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.
Somedays aren't yours at all,
They come and go as if they're someone else's days,
They go and leave you behind someone else's face,
And it's harsher than yours,
And colder than yours.
They come in all quiet,
Sweep up,
And then they leave.
And you don't hear a single floorboard creak.
They're so much stronger than the friends you try to keep by your side.
Downtown, downtown,
I'm not here,
Not anymore.
I've gone away,
Don't call me,
Don't write.
I'm in love with your daughter,
I want to have her baby.
I'm in love with your daughter,
So can I please
Downtown, downtown,
I'm not here,
Not anymore.
They come and go as if they're someone else's days,
They go and leave you behind someone else's face,
And it's harsher than yours,
And colder than yours.
They come in all quiet,
Sweep up,
And then they leave.
And you don't hear a single floorboard creak.
They're so much stronger than the friends you try to keep by your side.
Downtown, downtown,
I'm not here,
Not anymore.
I've gone away,
Don't call me,
Don't write.
I'm in love with your daughter,
I want to have her baby.
I'm in love with your daughter,
So can I please
Downtown, downtown,
I'm not here,
Not anymore.
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Somedays Lyrics as written by Regina Spektor
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I never got that term.. Surely you as a straight guy are a 'carpet muncher' yourself?