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.
Well, just because she feeds me well
And she made me talk dirty in a pink hotel
It doesn't mean she's got eyes for me
She might just want my bones, you see
And hey flathead, don't you get mean
She's the second best killer that I ever have seen
They don't come much more sick than you
I could go on if you want me to
It's just so wrong, so very nice
And I told you once and you killed me twice
I saw you one time at the back of the club
Chewing on glass and a ticket stub
Said I heard you kicked the boy 'til he bled
Then you stood and said, "Oh my God", 'til she said
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Well, everybody knows you're the one to call
When the girls get uglier on the back of the wall
Josephine says you gotta bleeding nose
Taking it with her wherever she goes
And hey flathead, don't check me in
Well, hers is a tonic and mine is a gin
They don't come much more slick than you
I'd drive your car if you ask me to
Said the boy's not right in the head
And you stood and got a kicking instead, 'til she said
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Da, da-da-da-do
And she said the boy's not right in the head
And you stood and said, "Oh my God", 'til she said
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
And she made me talk dirty in a pink hotel
It doesn't mean she's got eyes for me
She might just want my bones, you see
And hey flathead, don't you get mean
She's the second best killer that I ever have seen
They don't come much more sick than you
I could go on if you want me to
It's just so wrong, so very nice
And I told you once and you killed me twice
I saw you one time at the back of the club
Chewing on glass and a ticket stub
Said I heard you kicked the boy 'til he bled
Then you stood and said, "Oh my God", 'til she said
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Well, everybody knows you're the one to call
When the girls get uglier on the back of the wall
Josephine says you gotta bleeding nose
Taking it with her wherever she goes
And hey flathead, don't check me in
Well, hers is a tonic and mine is a gin
They don't come much more slick than you
I'd drive your car if you ask me to
Said the boy's not right in the head
And you stood and got a kicking instead, 'til she said
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Da, da-da-da-do
And she said the boy's not right in the head
And you stood and said, "Oh my God", 'til she said
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
Ba-da-ba, ba-da, da, da, da
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i love this song!