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.
Baby!
You don't wanna make me cry
Or I will fill you with the emptiness inside.
Okay! Alright!
Baby!
You don't wanna say goodbye
Or I will soak you in this rich formaldehyde.
Cause you're beautiful tonight
And the stars are burning bright.
And I give this curse to you
Like there is nothing else to do.
So let the purple sky explode.
Let it shower us with toads.
Let the scarlet river flood,
So it can drown us all in blood.
I just hope you don't,
Hope you don't.
It's funny,
How crazy you make me feel sometimes.
I'm so broken
I can barely even rhyme.
Okay! Alright!
Honey!
It's crazy that you take up all my time
Got me sippin' at a gross amount of wine.
But you're beautiful tonight
And the stars are burning bright.
And I give this curse to you
Like there's nothing else to do.
So let the purple sky explode.
Let it shower us with toads.
Let the scarlet river flood,
Let it drown us all in blood.
Tonight, I guess, I'm human.
So thank you for fighting
And havin' sex with me.
Tonight, I guess, I'm human.
So thank you for fighting
And havin' sex with me.
Oh!
You don't wanna make me cry
Or I will fill you with the emptiness inside.
Okay! Alright!
Baby!
You don't wanna say goodbye
Or I will soak you in this rich formaldehyde.
Cause you're beautiful tonight
And the stars are burning bright.
And I give this curse to you
Like there is nothing else to do.
So let the purple sky explode.
Let it shower us with toads.
Let the scarlet river flood,
So it can drown us all in blood.
I just hope you don't,
Hope you don't.
It's funny,
How crazy you make me feel sometimes.
I'm so broken
I can barely even rhyme.
Okay! Alright!
Honey!
It's crazy that you take up all my time
Got me sippin' at a gross amount of wine.
But you're beautiful tonight
And the stars are burning bright.
And I give this curse to you
Like there's nothing else to do.
So let the purple sky explode.
Let it shower us with toads.
Let the scarlet river flood,
Let it drown us all in blood.
Tonight, I guess, I'm human.
So thank you for fighting
And havin' sex with me.
Tonight, I guess, I'm human.
So thank you for fighting
And havin' sex with me.
Oh!
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