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.
And the label said take two for the pain
So now I medicate my brain
And the conflict rubs against my grain
But I can not flush this down the drain
We are so hopeless
We are so hopelessly in love
She breaks my will
She's my bitter pill
Addicted to her
Can't fight off the chill
She blurs my world
She's my bitter pill
We creep the night
Just to taste the thrill
Hopelessly in love
She's the kind of love drives a man insane
She sticks her poison right in my vein
Spinning around
Over and upside down in love
She breaks my will
She's my bitter pill
Addicted to her
Can't fight off this chill
She blurs my world
She's my bitter pill
We creep the night
Just to taste the thrill
Hopelessly in love
She blurs my world
She's my bitter pill
She breaks my will
She's my bitter pill
We creep the night
Just to taste the thrill
Addicted to her
She's my bitter pill
So now I medicate my brain
And the conflict rubs against my grain
But I can not flush this down the drain
We are so hopeless
We are so hopelessly in love
She breaks my will
She's my bitter pill
Addicted to her
Can't fight off the chill
She blurs my world
She's my bitter pill
We creep the night
Just to taste the thrill
Hopelessly in love
She's the kind of love drives a man insane
She sticks her poison right in my vein
Spinning around
Over and upside down in love
She breaks my will
She's my bitter pill
Addicted to her
Can't fight off this chill
She blurs my world
She's my bitter pill
We creep the night
Just to taste the thrill
Hopelessly in love
She blurs my world
She's my bitter pill
She breaks my will
She's my bitter pill
We creep the night
Just to taste the thrill
Addicted to her
She's my bitter pill
Lyrics submitted by Hardcore_Icon
Bitter Pill Lyrics as written by Vince Neil Nikki Sixx
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Vicodin, it's the bitter pill if you've ever let one sit on your tongue. She is addicting and will medicate your brain if you abused her intended use as a short-term pain killer, especially chased with alcohol.
No the term 'bitter pill' is not meant in the literal sense. It is a well known metaphor, usually said in the sentence such as 'it's a bitter pill to swallow'. Especially since their drugs of choice were coke and heroin and not vicodin. I think it's about addiction, specifically how no matter how hard you try it breaks your will and you do whatever it takes to score.