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'm timeless like a broken watch
I make money like Fred Astaire
I see that you've come to resist me
I'm a pitbull in time
Your pretense is not what restricts me
It's the circles inside
The anatomy of kisses and a teacher who tries
Who knows how we'll disappear?
Would you like to be my missus and in future with child?
You know we can't get back from here
But we can get away
Baby, don't you try to find me
Baby, don't you try to fight
Baby, don't you try to find me
Baby, it will be alright
Along the way, tears drown in the wake of delight
There's nothing like this built today
You'll never see a finer ship in your life
We sail today, tears drown in the wake of delight
There's nothing like this built today
You'll never see a finer ship or receive a better tip in your life
I am the scavenger between the sheets of union
Lately, I can't tell for sure whether machines turn anyone
I am the scavenger between the sheets of union
Lately, I can't tell for sure whether machines turn anyone
Lady, don't you try to find me
Lady, there is no need to fight
Lady, don't you try to find me
Lady, it will be alright
We sail today, tears will drown in your wake of delight
There's nothing like this built today
You'll never see a finer ship in your life
Along the way, the sea will crowd us with lovers at night
There's nothing like this built today
You'll never see a finer ship or receive a better tip in your life
I see that you've come to resist me
I'm a pitbull in time
White Goddess
Red Goddess
Black Temptress of the sea
You treat me right
Black Goddess
Red Goddess
White Temptress of the sea
You treat me right
Oh, my love, we're sailing to Norway
Oh, my love, we're leaving tonight
Oh, my love, we're sailing to Norway
Oh, my love, we're leaving tonight
I make money like Fred Astaire
I see that you've come to resist me
I'm a pitbull in time
Your pretense is not what restricts me
It's the circles inside
The anatomy of kisses and a teacher who tries
Who knows how we'll disappear?
Would you like to be my missus and in future with child?
You know we can't get back from here
But we can get away
Baby, don't you try to find me
Baby, don't you try to fight
Baby, don't you try to find me
Baby, it will be alright
Along the way, tears drown in the wake of delight
There's nothing like this built today
You'll never see a finer ship in your life
We sail today, tears drown in the wake of delight
There's nothing like this built today
You'll never see a finer ship or receive a better tip in your life
I am the scavenger between the sheets of union
Lately, I can't tell for sure whether machines turn anyone
I am the scavenger between the sheets of union
Lately, I can't tell for sure whether machines turn anyone
Lady, don't you try to find me
Lady, there is no need to fight
Lady, don't you try to find me
Lady, it will be alright
We sail today, tears will drown in your wake of delight
There's nothing like this built today
You'll never see a finer ship in your life
Along the way, the sea will crowd us with lovers at night
There's nothing like this built today
You'll never see a finer ship or receive a better tip in your life
I see that you've come to resist me
I'm a pitbull in time
White Goddess
Red Goddess
Black Temptress of the sea
You treat me right
Black Goddess
Red Goddess
White Temptress of the sea
You treat me right
Oh, my love, we're sailing to Norway
Oh, my love, we're leaving tonight
Oh, my love, we're sailing to Norway
Oh, my love, we're leaving tonight
Lyrics submitted by Interpolnyc, edited by TheBronze, Humeanbeing
Take You on a Cruise Lyrics as written by Samuel Fogarino Paul Banks
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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joy division cough sorry, Interpol rocks;
this song, I think, is about love and breaking up and getting back together.