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.
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
You've been trying to reach me
You bought me a book
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
I've been paid, I've been paid
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
You've been trying to reach me
You bought me a book
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
I've been paid, I've been weighed, I've been
Don't get offended if I seem absent minded
Just keep telling me facts and keep making me smile
And don't get offended if I seem absent minded
I get tongue-tied
Baby, you've got to be more discerning
I've never know what's good for me
Baby, you've got to be more demanding
I will be yours
I'll pay for you
Anytime
I'll pay for you
Anytime
And you told me you wanted to eat up my sadness
We'll jump right on, surely, and gorge away
And you told me you wanted to eat up my sadness (jump right)
Baby, you've got to be more discerning
I've never know what's good for me and
Baby, you've got to be more demanding (jump left)
What are you holding out for?
What's always (in the way?)
Why so damn absent minded?
Why so scared (of romance?)
This modern love breaks me
This modern love wastes me
This modern love breaks me
This modern love wastes me
Do you want to come over and kill some time?
Do you want to come over and kill some time?
Do you want to come over and kill some time?
Throw your arms around me
To be cut adrift
You've been trying to reach me
You bought me a book
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
I've been paid, I've been paid
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
You've been trying to reach me
You bought me a book
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
I've been paid, I've been weighed, I've been
Don't get offended if I seem absent minded
Just keep telling me facts and keep making me smile
And don't get offended if I seem absent minded
I get tongue-tied
Baby, you've got to be more discerning
I've never know what's good for me
Baby, you've got to be more demanding
I will be yours
I'll pay for you
Anytime
I'll pay for you
Anytime
And you told me you wanted to eat up my sadness
We'll jump right on, surely, and gorge away
And you told me you wanted to eat up my sadness (jump right)
Baby, you've got to be more discerning
I've never know what's good for me and
Baby, you've got to be more demanding (jump left)
What are you holding out for?
What's always (in the way?)
Why so damn absent minded?
Why so scared (of romance?)
This modern love breaks me
This modern love wastes me
This modern love breaks me
This modern love wastes me
Do you want to come over and kill some time?
Do you want to come over and kill some time?
Do you want to come over and kill some time?
Throw your arms around me
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I love this song, but I just have to say...
Every time he sings "You told me you wanted to eat up my sadness,"
I hear:
"You told me you wanted to eat up my sandwich".
That's all.