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.
I've follow complications like a bloodhound
So pick me up, twist me round
And throw me all the way back down
'Cause I found my feet connected to the ceiling
And hanging upside down, a smile's a frown
It's all too easy on the ground
So, jump in my car, we'll go a hundred round the bends
We'll take this road until we're back and start it again
Jump in my car, we'll go a hundred round the bends
And we'll pretend, feeling rage is feeling real
Feeling rage is feeling real
So, I've got a brand new rubber band for you, boy
Go on give it a stretch
I can see your itching too, frustrations on the boil
But then I see my damn reflection in your eyeball
And I want nothing more to do
With all the things you made me think I am
So, jump in my car, we'll go a hundred round the bends
We'll take this road until we're back and start it again
Jump in my car, we'll go a hundred round the bends
And we'll pretend, feeling rage is feeling real
Feeling rage is feeling real
You were everything for a little while
But I broke it, I broke it, I broke it, I broke it, didn't I
Oh, you were everything for a little while
But I broke it, I broke it, I broke it, I broke it, didn't I
Oh, didn't I, ohh
So, jump in my car, we'll go a hundred round the bends
We'll take this road until we're back and start it again, oh
Jump in my car, we'll go a hundred round the bends
And we'll pretend, feeling rage is feeling real
Feeling rage is feeling real, feeling rage ain't feeling real
So pick me up, twist me round
And throw me all the way back down
'Cause I found my feet connected to the ceiling
And hanging upside down, a smile's a frown
It's all too easy on the ground
So, jump in my car, we'll go a hundred round the bends
We'll take this road until we're back and start it again
Jump in my car, we'll go a hundred round the bends
And we'll pretend, feeling rage is feeling real
Feeling rage is feeling real
So, I've got a brand new rubber band for you, boy
Go on give it a stretch
I can see your itching too, frustrations on the boil
But then I see my damn reflection in your eyeball
And I want nothing more to do
With all the things you made me think I am
So, jump in my car, we'll go a hundred round the bends
We'll take this road until we're back and start it again
Jump in my car, we'll go a hundred round the bends
And we'll pretend, feeling rage is feeling real
Feeling rage is feeling real
You were everything for a little while
But I broke it, I broke it, I broke it, I broke it, didn't I
Oh, you were everything for a little while
But I broke it, I broke it, I broke it, I broke it, didn't I
Oh, didn't I, ohh
So, jump in my car, we'll go a hundred round the bends
We'll take this road until we're back and start it again, oh
Jump in my car, we'll go a hundred round the bends
And we'll pretend, feeling rage is feeling real
Feeling rage is feeling real, feeling rage ain't feeling real
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i think the first line may be "i follow complications like a bloodhound"... and instead of "but when i jumped down, theres smiles around" it's "when hanging upside down, a smile's a frown" and instead of "were back and started again" i think it's "we're back at the start yet again" "to/two frustrations" instead of "for frustrations" "all these things you made me think i am" instead of "feel i am"
i could be wrong, but thought i'd mention it... :s