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.
The moment you said yes was arguably the finest one yet
And the moment I spoke my mind was my own fault
We each have our ways of playing it safe
Though that's the last thing we need
For example, you don't call
For example, I act like I don't notice when you don't call
And the moment that you give in to an evening of conjugal sin
Is the moment that I concede that I answer to a physical greed
I am missing you more now than ever before
And I do not sleep nights
I am missing you more than is possibly healthy
And I don't sleep
Do you get tired of the stupid little boys
Who do not think for themselves?
'Cause I got tired of the stupid little girls who wear
Their bodyweight in makeup
You've been cutting your hair in the bathroom at school
I'm trying hard not to stare, trying hard to be cool
But my heart will go bad if it never is used
And then I'd really be sad because I made it for you
What do I have to do to convince you that you
Would be stupid to be unaffected by me?
What do I have to do to convince you that you
Would be stupid to be stupid?
And how can I protest
Your total lack of interest?
Do you get tired of the stupid little boys?
'Cause I was never one of them
I got tired of the stupid little girls
Who spend their whole lives planning their weddings
What do I have to do to convince you
That I am like no other?
My heart will go bowling my body to science
But my soul never met year 2000 compliance
What do I have to do to convince you
That I am like no other?
And who do I have to fuck to finally be your lover?
And the moment that you said yes is the moment that you'll regret
You'll spend every summer day trying hard to forget
Or maybe you won't, I cannot really know
Everyone says they know when they don't
Maybe you will be happy
For the first time in your whole life
Maybe you will be happy
Fast asleep next to me, next to me
You will be fast asleep
Next to me, next to me
You will be fast sleep
In my bed till 11
We will be fast asleep
While we ascend into heaven
And the moment I spoke my mind was my own fault
We each have our ways of playing it safe
Though that's the last thing we need
For example, you don't call
For example, I act like I don't notice when you don't call
And the moment that you give in to an evening of conjugal sin
Is the moment that I concede that I answer to a physical greed
I am missing you more now than ever before
And I do not sleep nights
I am missing you more than is possibly healthy
And I don't sleep
Do you get tired of the stupid little boys
Who do not think for themselves?
'Cause I got tired of the stupid little girls who wear
Their bodyweight in makeup
You've been cutting your hair in the bathroom at school
I'm trying hard not to stare, trying hard to be cool
But my heart will go bad if it never is used
And then I'd really be sad because I made it for you
What do I have to do to convince you that you
Would be stupid to be unaffected by me?
What do I have to do to convince you that you
Would be stupid to be stupid?
And how can I protest
Your total lack of interest?
Do you get tired of the stupid little boys?
'Cause I was never one of them
I got tired of the stupid little girls
Who spend their whole lives planning their weddings
What do I have to do to convince you
That I am like no other?
My heart will go bowling my body to science
But my soul never met year 2000 compliance
What do I have to do to convince you
That I am like no other?
And who do I have to fuck to finally be your lover?
And the moment that you said yes is the moment that you'll regret
You'll spend every summer day trying hard to forget
Or maybe you won't, I cannot really know
Everyone says they know when they don't
Maybe you will be happy
For the first time in your whole life
Maybe you will be happy
Fast asleep next to me, next to me
You will be fast asleep
Next to me, next to me
You will be fast sleep
In my bed till 11
We will be fast asleep
While we ascend into heaven
Lyrics submitted by ifeelwry
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This one goes on my "bitterly in love" mix...