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.
Somewhere beyond happiness and sadness
I need to calculate
What creates my own madness
And I'm addicted to your punishments
And you're the master
And I am waiting for disaster
I feel irrational
So confrontational
To tell the truth I am
Getting away with murder
It is impossible
To never tell the truth
But the reality is
I'm getting away with murder
(Getting away, getting away, getting away)
I drink my drink and I don't even want to
I think my thoughts when I don't even need to
I never look back 'cause I don't even want to
And I don't need to
Because I'm getting away with murder
I feel irrational
So confrontational
To tell the truth I am
Getting away with murder
It is impossible
To never tell the truth
But the reality is
I'm getting away with murder
(Getting away, getting away, getting away, getting away)
(Getting away, getting away, getting away, getting away, getting away with murder)
Somewhere beyond happiness and sadness
I need to calculate
What creates my own madness
And I'm addicted to your punishments
And you're the master
And I'm craving this disaster
I feel irrational
So confrontational
To tell the truth I am
Getting away with murder
It is impossible
To never tell the truth
But the reality is
I'm getting away with murder
(Getting away, getting away, getting away)
I feel irrational
So confrontational
To tell the truth I am
Getting away with murder
It is impossible
To never tell the truth
But the reality is
I'm getting away with murder
I need to calculate
What creates my own madness
And I'm addicted to your punishments
And you're the master
And I am waiting for disaster
I feel irrational
So confrontational
To tell the truth I am
Getting away with murder
It is impossible
To never tell the truth
But the reality is
I'm getting away with murder
(Getting away, getting away, getting away)
I drink my drink and I don't even want to
I think my thoughts when I don't even need to
I never look back 'cause I don't even want to
And I don't need to
Because I'm getting away with murder
I feel irrational
So confrontational
To tell the truth I am
Getting away with murder
It is impossible
To never tell the truth
But the reality is
I'm getting away with murder
(Getting away, getting away, getting away, getting away)
(Getting away, getting away, getting away, getting away, getting away with murder)
Somewhere beyond happiness and sadness
I need to calculate
What creates my own madness
And I'm addicted to your punishments
And you're the master
And I'm craving this disaster
I feel irrational
So confrontational
To tell the truth I am
Getting away with murder
It is impossible
To never tell the truth
But the reality is
I'm getting away with murder
(Getting away, getting away, getting away)
I feel irrational
So confrontational
To tell the truth I am
Getting away with murder
It is impossible
To never tell the truth
But the reality is
I'm getting away with murder
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Getting Away With Murder Lyrics as written by Jacoby Shaddix David Buckner
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To ME? It seems to be talking about manipulation, possibly a SadoMaso relationship.
It's almost that he's manipulating someone into thinking that they're in control, making them think that they're his 'master' when they aren't, and he's leading them to their death, or at the very least an extremely unpleasant fate.
The first verse 'I need to calculate what creates my own madness, and I'm addicted to your punishment' would make it seem that he is only the submissive, the 'used' in this relationship. But other parts of the song contradicts that.
'It isn’t possible to never tell the truth, But the reality is I'm getting away with murder'
He's lying up and down, luring the person into a trap with his lies.
This was an interesting verse to me.
'I take my drink and I don’t even want to I think my thoughts when I don’t even need to I never look back cos I don’t even want to And I don’t need to because I'm getting away with murder'
He's doing all these things, he doesn't want to do them, but he's doing it to continue the illusion that he isn't the one in control. I have been in a relationship somewhat like this, manipulating the person into thinking they're in control, when they aren't. The person I was back in those days would be proud to know someone else knew how she felt.
Fascinating song.
I have a alteration too your idea of the relationship as you describe it.<br /> <br /> Somewhere beyond happiness and sadness: living with mixed up feelings about the relationship<br /> I need to calculate what creates my own madness: check the con's and pro's too see if it's worth to fight for.<br /> And I'm addicted to your punishment: Finding joy in some of the con's<br /> And you’re the master and I am waiting for disaster: The other person is in control, but he wants to find a mistake so he can breakup.<br /> <br /> I feel irrational, so confrontational: the feeling of being a nobody in the eyes of someone who expects allot from you. never being good enough<br /> To tell the truth again, I'm getting away with murder: the truth is deeper than the surface tell's, I am killing myself by letting you control me.<br /> It isn’t possible to never tell the truth: It's harder too hide the truth<br /> But the reality is I'm getting away with murder: the truth is I am killing myself by being with you.<br /> <br /> Getting Away, Getting Away, Getting Away<br /> <br /> I take my drink and I don’t even want to: You have all the control over me<br /> I think my thoughts when I don’t even need to: I'm thinking about things I don't want too think about during a relationship.<br /> I never look back 'cause I don’t even want to: I am afraid too look what I was and what I've become, because it's hard to see the truth.<br /> And I don’t need to because I'm getting away with murder: I know I have changed, I am not me anymore