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.
Dear Eloise, I am writing to say
A number of funny things I heard today.
I heard that he's left you, and run off to see.
Could be the best thing that's happened to me.
Writing a letter to make you feel better.
Sorry to hear that he left you that way.
I could have told ya,
He was much older,
So much older than you.
You loved him blindly,
He treated ya kindly,
Until he found out what he could get from you.
You should have departed, before he got started.
Now you've been burned just like I said you would.
Please read my letter closely,
It's beneficial to you,
Must read in between the lines,
A message you will see.
If you use your mind you'll find,
I want you bad with me-eee-eeee
Ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba- ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba- ba ba ba ba ba ba
Writing a letter, to make you feel better.
Sorry to hear that he left you that way.
I could have told ya,
He was much older.
So much older than you.
So much older that you.
So much older than you.
Dear Eliose, I am writing to say
A number of funny things I heard today.
I heard that he's left you and run off to see.
Could be the best thing that's happened to me.
A number of funny things I heard today.
I heard that he's left you, and run off to see.
Could be the best thing that's happened to me.
Writing a letter to make you feel better.
Sorry to hear that he left you that way.
I could have told ya,
He was much older,
So much older than you.
You loved him blindly,
He treated ya kindly,
Until he found out what he could get from you.
You should have departed, before he got started.
Now you've been burned just like I said you would.
Please read my letter closely,
It's beneficial to you,
Must read in between the lines,
A message you will see.
If you use your mind you'll find,
I want you bad with me-eee-eeee
Ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba- ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba- ba ba ba ba ba ba
Writing a letter, to make you feel better.
Sorry to hear that he left you that way.
I could have told ya,
He was much older.
So much older than you.
So much older that you.
So much older than you.
Dear Eliose, I am writing to say
A number of funny things I heard today.
I heard that he's left you and run off to see.
Could be the best thing that's happened to me.
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Shouldn't it be 'he's left you and run off to sea'? Makes more sense! And anyway, 'run off to see' what, exactly?
Ahh, this song is so amazing. Makes me want to sing and dance.
Ahh, this song is so amazing. Makes me want to sing and dance.