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 don't go anywhere without my switchblade,
I don't go anywhere without my crew.
I don't go anywhere without no protection,
I don't go anywhere without my weapons.
I don't go anywhere without my switchblade,
I don't go anywhere without my crew.
I don't go anywhere without no protection,
I don't go anywhere without my weapons.
Well I grew up on the palms, I was raised by bikers.
Got a friend in Quenton another in Rykers.
At the age of 21 Rancid Punx, well I'm a lifer.
There will be an altercation if I tell ya I don't like ya.
Well I earned my stripes, juvenile detention centres.
Got love for my boys, thanx for all the letters.
Well some say I'm crazy well others think I'm bold.
But one thing I'll tell ya well I'm hot untouchable.
I don't go anywhere without my switchblade,
I don't go anywhere without my crew.
I don't go anywhere without no protection,
I don't go anywhere without my weapons.
Fuckin' disgusting like two crack whores with G.A.S.H. gushing.
Ain't no tellin' who be tellin' keep bellin', I'm past fussin'.
Fuck 'em, I found a new love my .357 and my best little back up bitch a black smith and Weston.
I got a glock 19 with a laser inside.
And I'm the one you need to watch for when we go on a ride.
I'm ridin' shotgun slumped with the shotgun pumped and if I spot one jump then The shotgun dump.
Get Some!
I don't go anywhere without my switchblade,
I don't go anywhere without my crew.
I don't go anywhere without no protection,
I don't go anywhere without my weapons.
Well when I roll in with my crew you know we cause a sensation.
Mi familia por vida, got a bad reputation.
Well you step up to us boy, well we got the ammunition.
One flick of my knife it's the end of conversation.
Got a partner to the left of me another to my right,
We got ladies in the back for later in the night.
Well I told you we were crazy, I told you we were bold.
With my switchblade at my side,
Well my crew's untouchable.
I don't go anywhere without my switchblade,
I don't go anywhere without my crew.
I don't go anywhere without no protection,
I don't go anywhere without my weapons.
I don't go anywhere without my weapons.
I don't go anywhere without my weapons.
I don't go anywhere without my weapons.
I don't go anywhere without my switchblade,
I don't go anywhere without my crew.
I don't go anywhere without no protection,
I don't go anywhere without my weapons.
I don't go anywhere without my crew.
I don't go anywhere without no protection,
I don't go anywhere without my weapons.
I don't go anywhere without my switchblade,
I don't go anywhere without my crew.
I don't go anywhere without no protection,
I don't go anywhere without my weapons.
Well I grew up on the palms, I was raised by bikers.
Got a friend in Quenton another in Rykers.
At the age of 21 Rancid Punx, well I'm a lifer.
There will be an altercation if I tell ya I don't like ya.
Well I earned my stripes, juvenile detention centres.
Got love for my boys, thanx for all the letters.
Well some say I'm crazy well others think I'm bold.
But one thing I'll tell ya well I'm hot untouchable.
I don't go anywhere without my switchblade,
I don't go anywhere without my crew.
I don't go anywhere without no protection,
I don't go anywhere without my weapons.
Fuckin' disgusting like two crack whores with G.A.S.H. gushing.
Ain't no tellin' who be tellin' keep bellin', I'm past fussin'.
Fuck 'em, I found a new love my .357 and my best little back up bitch a black smith and Weston.
I got a glock 19 with a laser inside.
And I'm the one you need to watch for when we go on a ride.
I'm ridin' shotgun slumped with the shotgun pumped and if I spot one jump then The shotgun dump.
Get Some!
I don't go anywhere without my switchblade,
I don't go anywhere without my crew.
I don't go anywhere without no protection,
I don't go anywhere without my weapons.
Well when I roll in with my crew you know we cause a sensation.
Mi familia por vida, got a bad reputation.
Well you step up to us boy, well we got the ammunition.
One flick of my knife it's the end of conversation.
Got a partner to the left of me another to my right,
We got ladies in the back for later in the night.
Well I told you we were crazy, I told you we were bold.
With my switchblade at my side,
Well my crew's untouchable.
I don't go anywhere without my switchblade,
I don't go anywhere without my crew.
I don't go anywhere without no protection,
I don't go anywhere without my weapons.
I don't go anywhere without my weapons.
I don't go anywhere without my weapons.
I don't go anywhere without my weapons.
I don't go anywhere without my switchblade,
I don't go anywhere without my crew.
I don't go anywhere without no protection,
I don't go anywhere without my weapons.
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awesome song, but i prefer butterfly knives myself