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.
I used to wanna feel your summer sweat
Seeping right into my eyes
I used to wanna feel your body quake when I sink my teeth into your thighs
Where did you come from, where have you been?
I don't know that much about you,
But I don't think that I would like to anymore
The curtains rising just like the ante
Here we go now, break a leg
No, I literally mean it this time around
I'm sick of you leading me on
I'm sick of you stringing me along, on
I do hereby swear
A bounty on your heart
I hereby swear...
Every poison kiss that you blew
I deflected with an icy cold stare that I learned from you
What's a boy to do?
Where did you come from, where have you been?
I don't know that much about you,
But I don't think that I would like to anymore
The curtains rising just like the ante
Here we go now, break a leg
No, I literally mean it this time around
I'm sick of you leading me on
I'm sick of you stringing me along, on
I do hereby swear
A bounty on your heart
I hereby swear...
Oh-my-God, not even Hell
Could be hotter than you right now
Not even Hell could be hotter than you right now
Oh, not even Hell could be hotter than you right now
Oh, not even Hell could be hotter than you right now
Oh, not even Hell...
Seeping right into my eyes
I used to wanna feel your body quake when I sink my teeth into your thighs
Where did you come from, where have you been?
I don't know that much about you,
But I don't think that I would like to anymore
The curtains rising just like the ante
Here we go now, break a leg
No, I literally mean it this time around
I'm sick of you leading me on
I'm sick of you stringing me along, on
I do hereby swear
A bounty on your heart
I hereby swear...
Every poison kiss that you blew
I deflected with an icy cold stare that I learned from you
What's a boy to do?
Where did you come from, where have you been?
I don't know that much about you,
But I don't think that I would like to anymore
The curtains rising just like the ante
Here we go now, break a leg
No, I literally mean it this time around
I'm sick of you leading me on
I'm sick of you stringing me along, on
I do hereby swear
A bounty on your heart
I hereby swear...
Oh-my-God, not even Hell
Could be hotter than you right now
Not even Hell could be hotter than you right now
Oh, not even Hell could be hotter than you right now
Oh, not even Hell could be hotter than you right now
Oh, not even Hell...
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208
Break a Leg Lyrics as written by Joseph Dean Beck Daniel Ludeman
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Good song... it gets stuck in my head easily. Now that I think about it... I can kinda see how this was inspired by a Rob Thomas song... I think it's the way he says "I'm sick of you leading me on".
I love when he sings "I do hearby swear a bounty on your heart". I'm thinking that maybe that could be taken as either he wants to own her heart or he wants to destroy/conquer her heart.
Most of this song is bitter and angry, he gets so close to being rid of her but then.... "oh-my-God, not even hell could be hotter than you right now" (she seduces/enraptures him in the end...) Anyways that's my take on this. Now it's probably gonna continue to be stuck in my head....