enough now
My heart is aching
I'm in too deep to stop
All I want is thoseâ?¦
Good times baby, show me a sign
I need to know that your love is mine
Love me up yeah, you reel me in
I'm hooked line and sinker
She's my heroin
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no comments on this song!!?? fuckin brilliant so it is, bout a bird u used to go with and everything seemed great when u were going with her, the times were the best, and now that u aint going with her, or maybe that ur kinda not the same as uze used to be, u look back at those times and think how great they were and how ud like to have them again, its all down to her as "she's my heroin" she can fix me up again.. kinda speaks for itself eh .. great song especially the way it starts - Trussler