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.
I know girls like you
Need someone to screw-up their life
And make you contemplate suicide,
When you need a
Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah
Call me...
You need someone bad,
To irritate your dad,
Someone to make you cry,
And sock you in the eye,
When you need a firend to
Bring you to your knees,
Call me...
Am I angry enough? Am I crazy enough?
Am I stupid enough? Am I lazy enough?
Am I drunk enough? Do I flunk enough?
Am I jealous enough?
Am I selfish enough to be...
Your bridge under troubled water, yeah!
You like pain, you're insane
You can key my car,
And punch my face in the bar
When you blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah
Call me...
Am I angry enough? Am I crazy enough?
Am I stupid enough? Am I lazy enough?
Am I drunk enough? Do I flunk enough?
Am I jealous enough?
Am I selfish enough to be...
Your bridge under troubled water, yeah!
Am I boring enough?
Am I snoring enough?
Am I demanding enough?
Un-outstanding enough?
Am I fat enough? Mad enough?
Am I bad enough? Wear plaid enough?
Am I drunk enough?
Smell like a skunk enough?
Do I wank enough?
Do crank enough to be...
Your bridge under troubled
Your bridge under troubled
Your bridge under troubled water!
Need someone to screw-up their life
And make you contemplate suicide,
When you need a
Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah
Call me...
You need someone bad,
To irritate your dad,
Someone to make you cry,
And sock you in the eye,
When you need a firend to
Bring you to your knees,
Call me...
Am I angry enough? Am I crazy enough?
Am I stupid enough? Am I lazy enough?
Am I drunk enough? Do I flunk enough?
Am I jealous enough?
Am I selfish enough to be...
Your bridge under troubled water, yeah!
You like pain, you're insane
You can key my car,
And punch my face in the bar
When you blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah
Call me...
Am I angry enough? Am I crazy enough?
Am I stupid enough? Am I lazy enough?
Am I drunk enough? Do I flunk enough?
Am I jealous enough?
Am I selfish enough to be...
Your bridge under troubled water, yeah!
Am I boring enough?
Am I snoring enough?
Am I demanding enough?
Un-outstanding enough?
Am I fat enough? Mad enough?
Am I bad enough? Wear plaid enough?
Am I drunk enough?
Smell like a skunk enough?
Do I wank enough?
Do crank enough to be...
Your bridge under troubled
Your bridge under troubled
Your bridge under troubled water!
Lyrics submitted by rjbucs28
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