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.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay
Searching for blood in the salty sea
The sun beating down on the chest and back of me
Looking for drugs in a southern town, hey, hey, hey, hey
I've got this red right hand that points me south
The puke green cloud just spat me out
Into the hot heartland, I've landed with no shoe
I hear, hey, hey, hey, hey
Come pollinate me, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Come pollinate me, hey
Across the room, across the room
I hope to watch you writhe again soon
Across the room, across the room
I hope to watch you writhe again soon
Alright, we're gonna do it again for you now, okay
Yeah, oh yeah, yeah
They've got the army of ears, they can hear you now
I've got the piss in my veins and these furrowed brows
You've got this one last chance to burn me, turn me down
If not, I've got these last twelve bucks to spend on you
You can take me anywhere your sick mind wants to
I'll use your south to fuel me using you
Oh, I hear, hey, hey, hey, hey
Come pollinate me, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Come pollinate me, hey
Across the room, across the room
I hope to watch you writhe again soon
Across the room, across the room
I hope to watch you writhe again soon
Oh, oh
I hear, hey, hey, hey, hey
Come pollinate me, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Come pollinate me, hey
Hey, hey come pollinate me
Across the room, across the room
I hope to watch you writhe again soon
Across the room, across the room
I hope to watch you writhe again soon
I hope to watch you writhe again soon
Searching for blood in the salty sea
The sun beating down on the chest and back of me
Looking for drugs in a southern town, hey, hey, hey, hey
I've got this red right hand that points me south
The puke green cloud just spat me out
Into the hot heartland, I've landed with no shoe
I hear, hey, hey, hey, hey
Come pollinate me, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Come pollinate me, hey
Across the room, across the room
I hope to watch you writhe again soon
Across the room, across the room
I hope to watch you writhe again soon
Alright, we're gonna do it again for you now, okay
Yeah, oh yeah, yeah
They've got the army of ears, they can hear you now
I've got the piss in my veins and these furrowed brows
You've got this one last chance to burn me, turn me down
If not, I've got these last twelve bucks to spend on you
You can take me anywhere your sick mind wants to
I'll use your south to fuel me using you
Oh, I hear, hey, hey, hey, hey
Come pollinate me, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Come pollinate me, hey
Across the room, across the room
I hope to watch you writhe again soon
Across the room, across the room
I hope to watch you writhe again soon
Oh, oh
I hear, hey, hey, hey, hey
Come pollinate me, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Come pollinate me, hey
Hey, hey come pollinate me
Across the room, across the room
I hope to watch you writhe again soon
Across the room, across the room
I hope to watch you writhe again soon
I hope to watch you writhe again soon
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