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.
Everybody time to light up time to gather in a circle time to divvy up you got one
Life to live- Start livin' it up- pull a branch from your sack lets roll one up- well I
Understand if your runnin' low- but if your holdin' out see you gotta go- I got no time for that
In the row row- no, no, no
One who does what he wishes is wise – n – free see the free man is wise and the wise man is
Free so if you ask me to hand you the key to unlock the door to lifes mystery I grant you three
Wishes so make em' all count with sworn secrecy there's no dollar amount wish one would be tons
Of unlimited pounds of lof legalized chronic and infinite sounds wish two would be miles and
Miles to roam with no boarders or rules planet earth would be home wish three well that's kind
Of easy to me there'd be peace, love and equality
Everybody time to light up time to gather in a circle time to divvy up you got one life to
Live- Start livin' it up- pull a branch from your sack lets roll one up- well I understand if
Your runnin' low- but if your holdin' out see you gotta go- I got no time for that in the row row-
No, no, no
Mary Jane is who I dreaming of
The one I adore
And the one I love
The beautiful lady
She so so sweet
My for everlasting love
That I always wanted to meet
Know all my friends say
That she got a good vibe
An ever time they see her
She get's em high
She so so sly
And she my flyest baby
The one and only Mary
That drives me crazy
No we feel so good
You can't deny
Are sprits together?
Will never die
You and me will always roll
I never wanna see
The day that you go
So stoned wow oh!
My love she knows
Together we stand
And they're no turning back
I want you in my life
Will you please be mine?
Everybody time to light up time to gather in a circle time to divvy up you got one life to
Live- Start livin' it up- pull a branch from your sack lets roll one up- well I understand if
Your runnin' low- but if your holdin' out see you gotta go- I got no time for that in the row row-
No, no, no
Now when the Night is done and most the people gone home
And you're surrounded by your friends, with them you're never alone
Gather in a circle, fire up a fat cone,
And if you hit it right, you'll be getting stoned all night long
Favorite song on the radio playin'
And you're family's all around you, if you know what I'm sayin'
The feelin's tight with lots of smoke in the air
You're just bein' yourself, cause good times is true wealth
Now I've been through it all from the thick to the thin
I Fought in many battles, some I did not win
You take the good with the bad, you gotta play what you're delt
And mary's love helps to ease all the pain I felt
So this I dedicate to her, May she one day be free
Free to grow upon this earth, and free to reproduce seeds
Free so all my fellow brethren can breath easily
And free so we can live in peace with unity
Everybody time to light up time to gather in a circle time to divvy up you got one life to
Live- Start livin' it up- pull a branch from your sack lets roll one up- well I understand if
Your runnin' low- but if your holdin' out see you gotta go- I got no time for that in the row row-
No, no, no
Life to live- Start livin' it up- pull a branch from your sack lets roll one up- well I
Understand if your runnin' low- but if your holdin' out see you gotta go- I got no time for that
In the row row- no, no, no
One who does what he wishes is wise – n – free see the free man is wise and the wise man is
Free so if you ask me to hand you the key to unlock the door to lifes mystery I grant you three
Wishes so make em' all count with sworn secrecy there's no dollar amount wish one would be tons
Of unlimited pounds of lof legalized chronic and infinite sounds wish two would be miles and
Miles to roam with no boarders or rules planet earth would be home wish three well that's kind
Of easy to me there'd be peace, love and equality
Everybody time to light up time to gather in a circle time to divvy up you got one life to
Live- Start livin' it up- pull a branch from your sack lets roll one up- well I understand if
Your runnin' low- but if your holdin' out see you gotta go- I got no time for that in the row row-
No, no, no
Mary Jane is who I dreaming of
The one I adore
And the one I love
The beautiful lady
She so so sweet
My for everlasting love
That I always wanted to meet
Know all my friends say
That she got a good vibe
An ever time they see her
She get's em high
She so so sly
And she my flyest baby
The one and only Mary
That drives me crazy
No we feel so good
You can't deny
Are sprits together?
Will never die
You and me will always roll
I never wanna see
The day that you go
So stoned wow oh!
My love she knows
Together we stand
And they're no turning back
I want you in my life
Will you please be mine?
Everybody time to light up time to gather in a circle time to divvy up you got one life to
Live- Start livin' it up- pull a branch from your sack lets roll one up- well I understand if
Your runnin' low- but if your holdin' out see you gotta go- I got no time for that in the row row-
No, no, no
Now when the Night is done and most the people gone home
And you're surrounded by your friends, with them you're never alone
Gather in a circle, fire up a fat cone,
And if you hit it right, you'll be getting stoned all night long
Favorite song on the radio playin'
And you're family's all around you, if you know what I'm sayin'
The feelin's tight with lots of smoke in the air
You're just bein' yourself, cause good times is true wealth
Now I've been through it all from the thick to the thin
I Fought in many battles, some I did not win
You take the good with the bad, you gotta play what you're delt
And mary's love helps to ease all the pain I felt
So this I dedicate to her, May she one day be free
Free to grow upon this earth, and free to reproduce seeds
Free so all my fellow brethren can breath easily
And free so we can live in peace with unity
Everybody time to light up time to gather in a circle time to divvy up you got one life to
Live- Start livin' it up- pull a branch from your sack lets roll one up- well I understand if
Your runnin' low- but if your holdin' out see you gotta go- I got no time for that in the row row-
No, no, no
Lyrics submitted by kmk_natasha
Light It Up Lyrics as written by Cory Miller Carlos Stephens
Lyrics © FOX MUSIC, INC.
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