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 you around I want you around
They're telling us
They're gonna make a fuss
About the two of us
I want you around
I want you around
I know what you're thinking about
That you must have some doubts
I know what you're thinking
When you find out I want you around
You know if it comes true
I'll be so good to you
I'll never treat you cruel
As long as I've got you around
I want you around
I want you around
You heard that I'm no good
Yeah, yeah I'm no good
But I'll treat you like I should
I want you around
I want you around
You know if it comes true
I'll be so good to you
I'll never treat you cruel
As long as I've got you around
I want you around I want you around
They're telling us
They're gonna make a fuss
About the two of us
I want you around
I want you around
I want you around
I want you around
They're telling us
They're gonna make a fuss
About the two of us
I want you around
I want you around
I know what you're thinking about
That you must have some doubts
I know what you're thinking
When you find out I want you around
You know if it comes true
I'll be so good to you
I'll never treat you cruel
As long as I've got you around
I want you around
I want you around
You heard that I'm no good
Yeah, yeah I'm no good
But I'll treat you like I should
I want you around
I want you around
You know if it comes true
I'll be so good to you
I'll never treat you cruel
As long as I've got you around
I want you around I want you around
They're telling us
They're gonna make a fuss
About the two of us
I want you around
I want you around
I want you around
I want you around
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i love this song, i fell inlove with it when i heard it on Rock n Roll High School, when joey's in riff randall's bedroom singing to her!!!