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.
Everybody is going out and having fun
I'm just a fool for staying home and having none
I can't get over how she set set me free oh lonesome me
A bad mistake I'm making by just hanging round
I know that I should have some fun and paint the town
A lovesick fool that's blind and just can't see oh lonesome me
Well I'll bet she's not like me she's out and fancy free
A flirtin' with the boys with all of her charms
Yeah but I still love her so and brother don't you know
I'd welcome her right back here in my arms
Well there must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about the past and find me somebody new
I've thought of everything from A to Z oh lonesome me
Well I'll bet she's not like me...
Oh lonesome me oh lonesome me oh lonesome me
I'm just a fool for staying home and having none
I can't get over how she set set me free oh lonesome me
A bad mistake I'm making by just hanging round
I know that I should have some fun and paint the town
A lovesick fool that's blind and just can't see oh lonesome me
Well I'll bet she's not like me she's out and fancy free
A flirtin' with the boys with all of her charms
Yeah but I still love her so and brother don't you know
I'd welcome her right back here in my arms
Well there must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about the past and find me somebody new
I've thought of everything from A to Z oh lonesome me
Well I'll bet she's not like me...
Oh lonesome me oh lonesome me oh lonesome me
Lyrics submitted by ButNeverOutgunned
Oh Lonesome Me Lyrics as written by Don Gibson
Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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These lyrics are wrong. It's: Everybody is going out and having fun I'm just a fool for staying home and having none I can't get over how she set set me free,oh lonesome me A bad mistake I'm making by just hanging round, I know that I should have some fun and paint the town. I've thought of everything from A to Z,oh lonesome me. I'll bet she's not like me,she's out and fancy free flirtin' with the boys with all her charms. But I still love her so, and brother don't you know, I'd welcome her right back here in my arms. Well there must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues, Forget about the past and find me somebody new. I've thought of everything from A to Z, oh lonesome me. [ guitar ] Well I'll bet she's not like me. She's out and fancy free, flirting with the boys with all her charms. But t I still love her so and brother don't you know I'd welcome her right back here in my arms. Still there must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues, Forget about the past and find somebody new. I've thought of everything from A to Z. Oh lonesome me, oh lonesome me...