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.
Please don't be technology
So I can turn up your love like some cold machine
Don't feed me scraps from your bed
I won't be the stray coming back just to be fed
I'll be wait
Come and seal the fate, Marie
Just pretend that you want me
To be my babe
To be my babe
To be my babe
To be my babe
To be my babe
To be my babe
To be my babe
To be my babe
To be my
Well don't be that note I can't hold
Well don't be that joke that I told and told 'til it got old
Don't be that hand 'round my throat so I can't breath
Say you're my friend but why won't you be my family?
And if you break
Just don't tell me
To be my babe
To be my dream
Tell me you know what I mean
(Prove me wrong)
You set on me but, you are not the sun
You are not the sun
(How do they know where I am?)
(Burn it down)
Outside your cold lips again
You set on me but, you are not the sun
You are not the sun
You are not the sun
So let's pretend that you love me
And be my bait
To be my bait
So I can turn up your love like some cold machine
Don't feed me scraps from your bed
I won't be the stray coming back just to be fed
I'll be wait
Come and seal the fate, Marie
Just pretend that you want me
To be my babe
To be my babe
To be my babe
To be my babe
To be my babe
To be my babe
To be my babe
To be my babe
To be my
Well don't be that note I can't hold
Well don't be that joke that I told and told 'til it got old
Don't be that hand 'round my throat so I can't breath
Say you're my friend but why won't you be my family?
And if you break
Just don't tell me
To be my babe
To be my dream
Tell me you know what I mean
(Prove me wrong)
You set on me but, you are not the sun
You are not the sun
(How do they know where I am?)
(Burn it down)
Outside your cold lips again
You set on me but, you are not the sun
You are not the sun
You are not the sun
So let's pretend that you love me
And be my bait
To be my bait
Lyrics submitted by mmilian, edited by Masato0h, Yoshi445, superjuper27, zach100004, contraddiction, myguyry
Not the Sun Lyrics as written by Vincent Accardi Jesse Lacey
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please make me technology, so I can turn up your love like some cold machine, don't feed me scraps from your bed, I won't be the stray commin' back just to be fed.
I'll be waiting, come and seal my fate Marie. just pretend that you want me. won't you be my babe? be my babe.
don't be that note I can't hold, don't be that joke that I told and told, it got old, don't be that hand around my throat so I can't breathe, you say you're my friend but why wont you be, my family?
just pretend that you want me. won't you be my babe? be my babe.
Sherri tell me you know what I mean, you are not the sun, you are not the sun, outside your lips again. you are not the sun, you are not the sun.
just pretend that you love me. won't you be my babe? be my babe.
Please don't be technology<br /> Cause I can't turn off your love <br /> Like some cold machine<br /> <br /> Don’t feed me scraps from your bed<br /> And I won't be the stray coming back<br /> Just to be fed<br /> <br /> Don’t be waves<br /> Come to seal my fate, marine<br /> Just pretend<br /> That you want me<br /> And be my babe<br /> <br /> <br /> Don’t be that note I can't hold<br /> Don’t be that joke that I told <br /> And told<br /> Till it got old<br /> Don’t be that hand around my throat <br /> So I can't breathe<br /> You say you're my friend <br /> But why won't you be my family?<br /> <br /> Well, if you breed<br /> Just don't tell me<br /> <br /> Be my babe.<br /> <br /> Be my serene<br /> Tell me you know what I mean<br /> You’ve set on me but you are not the sun<br /> And you will not listen<br /> <br />
its Be my bait <br /> not be my babe
These are the correct lyrics<br /> <br /> Please don't be technology<br /> So I can turn up your love<br /> Like some cold machine<br /> <br /> Don’t feed me scraps from your bed<br /> And I won't be the stray coming back<br /> Just to be fed<br /> <br /> Don’t be waves<br /> Come to seal my fate, Marie<br /> Just pretend<br /> That you want me<br /> And be my bait<br /> <br /> Be my bait...<br /> <br /> Well don’t be that note I can't hold<br /> Well don’t be that joke that I told<br /> And told<br /> Till it got old<br /> Don’t be that hand around my throat<br /> So I can't breathe<br /> You say you're my friend<br /> But why won't you be my family?<br /> <br /> Well, if you breed<br /> Just don't tell me<br /> <br /> Be my bait...<br /> <br /> (Don't know what the backup lyrics are here)<br /> <br /> Be my serene<br /> Tell me you know what I mean<br /> You’ve set on me but you are not the sun<br /> You are not the sun.<br /> <br /> Just pretend<br /> That you want me<br /> And be my bait...
Could it be "Ma Chérie". It means "my darling" in French, which would seem to go with the be my babe lyric.