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.
[C:] Hate yourself and I will make you happy
I am not a happy boy I refuse to believe
That if I hate myself I will become happy
When the trendy believers refuse to relieve
Relieve me of their lies
[L:] They say hate yourself and I will make you happy
I am not a happy boy I refuse to believe
That if I hate myself I will become happy
When the trendy believers refuse to relieve
Hate yourself you are not good enough
Hate yourself they have told you before
Hate yourself there is always someone better
Hate yourself they fight an anorexic war
[C:] Hate yourself you deserve to die
Hate yourself they have told you before
Hate yourself you are too weak
Hate yourself they fight an anorexic war
[L:] Hate yourself you deserve to die and
Hate yourself they have told you before
Hate yourself you are too weak and
Hate yourself they fight an anorexic war
[L:] Hate yourself nobody loves you
Hate yourself they have told you before
[C:] Hate yourself you are left alone
Hate yourself they fight an anorexic war
[L:] I say hate yourself like Kate Moss
Hate yourself they fight an anorexic war
Hate yourself like an xxx actor
Hate yourself you can take some more
[C:] Hate yourself with a touch of glamour
Hate yourself and smile at the anorexic war
Hate yourself suffering is sexy
Hate yourself you're their corporate whore
[L:] Hate yourself suffering is sexy
Hate yourself you're their corporate whore
Hate yourself like everybody else
Hate yourself they have told you before
Hate yourself money ain't enough
Hate yourself you want some more
Hate yourself continents are starving
Hate yourself you fight their anorexic war
[C:] Hate yourself like a pornographer
Hate yourself like I do
No way to improve
No way to do it better
Just suffer suffer suffer! [x 2]
Suffer! Suffer! Suffer! Suffer!
I am not a happy boy I refuse to believe
That if I hate myself I will become happy
When the trendy believers refuse to relieve
Relieve me of their lies
[L:] They say hate yourself and I will make you happy
I am not a happy boy I refuse to believe
That if I hate myself I will become happy
When the trendy believers refuse to relieve
Hate yourself you are not good enough
Hate yourself they have told you before
Hate yourself there is always someone better
Hate yourself they fight an anorexic war
[C:] Hate yourself you deserve to die
Hate yourself they have told you before
Hate yourself you are too weak
Hate yourself they fight an anorexic war
[L:] Hate yourself you deserve to die and
Hate yourself they have told you before
Hate yourself you are too weak and
Hate yourself they fight an anorexic war
[L:] Hate yourself nobody loves you
Hate yourself they have told you before
[C:] Hate yourself you are left alone
Hate yourself they fight an anorexic war
[L:] I say hate yourself like Kate Moss
Hate yourself they fight an anorexic war
Hate yourself like an xxx actor
Hate yourself you can take some more
[C:] Hate yourself with a touch of glamour
Hate yourself and smile at the anorexic war
Hate yourself suffering is sexy
Hate yourself you're their corporate whore
[L:] Hate yourself suffering is sexy
Hate yourself you're their corporate whore
Hate yourself like everybody else
Hate yourself they have told you before
Hate yourself money ain't enough
Hate yourself you want some more
Hate yourself continents are starving
Hate yourself you fight their anorexic war
[C:] Hate yourself like a pornographer
Hate yourself like I do
No way to improve
No way to do it better
Just suffer suffer suffer! [x 2]
Suffer! Suffer! Suffer! Suffer!
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