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.
Take it down with a steam hammer
Pack it hard
Lead shot in your mood shooter
Choose your poison
Have a drink with your painkiller
Take us down
Wreck a party like it don't matter
Smash it up
Dead guitar
Broken beat maker
If I could I'd trade it all for an automator
Here it comes
Oh, you do it again
You do it again
Destroyer
Oh, you do it again
You do it again
Destroyer
Cosmo sucker
Bad breath crier
Bad timing robo-crap
You're a great liar
Overdrive
Deep dirt on your shit highway
Black-eyed
Fuzzy filter
Hollow head wobble
Take a trip
Get a grip before you get in trouble
And you wonder why you're called the
Destroyer-stroyer
Oh, you do it again
You do it again
Destroyer
It's coming back again
Oh, you do it again
You do it again
Destroyer
Oh, you do it again
You do it again
Destroyer
It's coming back again
Oh, you do it again
You do it again
Destroyer
Oh, you do it again
You do it again
Destroyer
It's coming back again
Oh, you do it again
You do it again
Destroyer
Take it down with a steam hammer
Pack it hard
Lead shot in your mood shooter
Choose your poison
Have a drink with your painkiller
Take us down
Pack it hard
Lead shot in your mood shooter
Choose your poison
Have a drink with your painkiller
Take us down
Wreck a party like it don't matter
Smash it up
Dead guitar
Broken beat maker
If I could I'd trade it all for an automator
Here it comes
Oh, you do it again
You do it again
Destroyer
Oh, you do it again
You do it again
Destroyer
Cosmo sucker
Bad breath crier
Bad timing robo-crap
You're a great liar
Overdrive
Deep dirt on your shit highway
Black-eyed
Fuzzy filter
Hollow head wobble
Take a trip
Get a grip before you get in trouble
And you wonder why you're called the
Destroyer-stroyer
Oh, you do it again
You do it again
Destroyer
It's coming back again
Oh, you do it again
You do it again
Destroyer
Oh, you do it again
You do it again
Destroyer
It's coming back again
Oh, you do it again
You do it again
Destroyer
Oh, you do it again
You do it again
Destroyer
It's coming back again
Oh, you do it again
You do it again
Destroyer
Take it down with a steam hammer
Pack it hard
Lead shot in your mood shooter
Choose your poison
Have a drink with your painkiller
Take us down
Lyrics submitted by airsoftking13
Destroyer Lyrics as written by Wayne Wells Antonio Campos
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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oh my god i think i'm right....it makes sense now.