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'm sitting home on a cold day
Underneath the covers like a little baby
I think I want to hear some Cold Play
Especially that song where the man says
"Did I drive you away? I know what your saying"
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oh, whoa, whoa
I know all about your ways
What you do when your gone
(What you do)
And I knew all along
And they say some people change
So I'll just turn and look the other way
I tried to be blind to your game
Deep down I knew you wouldn't stay around
Should of left your side in the first place
But I thought I'd be cool when you would play around
I tried to be blind to your game
Deep down I knew you wouldn't stay around
Should left your side in the first place
But I thought I'd be cool and you would wait around
All I can see is your old face
Giving my love away at some woman's place
Maybe I should I get up and go wash my face
Crying never kept you at home anyway
"Did I drive you away? I know what your saying"
(I know I didn't but you said it)
Ooh, whoa, whoa
I know all about your ways
What you do when your gone
(What you doing when your gone)
And I knew all along
(I know)
And they say some people change
(They say people change)
So I'll just turn and look the other way
(So I'll just turn and look the other way)
I tried to be blind to your game
(I tried to be blind yeah)
Deep down I knew you wouldn't stay around
(Deep down I knew)
Shoulda left your side in the first place
(Inside ooh whoa)
But I thought I'd be cool when you would play around
(I tried)
I tried to be blind to your game
(To be blind)
Deep down I knew you wouldn't stay around
(But I knew it)
Should left your side in the first place
(Ooh hoo oh)
But I thought I'd be cool and you would wait around
I noticed it, the calls you get
Leavin' the room and shit
And I knew you had a bitch
And I hated it, that's what I get
(I hated it)
I noticed it, the calls you get
Leavin' the room and shit
(And I know)
And I knew you had a bitch
And I hated it, that's what I get
(What you doin' to me baby?)
I tried to be blind to your game
Deep down I knew you wouldn't stay around
(Deep down)
Should of left your side in the first place
(Oh I should of left your side)
But I thought I'd be cool when you would play around
I tried to be blind to your game
(Yes I tried)
Deep down I knew you wouldn't stay around
(Oh but I knew)
Should left your side in the first place
But I thought I'd be cool and you would wait around
I tried to be blind to your game
(I tried to be)
Deep down I knew you wouldn't stay around
(I tried to be)
Should of left your side in the first place
But I thought I'd be cool when you would play around
I tried to be blind to your game
(I tried)
Deep down I knew you wouldn't stay around
Should left your side in the first place
But I thought I'd be cool and you would wait around
Thought I'd be cool [Repeat: x3]
Underneath the covers like a little baby
I think I want to hear some Cold Play
Especially that song where the man says
"Did I drive you away? I know what your saying"
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oh, whoa, whoa
I know all about your ways
What you do when your gone
(What you do)
And I knew all along
And they say some people change
So I'll just turn and look the other way
I tried to be blind to your game
Deep down I knew you wouldn't stay around
Should of left your side in the first place
But I thought I'd be cool when you would play around
I tried to be blind to your game
Deep down I knew you wouldn't stay around
Should left your side in the first place
But I thought I'd be cool and you would wait around
All I can see is your old face
Giving my love away at some woman's place
Maybe I should I get up and go wash my face
Crying never kept you at home anyway
"Did I drive you away? I know what your saying"
(I know I didn't but you said it)
Ooh, whoa, whoa
I know all about your ways
What you do when your gone
(What you doing when your gone)
And I knew all along
(I know)
And they say some people change
(They say people change)
So I'll just turn and look the other way
(So I'll just turn and look the other way)
I tried to be blind to your game
(I tried to be blind yeah)
Deep down I knew you wouldn't stay around
(Deep down I knew)
Shoulda left your side in the first place
(Inside ooh whoa)
But I thought I'd be cool when you would play around
(I tried)
I tried to be blind to your game
(To be blind)
Deep down I knew you wouldn't stay around
(But I knew it)
Should left your side in the first place
(Ooh hoo oh)
But I thought I'd be cool and you would wait around
I noticed it, the calls you get
Leavin' the room and shit
And I knew you had a bitch
And I hated it, that's what I get
(I hated it)
I noticed it, the calls you get
Leavin' the room and shit
(And I know)
And I knew you had a bitch
And I hated it, that's what I get
(What you doin' to me baby?)
I tried to be blind to your game
Deep down I knew you wouldn't stay around
(Deep down)
Should of left your side in the first place
(Oh I should of left your side)
But I thought I'd be cool when you would play around
I tried to be blind to your game
(Yes I tried)
Deep down I knew you wouldn't stay around
(Oh but I knew)
Should left your side in the first place
But I thought I'd be cool and you would wait around
I tried to be blind to your game
(I tried to be)
Deep down I knew you wouldn't stay around
(I tried to be)
Should of left your side in the first place
But I thought I'd be cool when you would play around
I tried to be blind to your game
(I tried)
Deep down I knew you wouldn't stay around
Should left your side in the first place
But I thought I'd be cool and you would wait around
Thought I'd be cool [Repeat: x3]
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