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.
So scream I heard about your message
And how it reeks of your indifference
It bleeds horizontal straight from your wrists
(So scream louder about)
I'm bound to come around about
(Bound to come around)
Can’t you, can’t you feel it
Rolling off your lips
Tensing up your shoulders, c’mon
It’s love
(It’s love)
Make it hurt
(I deserve it)
Well, It’s love
(It’s love)
Make it hurt
(I deserve it)
Well, it’s love, it’s love, it’s love
Make it hurt
Scream we used to be the sigh and breathe
Subtle but elite method,
I could forfeit on competing
Said "it's all about a war"
So scream loud about
I'm bound to come around about
(bound to come around again)
Can’t you, can’t you feel it
Rolling off your lip
Tensing up your shoulders, c’mon
It’s love
(It’s love)
Make it hurt
(I deserve it)
Well, It’s love (It’s love)
Make it hurt
(I deserve it)
Well, it’s love, it’s love, it’s love
Make it hurt
The keys to the castle
Are right where I left them
A princess walked in
Just to die for attention
'Cause, after all well isn’t that
All that I’ve been after
And after all well isn’t that I’m after
(It's love, love that I'm after)
(No way out)
I give up in me
Well, I give up in you
(No way out)
Well, I give up in you
(No way out)
Well, I give up in you
(No way out)
I give up in you
I wanted you for nothing more
Than hating you for what you were
And that’s what you wanted to hear
That’s what you wanted to hear
I wanted you for nothing more (loved you)
Than hating you for what you were
And that’s what you wanted to hear (leave, leave)
That’s what you wanted to hear
I wanted you for nothing more
Than hating you for what you were
And that’s what you wanted to hear (leave, leave)
That’s what you wanted to hear
I wanted you for nothing more
Than hating you for what you were
And that’s what you wanted to hear
That’s what you wanted to hear
That’s what you wanted to hear
That’s what you wanted
And how it reeks of your indifference
It bleeds horizontal straight from your wrists
(So scream louder about)
I'm bound to come around about
(Bound to come around)
Can’t you, can’t you feel it
Rolling off your lips
Tensing up your shoulders, c’mon
It’s love
(It’s love)
Make it hurt
(I deserve it)
Well, It’s love
(It’s love)
Make it hurt
(I deserve it)
Well, it’s love, it’s love, it’s love
Make it hurt
Scream we used to be the sigh and breathe
Subtle but elite method,
I could forfeit on competing
Said "it's all about a war"
So scream loud about
I'm bound to come around about
(bound to come around again)
Can’t you, can’t you feel it
Rolling off your lip
Tensing up your shoulders, c’mon
It’s love
(It’s love)
Make it hurt
(I deserve it)
Well, It’s love (It’s love)
Make it hurt
(I deserve it)
Well, it’s love, it’s love, it’s love
Make it hurt
The keys to the castle
Are right where I left them
A princess walked in
Just to die for attention
'Cause, after all well isn’t that
All that I’ve been after
And after all well isn’t that I’m after
(It's love, love that I'm after)
(No way out)
I give up in me
Well, I give up in you
(No way out)
Well, I give up in you
(No way out)
Well, I give up in you
(No way out)
I give up in you
I wanted you for nothing more
Than hating you for what you were
And that’s what you wanted to hear
That’s what you wanted to hear
I wanted you for nothing more (loved you)
Than hating you for what you were
And that’s what you wanted to hear (leave, leave)
That’s what you wanted to hear
I wanted you for nothing more
Than hating you for what you were
And that’s what you wanted to hear (leave, leave)
That’s what you wanted to hear
I wanted you for nothing more
Than hating you for what you were
And that’s what you wanted to hear
That’s what you wanted to hear
That’s what you wanted to hear
That’s what you wanted
Lyrics submitted by YourBlackoutMemory
Bonus Mosh Pt. II Lyrics as written by Edward Reyes Adam Burbank Lazzara
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Yeah this is the live version from one of their performances on Fuse's IMX. I love both album versions and this version. =]