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.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
(La La La La)
Soul inside you'll find.
It's right between the eyes,
you'll never know the shame.
It's how it fits you.
Soul inside you'll find.
It's right between the eyes,
you'll never know the shame.
It's how it fits you.
Soul inside you'll find.
It's right between the eyes,
you'll never know the shame.
It's how it fits you.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
And I know there's alot outside the window.
It seems alot for you and me.
It takes the sun to make the sidewalk.
it takes the moon to burn my feet.
It means to take some time, I know it's right
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places... Whooo!
And time will show the way, and love will shine today,
And time will go away. So love can grow.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
(La La La La)
Soul inside you'll find.
It's right between the eyes,
you'll never know the shame.
It's how it fits you.
Soul inside you'll find.
It's right between the eyes,
you'll never know the shame.
It's how it fits you.
Soul inside you'll find.
It's right between the eyes,
you'll never know the shame.
It's how it fits you.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
And I know there's alot outside the window.
It seems alot for you and me.
It takes the sun to make the sidewalk.
it takes the moon to burn my feet.
It means to take some time, I know it's right
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places at once.
You gotta be good, you gotta be strong.
You gotta be two thousand places... Whooo!
And time will show the way, and love will shine today,
And time will go away. So love can grow.
Lyrics submitted by SpaceManSpiff
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For me this is lovely tune about the pressures of being perfect and liked by everybody. But it's so hard to go in depth to 'Spree songs, because the music is so damn swoonable!