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.
I've got it all most
I've got it all almost all figured out
But always when i get there
Always when i get there all the pieces they just fall apart
I cant hear you
I cant hear you talk about your dreams involving me
I don't believe
I don't believe that they are any sort of prophecy at all
What a shock its Mr. sweet and awful
Don't look so pissed off we all lose the plot occasionally
How consistent
How can someone so consistently mess up as much as
Every instance
How can someone inconsistent mess up so consistently
What a shock its Mr. sweet and awful
Tell your gods i want to speak to their fathers
Look right now I'm standing on my haunches
I got caught stealing from the lost and found
Hey there Mr. sweet and awful
Hey there Mr. sweet and awful
Are you going somewhere
Or are you just walking through my walls
Hey there Mr. sweet and awful
Hey there Mr. sweet and awful
This is not a party this is a crowd
Hey there Mr. sweet and awful
You've got it easy I've got my needs
You say what you got
Wanting what you please
Hey there Mr. sweet and awful
Hey there Mr. sweet and awful
Carry yourself away with a delicious disease
I've got it all most
I've got it all almost all figured out
I've got it all almost all figured out
But always when i get there
Always when i get there all the pieces they just fall apart
I cant hear you
I cant hear you talk about your dreams involving me
I don't believe
I don't believe that they are any sort of prophecy at all
What a shock its Mr. sweet and awful
Don't look so pissed off we all lose the plot occasionally
How consistent
How can someone so consistently mess up as much as
Every instance
How can someone inconsistent mess up so consistently
What a shock its Mr. sweet and awful
Tell your gods i want to speak to their fathers
Look right now I'm standing on my haunches
I got caught stealing from the lost and found
Hey there Mr. sweet and awful
Hey there Mr. sweet and awful
Are you going somewhere
Or are you just walking through my walls
Hey there Mr. sweet and awful
Hey there Mr. sweet and awful
This is not a party this is a crowd
Hey there Mr. sweet and awful
You've got it easy I've got my needs
You say what you got
Wanting what you please
Hey there Mr. sweet and awful
Hey there Mr. sweet and awful
Carry yourself away with a delicious disease
I've got it all most
I've got it all almost all figured out
Lyrics submitted by Adidasx007, edited by sheionizes
I've Got It All (Most) Lyrics as written by Isaac Brock Eric Judy
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This song is so underrated. I think some of the best lyrics Isaac has produced and that's really saying something. Dude is my Bob Dylan.
I second everything in this post