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.
Dry your eyes
Hide your face with your hands
One last breath
Hold it in
Fuck your past
Your future
Is in your hands
Just sit back and relax
Put your fucking shades on
Put that gun to your head
You're a fucking disgrace
Can your god save you now?
Can your god save you now?
Can your god save you now?
Can your god save you now?
Can your god save you now?
Can your god save you now?
You coward
You coward
You coward
You coward
Drowning yourself
In your tears
No one has
Pity for you
Pity for you
Pity for you
Pity for you
Seconds from the end
What's it gonna be
Pull the trigger bitch
Seconds from the end
What's it gonna be
Pull the trigger bitch
Seconds from the end
What's it gonna be
Pull the trigger bitch
Seconds from the end
What's it gonna be
Pull the trigger bitch
Hide your face with your hands
One last breath
Hold it in
Fuck your past
Your future
Is in your hands
Just sit back and relax
Put your fucking shades on
Put that gun to your head
You're a fucking disgrace
Can your god save you now?
Can your god save you now?
Can your god save you now?
Can your god save you now?
Can your god save you now?
Can your god save you now?
You coward
You coward
You coward
You coward
Drowning yourself
In your tears
No one has
Pity for you
Pity for you
Pity for you
Pity for you
Seconds from the end
What's it gonna be
Pull the trigger bitch
Seconds from the end
What's it gonna be
Pull the trigger bitch
Seconds from the end
What's it gonna be
Pull the trigger bitch
Seconds from the end
What's it gonna be
Pull the trigger bitch
Lyrics submitted by WakeToLife
No Pity For A Coward Lyrics as written by Chris Garza Alex Lopez
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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Siiiiick song...
I think it's about people who have done wrong are now ashamed of it and thinks god can forgive him but like always god isn't there. So pretty much he deserves to die.
Thats what i get, yeah i suck at explaining things.