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.
My fingers brush your lips on
On a cold day in June
I won't forget anything
I disregard every action
Between me and you
On days that shine
And days that gloom
[Hidden Track]
There's a bat on my neck
And it's a big one
Oh and it's got your number
(got your number)
It's got mine too
(got mine to)
And it'd be quite content
(be quite content)
to feast on you
(feast on you)
He's crawling
He's crawling on my neck
He's crawling
He's crawling on my neck boy
Well Then he spoke to me
(spoke to me)
"Horror, Horror"
oh boy
Oh boy you be so scared boy
Oh you be so scared
what i thought it was at first oh it wasn't what I thought at first
what i woah what i what what i thought it was at first wasn't what i thought it was at first
Oh you be freaking out boy
There's a goddamn bat on my fucking neck
I be freaking out boy
There's a bat( theres a bat)
on my neck (it's on my neck)
There's a bat
But it's not a fucking bat
I'm a fucking son of a bitch
(fucking son of a bitch)
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...
On a cold day in June
I won't forget anything
I disregard every action
Between me and you
On days that shine
And days that gloom
[Hidden Track]
There's a bat on my neck
And it's a big one
Oh and it's got your number
(got your number)
It's got mine too
(got mine to)
And it'd be quite content
(be quite content)
to feast on you
(feast on you)
He's crawling
He's crawling on my neck
He's crawling
He's crawling on my neck boy
Well Then he spoke to me
(spoke to me)
"Horror, Horror"
oh boy
Oh boy you be so scared boy
Oh you be so scared
what i thought it was at first oh it wasn't what I thought at first
what i woah what i what what i thought it was at first wasn't what i thought it was at first
Oh you be freaking out boy
There's a goddamn bat on my fucking neck
I be freaking out boy
There's a bat( theres a bat)
on my neck (it's on my neck)
There's a bat
But it's not a fucking bat
I'm a fucking son of a bitch
(fucking son of a bitch)
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...
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Party girls or "Parting Girls."
The lyrics describe a dismissal of companionship at the end of summer with the anticipation of it's effect parallel to the seasons
@Juanvirus Am I the only one wanting to get any depth to the initial song? "RE: Yes Mr.Virus, so I had to make that shit up."