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'm going under, I'm suffocating
Drowning but I'm holding on
What keeps me breathing? Don't have an answer
I'm drowning but I won't let go
Away now, no way out
Away now, no way out
I've been a walking a lonesome highway
I felt as though I had no home
My bed's been taken by another I made the bed, now lie alone
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
Away now, no way out
Away now, no way out
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away (hey)
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
Away now, no way out
Away now, no way out
I'm going under, I'm suffocating
Drowning but I'm holding on
What keeps me breathing? Don't have an answer
I'm drowning but I won't let go
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away (hey)
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away (hey)
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
Drowning but I'm holding on
What keeps me breathing? Don't have an answer
I'm drowning but I won't let go
Away now, no way out
Away now, no way out
I've been a walking a lonesome highway
I felt as though I had no home
My bed's been taken by another I made the bed, now lie alone
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
Away now, no way out
Away now, no way out
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away (hey)
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
Away now, no way out
Away now, no way out
I'm going under, I'm suffocating
Drowning but I'm holding on
What keeps me breathing? Don't have an answer
I'm drowning but I won't let go
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away (hey)
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away (hey)
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
Keep it away now motherfucker, now keep it away
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OK. I don't know who "interprets" the lyrics to many of the songs on this platform, but when I (try to) read the lyrics while I'm actually listening to the song, the written lyrics are WAY OFF.
On this song, Scott sings "way down from the BIRTH CANAL, KEEP IT AWAY." Nothing close to "MFer."
Yet I find the same stupid lyrics on all the other lyric sites, so obviously someone is copying someone. And the original lyrics are usually INCORRECT. So ALL of the websites are incorrect. It's maddening. JUST STOP IT. Actually LISTEN to what's being sung, don't just let your mind assume what's being sung.