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.
last night was the science-fiction
movie with you and me
you in your velvet space-helmet
me in my rainbow hat
if you'd write my lines
I would gladly play father-time on your tv-show
you got the wilderniss lipstick
and I got the penmarking
you are great, yeah you're a star
someday everyone will know
who you are
everyone will know
who I am
it's morning in heaven, again
LA is lost in the clouds
so I sings goodbye skylines
and I will sadly sing you off to our next episode
I'll make the most of my time, machine
and I'll build a theremin
you'll be great, you'll be a star
someday everyone will know
who you are
everyone will know
who I am
everyone will know
who they are
may you climb high
into the sky
may ratings rise
once I learn these lines
I will madly sing lullabies
into the unborn fans
you write the bible and I'll
read it off my eyelids
and we'll be great, yeah we'll go far
someday everyone will know
who you are
everyone will know
who I am
everyone will know
who they are
who you are
everyone will know
who I am
everyone will know
who they are
last night was the science-fiction
movie with you and me
you in your velvet space-helmet
me in my rainball hat
movie with you and me
you in your velvet space-helmet
me in my rainbow hat
if you'd write my lines
I would gladly play father-time on your tv-show
you got the wilderniss lipstick
and I got the penmarking
you are great, yeah you're a star
someday everyone will know
who you are
everyone will know
who I am
it's morning in heaven, again
LA is lost in the clouds
so I sings goodbye skylines
and I will sadly sing you off to our next episode
I'll make the most of my time, machine
and I'll build a theremin
you'll be great, you'll be a star
someday everyone will know
who you are
everyone will know
who I am
everyone will know
who they are
may you climb high
into the sky
may ratings rise
once I learn these lines
I will madly sing lullabies
into the unborn fans
you write the bible and I'll
read it off my eyelids
and we'll be great, yeah we'll go far
someday everyone will know
who you are
everyone will know
who I am
everyone will know
who they are
who you are
everyone will know
who I am
everyone will know
who they are
last night was the science-fiction
movie with you and me
you in your velvet space-helmet
me in my rainball hat
Lyrics submitted by nausikaä
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Thanks!
Rainbow probably was more likely to be right, but it sounded like rainball to me.
Well, 'and I'll build the fare I'm' in probably isn't right, but I didn't know what else he could say. Anyone?
Rainbow, not rainball.
"and I'll play a theremin"
theremin: An electronic instrument played by moving the hands near its two antennas, often used for high tremolo effects.
I meant build...build a theremin
Yeah, I suggest fixing the "I'll build the fare I'm in" to saying "I'll build a theremin"
If you listen, he actually uses one, it is such an interesting instrument!
:)
yep. makes sense. I built one. They are a lot cheaper that way, and are often of better quality than factory made theremins.
Oh! hahaha, I didn't even know that instrument existed hehe. I'll fix it.