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.
When I call you up
Always think twice
I've been gathering
The eminent flies
There are times when I
Call you up twice
No more saying what
With all of your ties
I should have been a tsin-tsi for you
I should have been a tsin-tsi for you
I should have been a tsin-tsi for you
Lyrics submitted by Belle-and-Eric-Hajdu
I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi Lyrics as written by Bo Rune Madsen Silas Utke Graae Joergensen
Lyrics © Fintage House Publishing
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I've heard different versions of this song, but the one with the little chinese boys voice is the one that stays printed in my head. aaaaa i don't know what the boy is saying but i heard that tsin tsi is some kind of an herb.....so i should have been a herb for you.....i don't think it makes sense. OR maybe he wanted to be a herb really badly.........but anyways the last line "you should've been a tsin tsi too" is just breath taking because you don't expect it
Tsin Tsi is Cantonese for 'fool.' At least that's what I heard.<br /> <br /> Hope that helps!
what the hell is a tsin-tsi!
I've heard different versions of this song, but the one with the little chinese boys voice is the one that stays printed in my head. aaaaa i don't know what the boy is saying but i heard that tsin tsi is some kind of an herb.....so i should have been a herb for you.....i don't think it makes sense. OR maybe he wanted to be a herb really badly.........but anyways the last line "you should've been a tsin tsi too" is just breath taking because you don't expect it
I have no idea what a tsin-tsi is, but it's a very simple song. I think some degree of hesitation has caused the voice some regrets as they look back on a relationship. I think that shines through pretty clearly. The two meanings expressed for tsin-tsi ("herb" or "fool") would give a little more clarity to my speculations, but the basics are the same. "Fool" is kind of easy to fit, "I should have been a fool for you" speaks towards regretting not realizing feelings and taking the risk of acting on them. I think this is a pretty common western depiction of love felt and lost. If tsin-tsi means "herb," the basics, as I said, are largely the same in my mind. Herbs in Chinese (and many other) cultures are frequent to holistic healing processes. If "herb" is "medicine" it could be read like "I should have been medicine for you." That speaks to me of this degree of longing that things could have worked out but the voice and the other couldn't support and heal one another. Either way, lovely song in my book.
In a way, it's almost a double meaning. You can't truly be a medicine for someone because that disrupts your ability to care for yourself. You can only help a person back on their feet and let them do the rest. If you do act as a "medicine", you're being a "fool" for the other person.