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 it seems to me
That you know just what to say
But words are only words
Can you show me something else?
Can you swear to me
That you'll always be this way?
Show me how you feel
More then ever, baby
I don't want to be lonely no more
I don't want to have to pay for this
I don't want another lover at my door
It's just another heartache on my list
I don't want to be angry no more
You know I could never stand for this (woah)
So when you tell me that you love me, know for sure
I don't want to be lonely anymore
Ooh, whoa
Ooh, whoa
Oh, oh
Oh, oh-ooh-oh-whoa
Ooh, whoa
Ooh, whoa
Oh, oh
Oh, oh-ooh-oh-whoa
Now it's hard for me
When my heart's still on the mend
Open up to me
Like you do your girlfriends
And you sing to me
And it's harmony
Girl, what you do to me is everything
Make me say anything, just to get you back again
Why can't we just try?
I don't want to be lonely no more
I don't want to have to pay for this (woah)
I don't want another lover at my door (woah)
It's just another heartache on my list
I don't want to be angry no more (woah)
You know I could never stand for this (woah)
So when you tell me that you love me, know for sure
I don't want to be lonely anymore
Ooh, whoa
Ooh, whoa
Oh, oh
Oh, oh-ooh-oh-whoa
Ooh, whoa
Ooh, whoa
Oh, oh
What if I was good to you?
What if you were good to me?
What if I could hold you 'till I feel you move inside of me?
And what if it was paradise?
And what if we were symphonies?
What if I gave all my life to find some way to stand beside you?
I don't want to be lonely no more
I don't want to have to pay for this (woah)
I don't want another lover at my door (woah)
It's just another heartache on my list
I don't want to be angry no more (woah)
You know I could never stand for this (woah)
So when you tell me that you love me, know for sure
I don't want to be lonely anymore
Ooh, whoa
Ooh, whoa
Oh, oh
Oh, oh-ooh-oh-whoa
Ooh, whoa
Ooh, whoa
I don't want to be lonely anymore (oh, oh) (oh, oh-ooh-oh-whoa)
I don't want to be lonely no more (ooh, whoa) (ooh, whoa)
I don't want to be lonely no more (oh, oh) (oh, oh-ooh-oh-whoa)
No, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't
I don't want to be lonely anymore
That you know just what to say
But words are only words
Can you show me something else?
Can you swear to me
That you'll always be this way?
Show me how you feel
More then ever, baby
I don't want to be lonely no more
I don't want to have to pay for this
I don't want another lover at my door
It's just another heartache on my list
I don't want to be angry no more
You know I could never stand for this (woah)
So when you tell me that you love me, know for sure
I don't want to be lonely anymore
Ooh, whoa
Ooh, whoa
Oh, oh
Oh, oh-ooh-oh-whoa
Ooh, whoa
Ooh, whoa
Oh, oh
Oh, oh-ooh-oh-whoa
Now it's hard for me
When my heart's still on the mend
Open up to me
Like you do your girlfriends
And you sing to me
And it's harmony
Girl, what you do to me is everything
Make me say anything, just to get you back again
Why can't we just try?
I don't want to be lonely no more
I don't want to have to pay for this (woah)
I don't want another lover at my door (woah)
It's just another heartache on my list
I don't want to be angry no more (woah)
You know I could never stand for this (woah)
So when you tell me that you love me, know for sure
I don't want to be lonely anymore
Ooh, whoa
Ooh, whoa
Oh, oh
Oh, oh-ooh-oh-whoa
Ooh, whoa
Ooh, whoa
Oh, oh
What if I was good to you?
What if you were good to me?
What if I could hold you 'till I feel you move inside of me?
And what if it was paradise?
And what if we were symphonies?
What if I gave all my life to find some way to stand beside you?
I don't want to be lonely no more
I don't want to have to pay for this (woah)
I don't want another lover at my door (woah)
It's just another heartache on my list
I don't want to be angry no more (woah)
You know I could never stand for this (woah)
So when you tell me that you love me, know for sure
I don't want to be lonely anymore
Ooh, whoa
Ooh, whoa
Oh, oh
Oh, oh-ooh-oh-whoa
Ooh, whoa
Ooh, whoa
I don't want to be lonely anymore (oh, oh) (oh, oh-ooh-oh-whoa)
I don't want to be lonely no more (ooh, whoa) (ooh, whoa)
I don't want to be lonely no more (oh, oh) (oh, oh-ooh-oh-whoa)
No, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't
I don't want to be lonely anymore
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