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.
now if you think i'm wasting your time again
i'm wasting your time
when you pick me up in duty free
that's when i thought i'd be the cross in your t
or must see tv
but if you think i'm wasting your time again
no, you're wasting mine
when you're playing for a prime-time dream
the c n b scene
now i'm just another split in your seam the i in your team
ooo please don't get too excited
oooo maybe you're not invited to my action adventure
my action adventure dream
so when you think you're on the fast track
you find it's just a cul-de-sac back
in that adult lifestyle community
where all your little boys, your action toys are duty free
ooo please don't get too excited
oooo maybe you're not invited to my action adventure
my action adventure dream
so i wonder what you got your persona for
cause there's a 2-for-one down at the corner-store
and i wonder could ya pep it up a bit
you know throw a fit
you go ahead and dance
i'll just sit
but if you think i'm wasting your time again
no, you're wasting mine
when you're playing for a prime-time dream
the c n b scene
now i'm just another split in your seam the i in your team
so i'm looking at the back of my hand again
i'm looking at the back of my hand again
to what end if i can't even find a goddamn pen
i'm wasting your time
when you pick me up in duty free
that's when i thought i'd be the cross in your t
or must see tv
but if you think i'm wasting your time again
no, you're wasting mine
when you're playing for a prime-time dream
the c n b scene
now i'm just another split in your seam the i in your team
ooo please don't get too excited
oooo maybe you're not invited to my action adventure
my action adventure dream
so when you think you're on the fast track
you find it's just a cul-de-sac back
in that adult lifestyle community
where all your little boys, your action toys are duty free
ooo please don't get too excited
oooo maybe you're not invited to my action adventure
my action adventure dream
so i wonder what you got your persona for
cause there's a 2-for-one down at the corner-store
and i wonder could ya pep it up a bit
you know throw a fit
you go ahead and dance
i'll just sit
but if you think i'm wasting your time again
no, you're wasting mine
when you're playing for a prime-time dream
the c n b scene
now i'm just another split in your seam the i in your team
so i'm looking at the back of my hand again
i'm looking at the back of my hand again
to what end if i can't even find a goddamn pen
Lyrics submitted by girlboyrevolt
Action/Adventure Lyrics as written by Andrew Bird
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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I can't get this song out of my head. It's beautifully innocent and seems to be straining quietly toward adventure in its own doomed, lonely way. And that's just how it sounds without giving thought to the lyrics (after which it becomes a bit less innocent, but no less beautiful).
To anyone wondering at the line "c n b scene," it's a play on the name of the television network CNBC. It's nearly homonymic to the phrase "see and be seen," and delightfully so.