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 guess that I should probably leave right now
'Cause I'm already kind of sweating and freaking out
I got a time-bomb headache that's ticking down
I guess that everything's better when I'm not around
It's all out of context
It's nothing I'm into
Call it a complex
It's really quite simple
I'm tired of these hangups
I wish somebody would call me back
How about it?
Well, my tongue is tired
And I'm seeing stars
I got a million ugly words for what you are
I got a busted back
And a broken heart
I guess that everything is better wherever you are
It's all out of context
It's nothing I'm into
Call it a complex
It's really quite simple
I'm tired of these hangups
I wish somebody would call me back
How about it?
It's all out of context
It's nothing I'm into
Call it a complex
It's really quite simple
I'm tired of these hangups
I wish somebody would call me back
And I'm so sorry to bring you down
I guess that everything's better when I'm not around
And I'm so sorry to bring you down
I guess that everything's better when I'm not around
And I'm so sorry to bring you down
I guess that everything's better when I'm not around
'Cause I'm already kind of sweating and freaking out
I got a time-bomb headache that's ticking down
I guess that everything's better when I'm not around
It's all out of context
It's nothing I'm into
Call it a complex
It's really quite simple
I'm tired of these hangups
I wish somebody would call me back
How about it?
Well, my tongue is tired
And I'm seeing stars
I got a million ugly words for what you are
I got a busted back
And a broken heart
I guess that everything is better wherever you are
It's all out of context
It's nothing I'm into
Call it a complex
It's really quite simple
I'm tired of these hangups
I wish somebody would call me back
How about it?
It's all out of context
It's nothing I'm into
Call it a complex
It's really quite simple
I'm tired of these hangups
I wish somebody would call me back
And I'm so sorry to bring you down
I guess that everything's better when I'm not around
And I'm so sorry to bring you down
I guess that everything's better when I'm not around
And I'm so sorry to bring you down
I guess that everything's better when I'm not around
Lyrics submitted by benisascientist
Callbacks Lyrics as written by Keith Murray Christopher Cain
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