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.
it's a thing that's worth having yes i would. buys you your life sir if it could. i...i want you. autonomy. it leaves us all wondering and it should. risking something for the good. i...i want you. autonomy. yes i...i want you. autonomy
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I keep thinking he sings : I want you... on top of me.
yeah okay whatever.
Brutin thats what I originally thought he was saying
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I always thought it was "I want TRUE autonomy"
"I want you autonomy" doesn't make much sense
Hahaha, I always want to say "you on top of me," too, even though I know that's not what he says...it's just very tempting. Is it possible that he's saying "youth autonomy"? I think that makes a bit more sense than "you autonomy."
I feel like it might be a double entendre in regards to "I want you on top of me." I hate to make this comparison, but like "If U Seek Amy" by Britney Spears, she says "... begging to if you seek Amy" (to F-U-C-K me).
I haven't seen anyone state this, but a definintion of autonomy is "free from external control." So basically self control or self government. "I want you autonomy" is most likely referring to the want of many punks in the day of wanting to be free from modern government and do what they want. "It's a thing that worth having" "Buys you your life sir" expand on this thought by expressing how freedom is worth it. "It leaves us all wondering and it should" people relating to this song wonder what it'd be like in the punk rock fantasy. "This awkward something for the good" maybe it's awkward because it isn't the norm we are all used to, and how this would be the best for such an expressive generation.