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.
Yeah, I heard about some guy that you beat pretty bad and got in the papers
Sure, you own a cool bar and I hear you get far with every waitress
Yeah, I saw you on the poster your song is the bomb and you're outrageous
Sure, I see you're livin' large with your crib and your cars
And that's just great but
Let me tell you how it be
You won't get with this you see
'Cause you can't handle me
Yeah, you make your big move and I see you're not used to being rejected
Sure, you makin' that call to your guy and I'm sure you're well connected
Yeah, judging from that line you just passed you are well known and respected
Sure, would me and my girls come participate in something you directed
Let me tell you how it be
You won't get with this you see
'Cause you can't handle me
It's a simple fact
That you can't seem to handle me
No matter how you act with them
You can't handle me
You gotta make me feel you got my back
But you're a selfish narcissistic psycho freaking boot-licking Nazi creep
And you can't handle me
Yeah, I think you're kinda cute when you try and act like you ain't lookin'
Sure, I think you're kinda fly and your ride sure is off the hookin'
Yeah, bet you could take my mind off things for some time and take me shoppin'
Sure, you writin' those rhymes and the acts you produce are really kickin'
But
Let me tell you how it be
You won't get with this you see
'Cause you can't handle me
It's a simple fact
That you can't seem to handle me
No matter how you act with them
You can't handle me
It's a simple fact
That you can't seem to handle me
No matter how you act with them
You can't handle me
You gotta make me feel you got my back
But you're a selfish narcissistic psycho freaking boot-licking Nazi creep
And you can't handle me
Yeah, I heard about some guy that you beat pretty bad and got in the papers
Sure, you own a cool bar and I hear you get far with every waitress
Yeah, I saw you on the poster your song is the bomb and you're outrageous
Sure, I see you're livin' large with your crib and your cars
And that's just great but
Let me tell you how it be
You won't get with this you see
'Cause you can't handle me
It's a simple fact
That you can't seem to handle me
No matter how you act with them
You can't handle me
It's a simple fact
That you can't seem to handle me
No matter how you act with them
You can't handle me
You gotta make me feel you got my back
But you're a selfish narcissistic psycho freaking boot-licking Nazi creep
And you can't handle me
Sure, you own a cool bar and I hear you get far with every waitress
Yeah, I saw you on the poster your song is the bomb and you're outrageous
Sure, I see you're livin' large with your crib and your cars
And that's just great but
Let me tell you how it be
You won't get with this you see
'Cause you can't handle me
Yeah, you make your big move and I see you're not used to being rejected
Sure, you makin' that call to your guy and I'm sure you're well connected
Yeah, judging from that line you just passed you are well known and respected
Sure, would me and my girls come participate in something you directed
Let me tell you how it be
You won't get with this you see
'Cause you can't handle me
It's a simple fact
That you can't seem to handle me
No matter how you act with them
You can't handle me
You gotta make me feel you got my back
But you're a selfish narcissistic psycho freaking boot-licking Nazi creep
And you can't handle me
Yeah, I think you're kinda cute when you try and act like you ain't lookin'
Sure, I think you're kinda fly and your ride sure is off the hookin'
Yeah, bet you could take my mind off things for some time and take me shoppin'
Sure, you writin' those rhymes and the acts you produce are really kickin'
But
Let me tell you how it be
You won't get with this you see
'Cause you can't handle me
It's a simple fact
That you can't seem to handle me
No matter how you act with them
You can't handle me
It's a simple fact
That you can't seem to handle me
No matter how you act with them
You can't handle me
You gotta make me feel you got my back
But you're a selfish narcissistic psycho freaking boot-licking Nazi creep
And you can't handle me
Yeah, I heard about some guy that you beat pretty bad and got in the papers
Sure, you own a cool bar and I hear you get far with every waitress
Yeah, I saw you on the poster your song is the bomb and you're outrageous
Sure, I see you're livin' large with your crib and your cars
And that's just great but
Let me tell you how it be
You won't get with this you see
'Cause you can't handle me
It's a simple fact
That you can't seem to handle me
No matter how you act with them
You can't handle me
It's a simple fact
That you can't seem to handle me
No matter how you act with them
You can't handle me
You gotta make me feel you got my back
But you're a selfish narcissistic psycho freaking boot-licking Nazi creep
And you can't handle me
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@Tulips Umm, why? For starters, it's not like it's particularly offensive, but second, the Neo Nazi movement is pretty big in Europe, so she could quite well have been referring to an actual Nazi.