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.
(Superstition, fear, and jealousy)
Dead I am the one, exterminating son
Slipping through the trees, strangling the breeze
Dead I am the sky, watching angels cry
While they slowly turn, conquering the worm
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula!
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula!
Dead I am the pool, spreading from the fool
Weak and what you need, nowhere as you bleed
Dead I am the rat, feast upon the cat
Tender is the fur, dying as you purr
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula!
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula!
Do it baby, do it baby
Do it baby, do it baby
(And burn like an animal)
Dead I am the life, dig into the skin
Knuckle crack the bone, twenty-one to win
Dead I am the dog, "Hound of Hell", you cry
Devil on your back, I can never die
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula!
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula!
Do it baby, do it baby
Do it baby, do it baby
(And burn like an animal)
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula!
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula!
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula!
Dead I am the one, exterminating son
Slipping through the trees, strangling the breeze
Dead I am the sky, watching angels cry
While they slowly turn, conquering the worm
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula!
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula!
Dead I am the pool, spreading from the fool
Weak and what you need, nowhere as you bleed
Dead I am the rat, feast upon the cat
Tender is the fur, dying as you purr
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula!
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula!
Do it baby, do it baby
Do it baby, do it baby
(And burn like an animal)
Dead I am the life, dig into the skin
Knuckle crack the bone, twenty-one to win
Dead I am the dog, "Hound of Hell", you cry
Devil on your back, I can never die
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula!
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula!
Do it baby, do it baby
Do it baby, do it baby
(And burn like an animal)
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula!
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula!
Dig through the ditches
And burn through the witches
I slam in the back of my Dragula!
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Hmm...you know. It's a good song. And actually...it's not really straight metal. It's Techno-Metal which is a strange combo, but...that's what it is. Obviously the meaning of this song has been addressed a million times already, so I won't bother again. And now, I'm going to laugh at everyone bantering over the Wicca thing. Heh. Silly people.
Good song, regardless, I adore it/Rob himself. :]