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.
God bless America, land that I love
Stand beside her, and guide her
Through the night with the light up above
From the mountain to the prarie
Through the ocean, white with foam
God bless America, my home sweet home!
Write your name and spell it well
All good children go straight to hell
See what you saw, see all you can see
As you get fucked by your own liberty now
If love is a taxi, the devil would drive
If hatred is English, then I'm speaking jive
If this is a fuck, then I'd run for a mile
When I say baby, bruises are back in style
God bless America
God hates America
Know your name when you're in a rage
Piss and shit line an empty cage
The people look, they all stop and stare
At the little girl with the long greasy hair now
If love is a taxi, the devil would drive
If hatred is English, then I'm speaking jive
If this is a fuck, then I'd run for a mile
When I say baby, bruises are back in style
God bless America
God hates America!
Know your name and spell it well
Sign in blood, you might as well
See what you saw, see all you can see
As you get fucked by your own liberty now
If love is a taxi, the devil would drive
If hatred is English, then I'm speaking jive
If this is a fuck, then I'd run for a mile
When I say baby, bruises are back in style
Stand beside her, and guide her
Through the night with the light up above
From the mountain to the prarie
Through the ocean, white with foam
God bless America, my home sweet home!
Write your name and spell it well
All good children go straight to hell
See what you saw, see all you can see
As you get fucked by your own liberty now
If love is a taxi, the devil would drive
If hatred is English, then I'm speaking jive
If this is a fuck, then I'd run for a mile
When I say baby, bruises are back in style
God bless America
God hates America
Know your name when you're in a rage
Piss and shit line an empty cage
The people look, they all stop and stare
At the little girl with the long greasy hair now
If love is a taxi, the devil would drive
If hatred is English, then I'm speaking jive
If this is a fuck, then I'd run for a mile
When I say baby, bruises are back in style
God bless America
God hates America!
Know your name and spell it well
Sign in blood, you might as well
See what you saw, see all you can see
As you get fucked by your own liberty now
If love is a taxi, the devil would drive
If hatred is English, then I'm speaking jive
If this is a fuck, then I'd run for a mile
When I say baby, bruises are back in style
Lyrics submitted by Catatonik
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