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.
Sgt. Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, ingenious Sgt. Pilcher. He's found a way to make them pay for the deviant things they do and say. Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, quick-witted Sgt. Pilcher. He's a dutiful man with his task at hand, and he's bound to insure with his master plan the purity of the mother land. Sgt. Pilcher.
In October of 1968 in heart of Montague Square, there was a rumor of some deviation so Pilcher's Squad was there. Though it was determined before the intrudence the flat was fully clear. When Pilcher arrived and made his inspection the hashish magically appeared.
Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, ingenious Sgt. Pilcher. He's found a way to make them pay for the deviant things they do and say. Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, quick-witted Sgt. Pilcher. He's a dutiful man with his task at hand and he's bound to insure with his master plan the purity of the motherland. Sgt. Pilcher.
In March of 1969 on return from the store, Patty Harrison found Pilcher's squad waiting at her door. Planting tidbits on the pop-stars seemed quite the thing to do 'till it landed Pilcher in the Pokie in 1972.
Sgt. Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, that cunning St. Pilcher. He's found a way to make them pay for the deviant things they do and say. Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, sharp as a tack that Pilcher. He's a dutiful man with a task at hand and he's bound to insure with his master plan the purity of the motherland. Sgt. Pilcher.
In October of 1968 in heart of Montague Square, there was a rumor of some deviation so Pilcher's Squad was there. Though it was determined before the intrudence the flat was fully clear. When Pilcher arrived and made his inspection the hashish magically appeared.
Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, ingenious Sgt. Pilcher. He's found a way to make them pay for the deviant things they do and say. Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, quick-witted Sgt. Pilcher. He's a dutiful man with his task at hand and he's bound to insure with his master plan the purity of the motherland. Sgt. Pilcher.
In March of 1969 on return from the store, Patty Harrison found Pilcher's squad waiting at her door. Planting tidbits on the pop-stars seemed quite the thing to do 'till it landed Pilcher in the Pokie in 1972.
Sgt. Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, that cunning St. Pilcher. He's found a way to make them pay for the deviant things they do and say. Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, sharp as a tack that Pilcher. He's a dutiful man with a task at hand and he's bound to insure with his master plan the purity of the motherland. Sgt. Pilcher.
Lyrics submitted by Petary791
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lol primus is the shit