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.
Just a calendar day (ba ba ba ba)
its funny how things can stay the same
or drastically change
some things seem so close on some days but still so far away
dont know the right tings to do (ba ba ba ba)
in fact i dont have a clue sometime i feel like a tool
and i want to be truthfully true to you
and do all the things that you do
but when i hate everything about the mean things that i say
it feels like i mess up so much and i can only say
"i hate everything about my ways"
but you tell me im OK
and one day one day i know you'll say
"B im so glad you made it"
"oh well Jesus thank you so much for saying that"
because the truth you know is that i have just been hating so many things i do
but now i realize forever that you're my friend
no matter what you will never leave me to fend
i don't know much but i know we will be
as happy as a 1950's TV family
except times infinity
two calendar days (ba ba ba ba)
and still my life is the same
and other people's have changed
i wonder what if im too late
all the time that i said i would wait?
and yeah does anyone care
about us here or anywhere?
well i just want to try adn dare
to be there, to care cus i know- i know thats rare
but when i hate everything about the mean things that i say
it feels like i mess up so much and i can only say
"i hate everything about my ways"
but you tell me im OK
and one day one day i know you'll say
"B im so glad you made it"
"oh well Jesus thank you so much for saying that"
because the truth you know is that i have just been hating so many things i do
but now i realize forever that you're my friend
no matter what you will never leave me to fend
i don't know much but i know we will be
as happy as a 1950's TV family
except times infinity
a family that i will be in
a family- its jsut not pretend
a familt that i will be in, a family
i don't know much but i know we will be
happy as a 1950's TV family..
except times infinity
just a calendar day.
its funny how things can stay the same
or drastically change
some things seem so close on some days but still so far away
dont know the right tings to do (ba ba ba ba)
in fact i dont have a clue sometime i feel like a tool
and i want to be truthfully true to you
and do all the things that you do
but when i hate everything about the mean things that i say
it feels like i mess up so much and i can only say
"i hate everything about my ways"
but you tell me im OK
and one day one day i know you'll say
"B im so glad you made it"
"oh well Jesus thank you so much for saying that"
because the truth you know is that i have just been hating so many things i do
but now i realize forever that you're my friend
no matter what you will never leave me to fend
i don't know much but i know we will be
as happy as a 1950's TV family
except times infinity
two calendar days (ba ba ba ba)
and still my life is the same
and other people's have changed
i wonder what if im too late
all the time that i said i would wait?
and yeah does anyone care
about us here or anywhere?
well i just want to try adn dare
to be there, to care cus i know- i know thats rare
but when i hate everything about the mean things that i say
it feels like i mess up so much and i can only say
"i hate everything about my ways"
but you tell me im OK
and one day one day i know you'll say
"B im so glad you made it"
"oh well Jesus thank you so much for saying that"
because the truth you know is that i have just been hating so many things i do
but now i realize forever that you're my friend
no matter what you will never leave me to fend
i don't know much but i know we will be
as happy as a 1950's TV family
except times infinity
a family that i will be in
a family- its jsut not pretend
a familt that i will be in, a family
i don't know much but i know we will be
happy as a 1950's TV family..
except times infinity
just a calendar day.
Lyrics submitted by xmakeitlegible
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Bryce is amazing. The except times infinity just means that he will be the happiest you can get (infinity is as big as it gets). I love this song so much. Its amazing. Bryce is amazing.