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.
Here lives a pocket full of lives with no future
Take it for what it is, it's only drunken lies
You should open up your mind, look to the future
You could be waiting for the ship that sails you home
I'm going home
What would you give me for the songs that I've been singing
How could you ever say that you've got more than me?
Mick say's that he can never get no satifaction
These day's I think I know exactly what he means
What does he mean?
You won't get
You don't get
What you need
Life is a strange thing
You won't get
You don't get
What you need
Life is a strange thing now
Here lives a pocket full of lives with no future
Take it for what it is, it's only drunken lies
You should open up you mind, look to the future
You could be waiting for the ship that sails you home
I'm going home
You won't get
You don't get
What you need
Life is a strange thing
You won't get
You don't get
What you need
Life is a strange thing now
Take it for what it is, it's only drunken lies
You should open up your mind, look to the future
You could be waiting for the ship that sails you home
I'm going home
What would you give me for the songs that I've been singing
How could you ever say that you've got more than me?
Mick say's that he can never get no satifaction
These day's I think I know exactly what he means
What does he mean?
You won't get
You don't get
What you need
Life is a strange thing
You won't get
You don't get
What you need
Life is a strange thing now
Here lives a pocket full of lives with no future
Take it for what it is, it's only drunken lies
You should open up you mind, look to the future
You could be waiting for the ship that sails you home
I'm going home
You won't get
You don't get
What you need
Life is a strange thing
You won't get
You don't get
What you need
Life is a strange thing now
Lyrics submitted by mat2710
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this song is amazing, and it feels kind of sad listening to this song, which was recorded in what ... 1993? and now they've split up, all but a few hours ago.