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.
Go on, just say it
You need me like a bad habit
One that leaves you defenseless, dependent, and alone
Go on, just say it
(Are you afraid to say what you want to, tell me you want to?)
You need me like a bad habit
One that leaves you defenseless, dependent, and alone
(Are you afraid to say what you want to, tell me you want to?)
Well, I hold my tongue, use it to assess
The damage from way back when it mattered
But nothing seems important anymore
We're just protecting ourselves from our self
And I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back...
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
Go on, just say it
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
I'm making the difference
It just seems pointless
With all the obvious lines all out of focus
Why can't you just be happy?
Why can't you just be happy?
And I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back...
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Go on, just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Go on, just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Well, I'll just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
I'll just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression" (Just come back, just come back)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (Just come back, just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression" (Just come back, just come back)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (Just come back, just come back)
Can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression" (I'll just say it)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (I'll just say it)
Why can't you live without the attention? (I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone)
Why can't you live without the attention?
She says "Live up to your first impression" (I'll just say it)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (I'll just say it)
Why can't you live without the attention? (I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone)
Why can't you live without the attention?
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live without, live without? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live without, live without? (Defenseless, dependent, defenseless dependent)
You need me like a bad habit
One that leaves you defenseless, dependent, and alone
Go on, just say it
(Are you afraid to say what you want to, tell me you want to?)
You need me like a bad habit
One that leaves you defenseless, dependent, and alone
(Are you afraid to say what you want to, tell me you want to?)
Well, I hold my tongue, use it to assess
The damage from way back when it mattered
But nothing seems important anymore
We're just protecting ourselves from our self
And I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back...
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
Go on, just say it
Are you ashamed to say what you want to, tell me you want to?
Go on, just say it
I'm making the difference
It just seems pointless
With all the obvious lines all out of focus
Why can't you just be happy?
Why can't you just be happy?
And I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back down
I don't think I'll ever come back...
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Go on, just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Go on, just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
Well, I'll just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
I'll just say it
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone
(Just come back)
(Just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression" (Just come back, just come back)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (Just come back, just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression" (Just come back, just come back)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (Just come back, just come back)
Can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
Why can't you live without the attention? (Just come back, just come back)
She says "Live up to your first impression" (I'll just say it)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (I'll just say it)
Why can't you live without the attention? (I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone)
Why can't you live without the attention?
She says "Live up to your first impression" (I'll just say it)
Well, my best side was your worst invention (I'll just say it)
Why can't you live without the attention? (I need you defenseless, dependent, and alone)
Why can't you live without the attention?
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live without, live without? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live? (Defenseless, dependent)
Why can't you live without, live without? (Defenseless, dependent, defenseless dependent)
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208
One-Eighty by Summer Lyrics as written by Edward Reyes Adam Burbank Lazzara
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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