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.
Hey
Another scene is dead
You can fall in line
With the cooler heads
I said hey
Lets put this one to bed
You can do with a change and a lay
And the cooler heads
You are so in
You are so out
You will know when
You were shown how
You are so in
With the out crowd
And the cooler heads
I think you understand(I'm thinking of your skin)
The motor of your mouth
Turning on your friends
Turn your mother out
You are so in
With the out crowd
And the cooler heads
Yeah!
Hey
Well look who's back in town
We won't say that you failed
The cooler heads prevail
You can fall in
You can fall out(with the fall outs)
Go ahead and grin
There ain't much to laugh about
You can blend in with a crowd of clowns
And the cooler heads.
Yeah!
You are so in
You are so out
You will know when
You were shown how
You are so in
With the out crowd
And the cooler heads
I think you understand(I'm thinking of your skin)
The motor of your mouth
Turning on your friends
Turn your mother out
You are so in
With the out crowd
And the cooler heads
Yeah!!
The heads the heads the dirty fucking heads!
Another scene is dead
You can fall in line
With the cooler heads
I said hey
Lets put this one to bed
You can do with a change and a lay
And the cooler heads
You are so in
You are so out
You will know when
You were shown how
You are so in
With the out crowd
And the cooler heads
I think you understand(I'm thinking of your skin)
The motor of your mouth
Turning on your friends
Turn your mother out
You are so in
With the out crowd
And the cooler heads
Yeah!
Hey
Well look who's back in town
We won't say that you failed
The cooler heads prevail
You can fall in
You can fall out(with the fall outs)
Go ahead and grin
There ain't much to laugh about
You can blend in with a crowd of clowns
And the cooler heads.
Yeah!
You are so in
You are so out
You will know when
You were shown how
You are so in
With the out crowd
And the cooler heads
I think you understand(I'm thinking of your skin)
The motor of your mouth
Turning on your friends
Turn your mother out
You are so in
With the out crowd
And the cooler heads
Yeah!!
The heads the heads the dirty fucking heads!
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i really adore this song.