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.
You know, you know, you know I'm a liar
I can't, I can't get burnt by the fire
But you, had too
I know, its you, when you come around crying
I cannot sleep with a room full of trying
But you, had too
Its not cool
Ohh ohh, the things you do
don't make me cry, she said she doesn't want to go
Don't make me cry, I can't make her so I won't
You come to me in a terrible hour,
I can not sleep, so I'll go have a shower
But you, had too, its not cool
Ohh ohh, the things you do
don't make me cry, she said she doesn't want to go
Don't make me cry, I can't make her so I won't
Don't make me cry, she said she doesn't want to go
Don't make me cry, I can't make her so I won't
you know, you know, you know I'm a liar
You know, you know, you know I'm a liar
You know, you know, you know I'm a liar
You know, you know, you know I'm a liar
You know, you know, you know I'm a liar
You know, you know, you know I'm a liar
I can't, I can't get burnt by the fire
But you, had too
I know, its you, when you come around crying
I cannot sleep with a room full of trying
But you, had too
Its not cool
Ohh ohh, the things you do
don't make me cry, she said she doesn't want to go
Don't make me cry, I can't make her so I won't
You come to me in a terrible hour,
I can not sleep, so I'll go have a shower
But you, had too, its not cool
Ohh ohh, the things you do
don't make me cry, she said she doesn't want to go
Don't make me cry, I can't make her so I won't
Don't make me cry, she said she doesn't want to go
Don't make me cry, I can't make her so I won't
you know, you know, you know I'm a liar
You know, you know, you know I'm a liar
You know, you know, you know I'm a liar
You know, you know, you know I'm a liar
You know, you know, you know I'm a liar
You know, you know, you know I'm a liar
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THIS is a good eskimo joe song. this is what made me love them.