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.
Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip hooray!
You went and dumped me just before Christmas day
Even though we were just in seventh grade
I had an old enough heart to hear it break
How do you giftwrap a young boy's first broken heart?
And what would you write in the card?
And what if I found out that this would happen a thousand more times?
Would I even bother?
It wasn't the worst,
But it was the first time
And it set the trend
Of lonely winters that never end
I was caught off-guard when your phone call came
You gave me my gift earlier that day
And in the most poetic way
It broke my garbage pail when I threw it away
How do you giftwrap a young boy's first broken heart?
And what would you write in the card?
And what if I found out that this would happen a thousand more times?
Would I even bother?
It wasn't the worst,
But it was the first time
And it set the trend
Of frustrating relationships that badly end
Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip hooray!
You went and dumped me just before Christmas day
Even though we were just in seventh grade
I had an old enough heart to hear it break
Even though we were just in seventh grade
I had an old enough heart to hear it break
Even though we were just in seventh grade
I had an old enough heart to hear it break
You went and dumped me just before Christmas day
Even though we were just in seventh grade
I had an old enough heart to hear it break
How do you giftwrap a young boy's first broken heart?
And what would you write in the card?
And what if I found out that this would happen a thousand more times?
Would I even bother?
It wasn't the worst,
But it was the first time
And it set the trend
Of lonely winters that never end
I was caught off-guard when your phone call came
You gave me my gift earlier that day
And in the most poetic way
It broke my garbage pail when I threw it away
How do you giftwrap a young boy's first broken heart?
And what would you write in the card?
And what if I found out that this would happen a thousand more times?
Would I even bother?
It wasn't the worst,
But it was the first time
And it set the trend
Of frustrating relationships that badly end
Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip hooray!
You went and dumped me just before Christmas day
Even though we were just in seventh grade
I had an old enough heart to hear it break
Even though we were just in seventh grade
I had an old enough heart to hear it break
Even though we were just in seventh grade
I had an old enough heart to hear it break
Lyrics submitted by tippy_typewriter
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