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.
Ooh
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
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Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Well, you must be a girl with shoes like that
She said, "You know me well"
I've seen you and little Steven and Joanne
Around the back of my hotel, oh yeah
Someone said you was askin' after me
But I know you best as a blagger
I said, "Tell me your name, is it sweet?"
She said, "My boy, it's Dagger", oh yeah
Woo
I was good, she was hot
Stealin' everything she got
I was bold, she was over the worst of it
Gave me gear, thank you, dear
Bring your sister over here
Let her dance with me just for the hell of it
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Well, you must be a boy with bones like that
She said, "You got me wrong"
I would've sold 'em to you if I could've
Just to've kept the last of my clothes on, oh yeah
Call me up, take me down with you when you go
I could be your regular belle
And I shall dance for little Steven and Joanne
Around the back of my hotel, oh yeah
Woo
I was good, she was hot
Stealin' everything she got
I was bold, she was over the worst of it
Gave me gear, thank you, dear
Bring your sister over here
Let her dance with me just for the hell of it
Chelsea, Chelsea, I believe
That when you're dancin' slowly, suckin', your sleeve
The boys get lonely after you leave
It's one for the Dagger and another for the one you believe
Chelsea, I believe
That when you're dancin' slowly, suckin', your sleeve
The boys get lonely after you leave
It's one for the Dagger, another for the one you believe
The one you believe
Oh, no, no, no, no
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
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Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
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Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Well, you must be a girl with shoes like that
She said, "You know me well"
I've seen you and little Steven and Joanne
Around the back of my hotel, oh yeah
Someone said you was askin' after me
But I know you best as a blagger
I said, "Tell me your name, is it sweet?"
She said, "My boy, it's Dagger", oh yeah
Woo
I was good, she was hot
Stealin' everything she got
I was bold, she was over the worst of it
Gave me gear, thank you, dear
Bring your sister over here
Let her dance with me just for the hell of it
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Well, you must be a boy with bones like that
She said, "You got me wrong"
I would've sold 'em to you if I could've
Just to've kept the last of my clothes on, oh yeah
Call me up, take me down with you when you go
I could be your regular belle
And I shall dance for little Steven and Joanne
Around the back of my hotel, oh yeah
Woo
I was good, she was hot
Stealin' everything she got
I was bold, she was over the worst of it
Gave me gear, thank you, dear
Bring your sister over here
Let her dance with me just for the hell of it
Chelsea, Chelsea, I believe
That when you're dancin' slowly, suckin', your sleeve
The boys get lonely after you leave
It's one for the Dagger and another for the one you believe
Chelsea, I believe
That when you're dancin' slowly, suckin', your sleeve
The boys get lonely after you leave
It's one for the Dagger, another for the one you believe
The one you believe
Oh, no, no, no, no
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do, do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do
Lyrics submitted by Milburn, edited by pavelkomarov
Chelsea Dagger Lyrics as written by John Lawler
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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@guy14 Right on!!! It is "whoever you believe". Cool. Thank you