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.
You can't overestimate the limits of aggression
Of an animal created in the image of God himself
You can't allow for subtle defects
There's no time to reflect
There's no time to cover your tracks
It's not a mistake to fear an animal's unlimited access
To plans and schemes without its hopes and dreams
Or a sense of satisfaction
With such a course of action
As search, evaluate and destroy
I am a man, I am a superstar
I shine so bright, a worldwide success
I said hammer it home, I am a superstar
A glowing example of a dream come true
I am a man, I am a work of art
I'm fashioned in God's own image
I am holy and clean
I am a man, I am a superstar
I shine so bright, a worldwide success
Let me curl myself into a ball before you let me
Understand
Let me curl myself into a ball before you let me
Understand
And make me realise
You can't underestimate the feeling of attraction
Of the animal in question to the marvel of what he's made
You can't escape a sense of pride
In creating a divide between to suffer
And to rain on his parade
Don't even think about it
It's not enough to read about it
For said animal to circle and keep
An eye on you should you decide
To have a go and try to rattle his cage
I am a man, I am a gift to the world
In which I was born to civilise and set free
I am a man, I am a marketing tool
The sale of the century and the bargain of a lifetime
Hammer it home, I am a superstar
A glowing example of a dream come true
Let me curl myself into a ball before you let me
Understand
Let me curl myself into a ball before you let me
Understand
And make me realise
I'm having a ball just being a man
I'm living it up just being a man
It sure as hell rocks just being a man
Yeah nothing quite beats just being a man
Like being a man
Of an animal created in the image of God himself
You can't allow for subtle defects
There's no time to reflect
There's no time to cover your tracks
It's not a mistake to fear an animal's unlimited access
To plans and schemes without its hopes and dreams
Or a sense of satisfaction
With such a course of action
As search, evaluate and destroy
I am a man, I am a superstar
I shine so bright, a worldwide success
I said hammer it home, I am a superstar
A glowing example of a dream come true
I am a man, I am a work of art
I'm fashioned in God's own image
I am holy and clean
I am a man, I am a superstar
I shine so bright, a worldwide success
Let me curl myself into a ball before you let me
Understand
Let me curl myself into a ball before you let me
Understand
And make me realise
You can't underestimate the feeling of attraction
Of the animal in question to the marvel of what he's made
You can't escape a sense of pride
In creating a divide between to suffer
And to rain on his parade
Don't even think about it
It's not enough to read about it
For said animal to circle and keep
An eye on you should you decide
To have a go and try to rattle his cage
I am a man, I am a gift to the world
In which I was born to civilise and set free
I am a man, I am a marketing tool
The sale of the century and the bargain of a lifetime
Hammer it home, I am a superstar
A glowing example of a dream come true
Let me curl myself into a ball before you let me
Understand
Let me curl myself into a ball before you let me
Understand
And make me realise
I'm having a ball just being a man
I'm living it up just being a man
It sure as hell rocks just being a man
Yeah nothing quite beats just being a man
Like being a man
Lyrics submitted by psychobain
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but I know
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"You will be lonely
if you leave me alone", so you want to save them but can't get through to them due to the addiction &/or emotional problems they have,
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and that's not enough
love in a vacuum
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
You will be lonely
if you leave me alone
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
it's just not enough"
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"You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
it's just not enough
and just wait
you will be lonely
Love in a vacuum
Love in a vacuum
and that's not enough
Love in a vacuum".
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