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.
Summer time it's supposed to bring out
The best in eveybody
But here I lie, waiting for my phone to ring
Man, I could be anybody.
And I wonder, don't you wonder
What is my intention
And if I could ever really truly make you happy?
If it's not enough to keep me hanging around
I'm such a flake boy
When the morning comes
I could be running away
Just like your dream boys.
Send this dream back to yesterday
I don't have the face for tomorrow
Lonely yawning, sleepy this way
Lead me through the trees to your hollow
And I wonder, cos I wonder if I'm gonna lose all
This loving that I feel
'Cos if it could ever really truly make me happy.
If it's not enough to keep me hanging around
I'm such a flake boy
When the morning comes
I could be running away
Just like your dream boys.
I don't want to be your dream boy
Don't make your dream boy
I'm not your dream.
The best in eveybody
But here I lie, waiting for my phone to ring
Man, I could be anybody.
And I wonder, don't you wonder
What is my intention
And if I could ever really truly make you happy?
If it's not enough to keep me hanging around
I'm such a flake boy
When the morning comes
I could be running away
Just like your dream boys.
Send this dream back to yesterday
I don't have the face for tomorrow
Lonely yawning, sleepy this way
Lead me through the trees to your hollow
And I wonder, cos I wonder if I'm gonna lose all
This loving that I feel
'Cos if it could ever really truly make me happy.
If it's not enough to keep me hanging around
I'm such a flake boy
When the morning comes
I could be running away
Just like your dream boys.
I don't want to be your dream boy
Don't make your dream boy
I'm not your dream.
Lyrics submitted by Canada
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I love this song so much, but it depresses the hell out of me.
I believe there's an error with the lyrics; instead of being "Lonely yawning, sleepy this way", it's "only your lips feed me this way".