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.
Big head spray tan
Makes you wanna drop dead
Really ain't all that bright
Comatose, broken nose
Strutting with ya flashy clothes
Small things stay behind
It's all news to me
And I can't believe
The things I'm seeing on TV
Talkin' all that shit
It's dumbest thing you did
Cause they're gonna snuff you out like a bitch
You won't see it till you see the light
Cause it's all gonna pass you by
So cast your stone into the night
The shinings gone, walk away
Walk Away
Lazy boy decoy
Send the troops destroy
Looking so arrogant
Juggernaut, hooligan
Reputation getting thin
Robbing the establishment
It's all news to me
And I can't believe
The things I'm seeing on TV
Smokin' all that dope
Passin' out on dirty coke
So you better take a breath
Or you're gonna fuckin' choke
You won't see it till you see the light
Cause it's all gonna pass you by
So cast your stone into the night
The shinings gone, walk away
Walk Away
It's all news to me
And I can't believe
The things I'm seeing on TV
Easy come easy go
Red alert in Mexico
Drive by revenant
You won't see it till you see the light
Cause it's all gonna pass you by
So cast your stone into the night
The shinings gone, walk away
Walk Away
Makes you wanna drop dead
Really ain't all that bright
Comatose, broken nose
Strutting with ya flashy clothes
Small things stay behind
It's all news to me
And I can't believe
The things I'm seeing on TV
Talkin' all that shit
It's dumbest thing you did
Cause they're gonna snuff you out like a bitch
You won't see it till you see the light
Cause it's all gonna pass you by
So cast your stone into the night
The shinings gone, walk away
Walk Away
Lazy boy decoy
Send the troops destroy
Looking so arrogant
Juggernaut, hooligan
Reputation getting thin
Robbing the establishment
It's all news to me
And I can't believe
The things I'm seeing on TV
Smokin' all that dope
Passin' out on dirty coke
So you better take a breath
Or you're gonna fuckin' choke
You won't see it till you see the light
Cause it's all gonna pass you by
So cast your stone into the night
The shinings gone, walk away
Walk Away
It's all news to me
And I can't believe
The things I'm seeing on TV
Easy come easy go
Red alert in Mexico
Drive by revenant
You won't see it till you see the light
Cause it's all gonna pass you by
So cast your stone into the night
The shinings gone, walk away
Walk Away
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This song is really awesome (too bad the guy who posted the lyrics did a crappy job), and its too bad that The Drive broke up before they ever got many songs out.