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.
Well in the steam of the man hole cities slum
Like a ghost it takes form in the sludge and the scum
Well jose knew him but not for very long
You know the mexican kid well we all called him john
He was cut down quickly his legs wouldn't run
You see it all came down to big danny's gun
He was a devil to most but an angel to some
He ruled his block with a gangload of men
'Cause I'm a generation terrorist
And when I shoot, you know I never miss
And this is my life, my way I can't resist
I'll scrap you out if you're on my list
'Cause I'm a generation terrorist
And when I shoot, you know I never miss
And this is my life, my way I can't resist
I'll scrap you out if you're on my list
Swastika tattooed on his head
At the age of 24 he ate a bullet in bed
Well big danny cleaned up the mess that he left
As he explained it to me
Well he wept and he wept
He said ' it dont make no fuckin' sense!'
He told me ' little lars' keep it under your breath
Revenge was coming from the tip of his tongue
I guess it was served when jose didnt run
Coz im a
'Cause I'm a generation terrorist
And when I shoot, you know I never miss
And this is my life, my way I can't resist
I'll scrap you out if you're on my list
'Cause I'm a generation terrorist
And when I shoot, you know I never miss
And this is my life, my way I can't resist
I'll scrap you out if you're on my list
'Cause I'm a generation terrorist
And when I shoot, you know I never miss
And this is my life, my way I can't resist
I'll scrap you out if you're on my list
'Cause I'm a generation terrorist
And when I shoot, you know I never miss
And this is my life, my way I can't resist
I'll scrap you out if you're on my list
Well I was 11 years old
There was a knock at my door
There was some trouble in my manor
Its outta control
Well big dannys handcuffed hes on the floor
Yeh he told me to run and he told me to bolt
As my mother cried you know my father lied
Well big danny was there he was at my side
He taught me how to love he taught me how to be free
Yeh free
Like a ghost it takes form in the sludge and the scum
Well jose knew him but not for very long
You know the mexican kid well we all called him john
He was cut down quickly his legs wouldn't run
You see it all came down to big danny's gun
He was a devil to most but an angel to some
He ruled his block with a gangload of men
'Cause I'm a generation terrorist
And when I shoot, you know I never miss
And this is my life, my way I can't resist
I'll scrap you out if you're on my list
'Cause I'm a generation terrorist
And when I shoot, you know I never miss
And this is my life, my way I can't resist
I'll scrap you out if you're on my list
Swastika tattooed on his head
At the age of 24 he ate a bullet in bed
Well big danny cleaned up the mess that he left
As he explained it to me
Well he wept and he wept
He said ' it dont make no fuckin' sense!'
He told me ' little lars' keep it under your breath
Revenge was coming from the tip of his tongue
I guess it was served when jose didnt run
Coz im a
'Cause I'm a generation terrorist
And when I shoot, you know I never miss
And this is my life, my way I can't resist
I'll scrap you out if you're on my list
'Cause I'm a generation terrorist
And when I shoot, you know I never miss
And this is my life, my way I can't resist
I'll scrap you out if you're on my list
'Cause I'm a generation terrorist
And when I shoot, you know I never miss
And this is my life, my way I can't resist
I'll scrap you out if you're on my list
'Cause I'm a generation terrorist
And when I shoot, you know I never miss
And this is my life, my way I can't resist
I'll scrap you out if you're on my list
Well I was 11 years old
There was a knock at my door
There was some trouble in my manor
Its outta control
Well big dannys handcuffed hes on the floor
Yeh he told me to run and he told me to bolt
As my mother cried you know my father lied
Well big danny was there he was at my side
He taught me how to love he taught me how to be free
Yeh free
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it could be about Hells ANgels. there was a whole shitload of them in cambell when lars was growning up there