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.
Walking out on the show was walking out on you
And walking out on you's still the best thing that I ever did
Last night, I saw my world explode, yeah
Last night, I saw my world explode, yeah
Last night, I saw my world explode, yeah
Last night, I saw my world explode
Well, I'm looking out at you
Obscured by the stand up arcade
And the sound of The Descendents
Your smile reminds me of switchblades and infidelity, whoa
Walking out on the show is walking out on you
And walking out on you's still the best thing that I ever did
Last night, I saw my world explode, yeah
Last night, I saw my world explode, yeah
Last night, I saw my world explode, yeah
Last night, I saw my world explode
(One, two, three, four)
Last night, I saw my world explode, yeah
Last night, I saw my world explode, yeah
Last night, I saw my world explode, yeah
Last night, I saw my world explode
And walking out on you's still the best thing that I ever did
Last night, I saw my world explode, yeah
Last night, I saw my world explode, yeah
Last night, I saw my world explode, yeah
Last night, I saw my world explode
Well, I'm looking out at you
Obscured by the stand up arcade
And the sound of The Descendents
Your smile reminds me of switchblades and infidelity, whoa
Walking out on the show is walking out on you
And walking out on you's still the best thing that I ever did
Last night, I saw my world explode, yeah
Last night, I saw my world explode, yeah
Last night, I saw my world explode, yeah
Last night, I saw my world explode
(One, two, three, four)
Last night, I saw my world explode, yeah
Last night, I saw my world explode, yeah
Last night, I saw my world explode, yeah
Last night, I saw my world explode
Lyrics submitted by LulusXe, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Switchblades and Infidelity Lyrics as written by Patrick Martin Stump Joseph Mark Trohman
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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crayon theyre sooo good live.. what are you talking about! haha. and how about we start posting about this song instead of everything else? ;) well, i think this song is awesome.. and i agree, the lyrics are wonderful!