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.
This is the story about Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa
Ladies and gentlemen, I've got a little story to tell
About Mona Lisa and how she suddenly fell
See everyone knew her, they knew her oh so well
Now I am taking over to release her from her spell
She's the original
She's unforgettable
She wants you to know
She's been gone
It's kind of incredible
She's so unpredictable
She wants you to know
She's been gone, she's been gone, she's been gone
She was taken under drowning in her sea
Running like an angel, she was crying and could not see, oh no
Now see everyone's watching as she starts to fall
They want her to breakdown be a legend of her fall
She's the original
She's unforgettable
She wants you to know
She's been gone
It's kind of incredible
She's so unpredictable
She wants you to know
She's been gone, she's been gone, she's been gone
Ladies does that make you cry?
Mona Lisa's got to fly, nobody really dies
Everyone, may we have a moment of silence right here
God
She's the original
She's unforgettable
She wants you to know
She's been gone
It's kind of incredible
She's so unpredictable
She wants you to know
That she's home, that she's home
She's the original
She's unforgettable
She wants you to know
She's been gone
It's kind of incredible
She's so unpredictable
She wants you to know
That she's home, that she's home, that she's home
The Mona Lisa
Ladies and gentlemen, I've got a little story to tell
About Mona Lisa and how she suddenly fell
See everyone knew her, they knew her oh so well
Now I am taking over to release her from her spell
She's the original
She's unforgettable
She wants you to know
She's been gone
It's kind of incredible
She's so unpredictable
She wants you to know
She's been gone, she's been gone, she's been gone
She was taken under drowning in her sea
Running like an angel, she was crying and could not see, oh no
Now see everyone's watching as she starts to fall
They want her to breakdown be a legend of her fall
She's the original
She's unforgettable
She wants you to know
She's been gone
It's kind of incredible
She's so unpredictable
She wants you to know
She's been gone, she's been gone, she's been gone
Ladies does that make you cry?
Mona Lisa's got to fly, nobody really dies
Everyone, may we have a moment of silence right here
God
She's the original
She's unforgettable
She wants you to know
She's been gone
It's kind of incredible
She's so unpredictable
She wants you to know
That she's home, that she's home
She's the original
She's unforgettable
She wants you to know
She's been gone
It's kind of incredible
She's so unpredictable
She wants you to know
That she's home, that she's home, that she's home
Lyrics submitted by raysreality
Mona Lisa [Previously Unreleased Track; Bonus Track] Lyrics as written by David Kochanski Britney Spears
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, The Administration MP, Inc., Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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of course it's about her, but it's great, she's great, and this song is different and she's trying new styles and it's working every time