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 love you from the heart of my bottom
I love you from the bottom of my soul
I love the soles on your feet
I love you from the foot of the hill
(I promise I will)
I'd sail the driest desert
I'd walk the wildest seas
I'd swim the highest mountain
I'd swallow chalk and swear it was cheese
If you said please
Because I love you
And I need you
And I want you
To be mine
Because I love you
And I need you
And I want you
To be mine
I love your diamond lips
I love your rosy-red eyes
I love your cheeky cheeks
I'd tear the stars out of the midday sky
(if you said 'hi')
I'd help you walk through the window
I'd sing to you beneath your door
I'd change my name to Matthew
And be the welcome mat on your floor
I don't know what five
Because I love you
And I need you
And I want you
To be mine
'Til the end of lunchtime
I love you from the bottom of my soul
I love the soles on your feet
I love you from the foot of the hill
(I promise I will)
I'd sail the driest desert
I'd walk the wildest seas
I'd swim the highest mountain
I'd swallow chalk and swear it was cheese
If you said please
Because I love you
And I need you
And I want you
To be mine
Because I love you
And I need you
And I want you
To be mine
I love your diamond lips
I love your rosy-red eyes
I love your cheeky cheeks
I'd tear the stars out of the midday sky
(if you said 'hi')
I'd help you walk through the window
I'd sing to you beneath your door
I'd change my name to Matthew
And be the welcome mat on your floor
I don't know what five
Because I love you
And I need you
And I want you
To be mine
'Til the end of lunchtime
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
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I think this song is really cuteeeee.