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.
So it’s a new day
But it all feels old
It’s a good life
That’s what I’m told
But everything it all just feels the same
At my high school
It felt more to me
Like a jail cell, a penitentiary
But I think they thought it would never end
Cuz I don’t ever wanna be like you
I don’t wanna do the things you do
I’m never gonna hear the words you say
And I don’t ever wanna
No I don’t ever wanna be you
Don’t wanna be just like you
What I’m sayin is
This is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
You, Don’t wanna be you
go to college
a university
get a real job
thats what they said to me
but i could never live the way they want
im gonna get by
and just do my time
im gonna step up
while the others get in line
im just a minor threat so pay no mind
Do you really want to be like them?
Do you really wanna be another trend?
Are you gonna be part of that crowd?
Cuz I don’t ever wanna
No, I don’t ever wanna be you
Don’t wanna be just like you
What I’m sayin is
This is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
You, don’t wanna be you
Shake it once that’s fine
Shake it twice that’s ok
Shake it 3 times you’re playing with yourself again
You, don’t wanna be just like you
what I’m sayin is
This is the anthem
Throw all you’re hands up
Jump if you feel me
Sing if you’re with me
Yea, don’t wanna be just like you
What I’m sayin is this is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
Jump if you feel me
Sing if you’re with me
Another loser anthem
Another loser anthem
Another loser anthem
Another loser anthem
But it all feels old
It’s a good life
That’s what I’m told
But everything it all just feels the same
At my high school
It felt more to me
Like a jail cell, a penitentiary
But I think they thought it would never end
Cuz I don’t ever wanna be like you
I don’t wanna do the things you do
I’m never gonna hear the words you say
And I don’t ever wanna
No I don’t ever wanna be you
Don’t wanna be just like you
What I’m sayin is
This is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
You, Don’t wanna be you
go to college
a university
get a real job
thats what they said to me
but i could never live the way they want
im gonna get by
and just do my time
im gonna step up
while the others get in line
im just a minor threat so pay no mind
Do you really want to be like them?
Do you really wanna be another trend?
Are you gonna be part of that crowd?
Cuz I don’t ever wanna
No, I don’t ever wanna be you
Don’t wanna be just like you
What I’m sayin is
This is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
You, don’t wanna be you
Shake it once that’s fine
Shake it twice that’s ok
Shake it 3 times you’re playing with yourself again
You, don’t wanna be just like you
what I’m sayin is
This is the anthem
Throw all you’re hands up
Jump if you feel me
Sing if you’re with me
Yea, don’t wanna be just like you
What I’m sayin is this is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
Jump if you feel me
Sing if you’re with me
Another loser anthem
Another loser anthem
Another loser anthem
Another loser anthem
Lyrics submitted by sadpunk2866
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