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.
Jenny was a warrior, Jenny was a thief
Jenny hit the corner clinic begging for relief
Never thought we'd see the day when she wiggled free
But she did, long before we did
Nights in crackling emerald
Signal hot and live
Fastest in production as of 1985
Didn't guess we'd ever come to dread that engine's roar
But she did, long before we did
Nobody will ever know for certain
The names of all the secrets she held back behind the curtain
Jenny came to get me, she'd been gone for several years
Aging motorcycles purr like cats when they grow near
And I was crying, I could barely make the frame out through my tears
She did, long before we did
She did, long before we did
Jenny, you did
Long before I did
Jenny hit the corner clinic begging for relief
Never thought we'd see the day when she wiggled free
But she did, long before we did
Nights in crackling emerald
Signal hot and live
Fastest in production as of 1985
Didn't guess we'd ever come to dread that engine's roar
But she did, long before we did
Nobody will ever know for certain
The names of all the secrets she held back behind the curtain
Jenny came to get me, she'd been gone for several years
Aging motorcycles purr like cats when they grow near
And I was crying, I could barely make the frame out through my tears
She did, long before we did
She did, long before we did
Jenny, you did
Long before I did
Lyrics submitted by motionsickness, edited by netsua08
Jenny III Lyrics as written by John Darnielle
Lyrics © SCHUBERT MUSIC PUBLISHING INC.
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"how much better, how much better could my life get? nine hundred cubic centimeters of raw whining power no outstanding warrants for my arrests whoa, the pirate's life for me "
thats the sweet creamy center, the good stuff.