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.
My place is not a home,
don't make no difference
but I have found that I need a place to stay,
I never listen what bud lord man gotta say,
You shoulda seen all the flops in my house
We were jumpin on walls and kickin ceilings
Nowadays people listen to me when I say get out,
Hold me and don't let go
Don't make no difference that your a hooker,
I need a place to stay
(disease is just the price I pay)
That show it used to be,
That girl is dead to me now,
All the time people want to know
The meaning of the name, anarchist?
The shit you missed jot a m-mewloop with a peni twist,
What you get is the kind
No gank or cess with yellow lover
On the d-are-you-m-s let the lovin' take a hold over me,
cause all i see is this fussing and fighting
In 1992 lets all try uniting
don't make no difference
but I have found that I need a place to stay,
I never listen what bud lord man gotta say,
You shoulda seen all the flops in my house
We were jumpin on walls and kickin ceilings
Nowadays people listen to me when I say get out,
Hold me and don't let go
Don't make no difference that your a hooker,
I need a place to stay
(disease is just the price I pay)
That show it used to be,
That girl is dead to me now,
All the time people want to know
The meaning of the name, anarchist?
The shit you missed jot a m-mewloop with a peni twist,
What you get is the kind
No gank or cess with yellow lover
On the d-are-you-m-s let the lovin' take a hold over me,
cause all i see is this fussing and fighting
In 1992 lets all try uniting
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Seriously, the original version is a classic but this version is my favorite. I love it