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.
So many fish there in the sea
I wanted you, you wanted me
That's just a phase, it's got to pass
I was a train moving too fast
Didn't understand what to see
Yeah, then I got a different view
It you, no
Wait, I'm not gonna give it a break
I'm not your friend
I never was
I said wait, I'm not gonna give it a break
I'm not your friend
I never was, no
So many fish there in the sea
She wanted him, he wanted me
That's just a phase, it's got to pass
I was a train moving too fast
Yeah, I know you warned me
But this is too important
Now I got a different view
It's you
Why can't you wait? I'm not gonna give it a break
I'm not your friend
I never was
I said, wait, I'm not gonna give it a break
I'm not your friend
I never was
I wanted you, you wanted me
That's just a phase, it's got to pass
I was a train moving too fast
Didn't understand what to see
Yeah, then I got a different view
It you, no
Wait, I'm not gonna give it a break
I'm not your friend
I never was
I said wait, I'm not gonna give it a break
I'm not your friend
I never was, no
So many fish there in the sea
She wanted him, he wanted me
That's just a phase, it's got to pass
I was a train moving too fast
Yeah, I know you warned me
But this is too important
Now I got a different view
It's you
Why can't you wait? I'm not gonna give it a break
I'm not your friend
I never was
I said, wait, I'm not gonna give it a break
I'm not your friend
I never was
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i think its just a clever song about being pissed off when a girl has dumped him
cos it starts full of cliches So many fish there in the sea/I wanted you, you wanted me/That's just a phase/moving too fast
then he 'got a different view' and the song becomes bitter 'I'm not you friend, I never was' thats like a bitter reply when someone breaks up and says, 'can we still be friends?'
and then the 'she wanted him, he wanted me' line... expressing his confusion and slight amusment at the situation beacuse he was dumped by some girl he didnt even really like for a guy who likes guys???? hmmmm