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.
He said he killed that boy and now his eyes are wet
So you take another life snuff it out like a cigarette
Well that shit makes me sick That shit makes me sick
I wanna jump right outta the line and revolt
Jump right out of line and revolt
She'd have the baby but'cha know she's just 14
Don'tcha kill your baby girl, that baby belongs to thee
Well that shit makes me sick
I wanna jump right outta the line and revolt
That shit makes me sick
I wanna jump right outta line and revolt
Jump right outta line and revolt
All the time
All the time
All of the time
Just standing in a fuckin' line
He said he killed that boy and now what does he get?
Oh you take another life snuff it out like a cigarete
That shit makes me sick
I wanna jump right outta the line and revolt
That shit makes me sick
I wanna jump right outta the line and revolt
Jump right outta the line and revolt
Jump right outta the line and revolt
Come on and jump right out of the line and revolt
So you take another life snuff it out like a cigarette
Well that shit makes me sick That shit makes me sick
I wanna jump right outta the line and revolt
Jump right out of line and revolt
She'd have the baby but'cha know she's just 14
Don'tcha kill your baby girl, that baby belongs to thee
Well that shit makes me sick
I wanna jump right outta the line and revolt
That shit makes me sick
I wanna jump right outta line and revolt
Jump right outta line and revolt
All the time
All the time
All of the time
Just standing in a fuckin' line
He said he killed that boy and now what does he get?
Oh you take another life snuff it out like a cigarete
That shit makes me sick
I wanna jump right outta the line and revolt
That shit makes me sick
I wanna jump right outta the line and revolt
Jump right outta the line and revolt
Jump right outta the line and revolt
Come on and jump right out of the line and revolt
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