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.
God help me
I don't see how I can live this way
And I don't know why he's touching me
Won't you shine in my direction and help me?
Won't you lend me your protection and help me?
God help me
Believe me, this wasn't what I wanted
But no, I can't leave, he's got me
Won't you shine in my direction and help me?
Won't you lend me your protection and help me?
Am I guilty or am I just waiting around
For the tide to come in so the truth can come out
And if I had a dollar for every time
I repented the sin and commit the same crime
I'd be sitting on top of the world today
I'd be sitting on top of the world today
God, God help me
Just maybe I'll learn to help myself
Speak to me, don't leave me, he's burning me
Won't you shine in my direction and help me?
Won't you lend me your protection and help me?
Places, everyone, this is a test
Throw you stones, do your damage, your worst
And your best, all the world is a judge
But that doesn't compare to what I do to myself
When you're not there
And if I had a dollar for every time
I repented the sin and commit the same crime
I'd be sitting on top of the world today
I'd be sitting on top of the world today
Don't make me choose, I've got too much to lose
Don't make me choose, I've got too much to lose
Don't make me choose, I've got too much to lose
Don't make me choose, I've got to much to fucking lose
For I am with you, and also with you
For I am with you, and also with you
God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me
God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me...
God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me
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God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me
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God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me
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God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me
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God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me
God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me...
God, God help me, God help me,
God help me, God help me
God help me, God help me
I don't see how I can live this way
And I don't know why he's touching me
Won't you shine in my direction and help me?
Won't you lend me your protection and help me?
God help me
Believe me, this wasn't what I wanted
But no, I can't leave, he's got me
Won't you shine in my direction and help me?
Won't you lend me your protection and help me?
Am I guilty or am I just waiting around
For the tide to come in so the truth can come out
And if I had a dollar for every time
I repented the sin and commit the same crime
I'd be sitting on top of the world today
I'd be sitting on top of the world today
God, God help me
Just maybe I'll learn to help myself
Speak to me, don't leave me, he's burning me
Won't you shine in my direction and help me?
Won't you lend me your protection and help me?
Places, everyone, this is a test
Throw you stones, do your damage, your worst
And your best, all the world is a judge
But that doesn't compare to what I do to myself
When you're not there
And if I had a dollar for every time
I repented the sin and commit the same crime
I'd be sitting on top of the world today
I'd be sitting on top of the world today
Don't make me choose, I've got too much to lose
Don't make me choose, I've got too much to lose
Don't make me choose, I've got too much to lose
Don't make me choose, I've got to much to fucking lose
For I am with you, and also with you
For I am with you, and also with you
God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me
God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me...
God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me
God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me...
God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me
God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me...
God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me
God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me...
God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me
God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me...
God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me
God help me, God help me, God help me, God help me...
God, God help me, God help me,
God help me, God help me
God help me, God help me
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God Help Me Lyrics as written by Emilie Autumn
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This song is about her being torn between two men. "Don't make me choose,I've got to much to lose" "For I am with you,and also with you"
Furthermore, "Am I guilty or am I just waiting around For the tide to come in so the truth can come out" She's feeling so guilty holding it all in, she sort of half hopes that everything will be revieled on its own.
The "what I do to myself when your not there" part is her only expressing the guilt she is going through when she is left alone with her own thoughts.
Also, the "if I had a dollar for everytime" parts is her expressing this isn't the first time she's put herself in this predicment.