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.
This house is sad
Because he's not
Tidy
Good dogs go by
When someone comes
To go gone, gone, gone
There's no one, there's no one
There's no one, no one
There's no one, there's no one
There's no one, no one
To say meow, kitties
Meow, kitties
Meow, kitties
Because he's not
Tidy
Good dogs go by
When someone comes
To go gone, gone, gone
There's no one, there's no one
There's no one, no one
There's no one, there's no one
There's no one, no one
To say meow, kitties
Meow, kitties
Meow, kitties
Lyrics submitted by tiredgorilla
Leaf House Lyrics as written by David Michael Portner Noah Benjamin Lennox
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
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This song is amazing, I've been listening to it over and over for about 45 minutes now and i could do this all day! i feel like i'm in this weird dream world right now and I'm not even high... it's like, speaking to my soul right now. except it is so CREEPY at the end meow KITTIES meow oh my god
I get the sense that most Animal Collective songs are less about the lyrics than the overall feelings and images evoked by the music itself.