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.
friday after dinner situation is the same over again,
mum she wants to watch the news,
but i just want to watch the film at 10,
so I get my way again,
halfway through the movie naked bodies getting groovy on the screen,
mum she changes channels,
turns away she cant believe what I just seen,
embarrassed she starts to clean
it's just porn mum,
you're running away,
you wouldnt believe what the kids see today,
it's just porn mum and it wont go away,
wherever you turn you'll find porn everyday,
it's just
Billboards on the way to school
use porn to make their shit look really cool
so cool
girls I see on MTV
consume the fact that bands all look like fools
but their videos make me drool
it's just porn mum,
you're running away,
you wouldnt believe what the kids see today,
it's just porn mum and it wont go away,
wherever you turn you'll find porn everyday,
it's just
porn mum
just
porn mum
it's just
Mum, I know that you're embarassed,
but just face it
you can leave the movie on
dont think that I am so naive
that I dont have a clue where I came from
it's just porn mum
you're running away
you wouldnt believe what the kids see today
it's just porn mum
and it wont go away
wherever you turn you'll find porn everyday
it's just porn mjm
just porn mum
porn mum
just porn mum
it's just porn mum
just porn mum
it's just porn
mum she wants to watch the news,
but i just want to watch the film at 10,
so I get my way again,
halfway through the movie naked bodies getting groovy on the screen,
mum she changes channels,
turns away she cant believe what I just seen,
embarrassed she starts to clean
it's just porn mum,
you're running away,
you wouldnt believe what the kids see today,
it's just porn mum and it wont go away,
wherever you turn you'll find porn everyday,
it's just
Billboards on the way to school
use porn to make their shit look really cool
so cool
girls I see on MTV
consume the fact that bands all look like fools
but their videos make me drool
it's just porn mum,
you're running away,
you wouldnt believe what the kids see today,
it's just porn mum and it wont go away,
wherever you turn you'll find porn everyday,
it's just
porn mum
just
porn mum
it's just
Mum, I know that you're embarassed,
but just face it
you can leave the movie on
dont think that I am so naive
that I dont have a clue where I came from
it's just porn mum
you're running away
you wouldnt believe what the kids see today
it's just porn mum
and it wont go away
wherever you turn you'll find porn everyday
it's just porn mjm
just porn mum
porn mum
just porn mum
it's just porn mum
just porn mum
it's just porn
Lyrics submitted by thisGIRL
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