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.
He made me laugh
He made me cry
He smoked his stoggies in bed
But I'm alright
I'm alright
I've been lonely before
I asked the boy for a few kind words
He gave me a novel instead
But I'm alright
I'm alright
I've been lonely before
It's fine, it's okay
It was wrong either way
I just wanted to say
It isn't much fun when you're drinking for one
He got drunk, he fell down
He threw a few of my things around
But I'm alright
I'm alright
I've been lonely before
I'd like to believe that it's easy to leave
But I have to conceive that wherever you are
You're still driving my car
Sticks and stones'll break my bones
But tears don't leave any scars
So I'm alright
I'm all alright
I've been lonely before
Mm, and I'm alright
I'm alright
I'm alright
Yeah
He played solitaire in bed
Used to blow bubbles in bed
He sang Christmas songs in bed
He made me cry
He smoked his stoggies in bed
But I'm alright
I'm alright
I've been lonely before
I asked the boy for a few kind words
He gave me a novel instead
But I'm alright
I'm alright
I've been lonely before
It's fine, it's okay
It was wrong either way
I just wanted to say
It isn't much fun when you're drinking for one
He got drunk, he fell down
He threw a few of my things around
But I'm alright
I'm alright
I've been lonely before
I'd like to believe that it's easy to leave
But I have to conceive that wherever you are
You're still driving my car
Sticks and stones'll break my bones
But tears don't leave any scars
So I'm alright
I'm all alright
I've been lonely before
Mm, and I'm alright
I'm alright
I'm alright
Yeah
He played solitaire in bed
Used to blow bubbles in bed
He sang Christmas songs in bed
Lyrics submitted by antispacemonkey
I'm All Right Lyrics as written by Larry Klein Walter Becker
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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