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 said God
In the trees it's lovely
But it's lonely
With a bone
He will try to clone me
Make a mother
There will be another me
Your mom
When the bomb exploded
Overloaded
Eaten fruit birthday suit decoded
I decided
You would like another mom
Bomb bomb bomb (etc)
Marry me lucky tree
You're my tree
And your [sic] my three
When you burn
Now I'm free
To find me number four
And number four can marry me
Bomb bomb bomb (etc)
Just like me
Final tree
You're lovely
But you're lonely
I will clone thee
Little tree
In the trees it's lovely
But it's lonely
With a bone
He will try to clone me
Make a mother
There will be another me
Your mom
When the bomb exploded
Overloaded
Eaten fruit birthday suit decoded
I decided
You would like another mom
Bomb bomb bomb (etc)
Marry me lucky tree
You're my tree
And your [sic] my three
When you burn
Now I'm free
To find me number four
And number four can marry me
Bomb bomb bomb (etc)
Just like me
Final tree
You're lovely
But you're lonely
I will clone thee
Little tree
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Bloody hell, you looked into that one! all that's left to be said is that it's GREAT.