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.
Never said it's easy
I never said it's better on your own
I never said that you could make it last
And there'll be time to be strong
But maybe this isn't one of them
But you can bet that all of this will pass
I never tried to please you
Telling you that anyone belongs anywhere
Cause we never have
But I never said we need to
I never thought that really anyone ever gets
To look back and laugh
But here's to jokes we never got and we never will
We're out of tune
We're telling jokes we never got and never will
So here's to jokes we never got and never will
We're out of tune
I never said it's better on your own
I never said that you could make it last
And there'll be time to be strong
But maybe this isn't one of them
But you can bet that all of this will pass
I never tried to please you
Telling you that anyone belongs anywhere
Cause we never have
But I never said we need to
I never thought that really anyone ever gets
To look back and laugh
But here's to jokes we never got and we never will
We're out of tune
We're telling jokes we never got and never will
So here's to jokes we never got and never will
We're out of tune
Lyrics submitted by punkpirate
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I think this song's about not fitting in. or, just not fitting in with "everyone", and that the most important thing is that if you've got one (or two, or three) close friends, then you should keep them close and that everything else doesn't matter.
" So here's to jokes we never got and never will We're out of tune "
the "jokes we never got and we never will" could refer to not matching up with a majority idea, or trend, or something. "we're out of tune" is just the same thing, reiterated.