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 took everything you said
Harder than we should
Are we wanting more
Than to try to sell you out
Are you one
he's trying to say we can't
Yes I can
And you can't have all that you want
Yes I can
And when your wrong I'm still not right
sign it off
And throw it back against the wall
You asked me how
And what if I resent you now
And what if I can't trust
In anything you say
you're trying to say we can't
Yes I can
You can't have all that you want
Yes I can
And when your wrong I'm still not right
let's start again
Replace it
Let's start again
Erase it
So move along and face it
you trying to say we can't
Yes I can
You can't have all that you want
Yes I can
And when your wrong I'm still not right
Harder than we should
Are we wanting more
Than to try to sell you out
Are you one
he's trying to say we can't
Yes I can
And you can't have all that you want
Yes I can
And when your wrong I'm still not right
sign it off
And throw it back against the wall
You asked me how
And what if I resent you now
And what if I can't trust
In anything you say
you're trying to say we can't
Yes I can
You can't have all that you want
Yes I can
And when your wrong I'm still not right
let's start again
Replace it
Let's start again
Erase it
So move along and face it
you trying to say we can't
Yes I can
You can't have all that you want
Yes I can
And when your wrong I'm still not right
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the moneen boys loooove lost. so i'm sure they got a bit of inspiration from it, but it's not about the show per se.