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.
You can always get it right next time, next time
You can always get it right next time
You can always get it right next time, next time
You can always get it right next time
You can count on me to mess it up
You can count on me to let you down again
And in time you'll see that I'm your only friend
You can always get it right next time, next time
You can always get it right next time
You can always get it right next time, next time
Comfort in community obliterated
Given opportunity, I hesitated
Even my humility's humiliated
You can always get it right next time, next time
You can always get it right next time
You can always get it right next time, next time
You can always get it right next time
Next time, next time
When you die they make a list
Of every love you never kissed
Of each regret and each mistake
Every choice you fail to make
Oh well, oh well, oh well
It's a shame I have to wait until the ending
Everything I've yet to break is surely bending
Every vow I ever take is just pretending
That this mess I make is worth defending
You can always get it right next time, next time
You can always get it right next time
You can always get it right next time, next time (you can always get it right next time)
You can always get it right next time (you can always get it right)
You can always get it right (you can always get it right)
You can always get it right
You can always get it right next time
You can always get it right next time
You can always get it right next time, next time
You can always get it right next time
You can count on me to mess it up
You can count on me to let you down again
And in time you'll see that I'm your only friend
You can always get it right next time, next time
You can always get it right next time
You can always get it right next time, next time
Comfort in community obliterated
Given opportunity, I hesitated
Even my humility's humiliated
You can always get it right next time, next time
You can always get it right next time
You can always get it right next time, next time
You can always get it right next time
Next time, next time
When you die they make a list
Of every love you never kissed
Of each regret and each mistake
Every choice you fail to make
Oh well, oh well, oh well
It's a shame I have to wait until the ending
Everything I've yet to break is surely bending
Every vow I ever take is just pretending
That this mess I make is worth defending
You can always get it right next time, next time
You can always get it right next time
You can always get it right next time, next time (you can always get it right next time)
You can always get it right next time (you can always get it right)
You can always get it right (you can always get it right)
You can always get it right
You can always get it right next time
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