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 cry like a baby when I don't get my way
Do you want me?
I won't apologize when I make a mistake
Do you want me?
I got scars on my heart and they won't go away
Looking for someone to take them from me
Everybody knows I'm a little insane
Do you want me?
Oh, I try to be normal
I try to put one foot in front of the other
And I fail
You don't even know I'm alive
I open my mouth cause I'm waiting for your love to fall from the sky
And I fail
You think that I'm out of my mind
And maybe your scared to be right
But you'll never know 'til you get me alone
Do you want me?
I tell it to you straight so we can't get worse
Do you want me?
I want to show you me but first things first
Do you want me?
I'm looking for a savior to save my soul
All the damage I have done has left a big hole
Everybody knows I just want someone to hold
Do you want me?
Oh, I try to be easy
I try to put one foot in back of the other
And I fail
You don't even know I'm alive
I open my mouth cause I'm waiting for your love to fall from the sky
And I fail
You think that I'm out of my mind
And maybe your scared to be right
But you'll never know 'til you get me alone
You're looking at me strange like you don't know my name (my name)
You're looking at me strange like you don't know my name
You're looking at me strange like it's some kind of fake
You're looking at me strange like you want me to change
And I fail
You don't even know I'm alive
I open my mouth cause I'm waiting for your love to fall from the sky
And I fail
You think that I'm out of my mind
And maybe your scared to be right
But you'll never know 'til you get me alone
Do you, do you
Do you want me?
Do you, do you
Do you want me?
You'll never know 'til you get me alone
Do you, do you
Do you want me?
Do you, do you
Do you want me?
Do you, do you
Do you want me?
Do you, do you
Do you want me?
I won't apologize when I make a mistake
Do you want me?
I got scars on my heart and they won't go away
Looking for someone to take them from me
Everybody knows I'm a little insane
Do you want me?
Oh, I try to be normal
I try to put one foot in front of the other
And I fail
You don't even know I'm alive
I open my mouth cause I'm waiting for your love to fall from the sky
And I fail
You think that I'm out of my mind
And maybe your scared to be right
But you'll never know 'til you get me alone
Do you want me?
I tell it to you straight so we can't get worse
Do you want me?
I want to show you me but first things first
Do you want me?
I'm looking for a savior to save my soul
All the damage I have done has left a big hole
Everybody knows I just want someone to hold
Do you want me?
Oh, I try to be easy
I try to put one foot in back of the other
And I fail
You don't even know I'm alive
I open my mouth cause I'm waiting for your love to fall from the sky
And I fail
You think that I'm out of my mind
And maybe your scared to be right
But you'll never know 'til you get me alone
You're looking at me strange like you don't know my name (my name)
You're looking at me strange like you don't know my name
You're looking at me strange like it's some kind of fake
You're looking at me strange like you want me to change
And I fail
You don't even know I'm alive
I open my mouth cause I'm waiting for your love to fall from the sky
And I fail
You think that I'm out of my mind
And maybe your scared to be right
But you'll never know 'til you get me alone
Do you, do you
Do you want me?
Do you, do you
Do you want me?
You'll never know 'til you get me alone
Do you, do you
Do you want me?
Do you, do you
Do you want me?
Do you, do you
Do you want me?
Do you, do you
Lyrics submitted by sens_freak_18
Do You Want Me? Lyrics as written by Matthew Gerrard Kara Dioguardi
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Royalty Network, Walt Disney Music Company, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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and i can believe that she cries like a baby when she doesnt get her way. shes so dumb she cant even walk. haha