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.
Your havin a midlife crisis tying to get where I've been
Well if you want 'em that bad Ms.V
You can have 'em
So when you see me comin
You better back down
Cause I've been waitin to smack you around
Oh I don't hold my breath
And I don't hold my tounge
And I know that you know that I don't back down
To no one
To no one
Oh you should've stayed home
You should've known better
Yet I melt in your mouth like liquid sugar.
You thought you were gonna throw it back in my face
But tell me how do my leftovers taste
With all your plastic surgery you still think that your 20
Well honey you'll never look half good as me
It would take a lot more money
You can't keep your legs closed
Your cheap and disturbing
And you wonder why your still single and past 30.
Oh I don't hold my breath
And I don't hold my tounge
And I know that you know that I don't back down
To no one
To no one
Oh you should've stayed home
You should've known better
Yet I melt in your mouth like liquid sugar.
You thought you were gonna throw it back in my face
But tell me how do my leftovers taste
How do my leftovers taste
Tell me did you lick my plate
oooooo.
How do my leftovers taste
Oh I don't hold my breath
And I don't hold my tounge
And I know that you know that I don't back down
To no one
To no one
Oh you should've stayed home
You should've known better
Yet I melt in your mouth like liquid sugar.
You thought you were gonna throw it back in my face
But tell me how do my leftovers taste
Tell me how do my left overs taste.
Well if you want 'em that bad Ms.V
You can have 'em
So when you see me comin
You better back down
Cause I've been waitin to smack you around
Oh I don't hold my breath
And I don't hold my tounge
And I know that you know that I don't back down
To no one
To no one
Oh you should've stayed home
You should've known better
Yet I melt in your mouth like liquid sugar.
You thought you were gonna throw it back in my face
But tell me how do my leftovers taste
With all your plastic surgery you still think that your 20
Well honey you'll never look half good as me
It would take a lot more money
You can't keep your legs closed
Your cheap and disturbing
And you wonder why your still single and past 30.
Oh I don't hold my breath
And I don't hold my tounge
And I know that you know that I don't back down
To no one
To no one
Oh you should've stayed home
You should've known better
Yet I melt in your mouth like liquid sugar.
You thought you were gonna throw it back in my face
But tell me how do my leftovers taste
How do my leftovers taste
Tell me did you lick my plate
oooooo.
How do my leftovers taste
Oh I don't hold my breath
And I don't hold my tounge
And I know that you know that I don't back down
To no one
To no one
Oh you should've stayed home
You should've known better
Yet I melt in your mouth like liquid sugar.
You thought you were gonna throw it back in my face
But tell me how do my leftovers taste
Tell me how do my left overs taste.
Lyrics submitted by silentj
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