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.
Liar liar, pants on fire
And the pills go down and get you higher
Baby bottle's burning, mother fucker
And the mother hates him like the daughter
Loving God and maker, gripping tighter
Saying you will burn in hell, they say
You will burn in hell
Liar liar, pants on fire
Liar liar, stop yourself from catching
Fire, fire, God and maker
Liar liar, pants on fire
Liar liar, house on fire
And the glass tastes nasty, chewing fat
I bet your tummy hurts you, you mother fucker
Mother never loved you
Father touched you with the hands of God
He's gripping tighter
Saying you will burn in hell, they say
You will burn in hell
Liar liar, pants on fire
Liar liar, stop yourself from catching
Fire, fire, God and maker
Liar liar, pants on fire
You're gonna burn in hell
You're gonna burn in hell
Hell, hell, hell
You will burn in hell, they say
You will burn in hell
(You fucking liar!)
Liar liar, pants on fire
Liar liar, stop yourself from catching
Fire, fire, God and maker
Liar liar, you fucking liar
Liar liar, pants on fire
Liar liar, stop yourself from catching
Fire fire, God and maker
Liar liar, you fucking liar
You fucking liar
Liar liar, you fucking liar
Liar liar, you fucking liar
Liar liar, you fucking liar
Liar liar, pants on fire
Hanging from a telephone wire
And the pills go down and get you higher
Baby bottle's burning, mother fucker
And the mother hates him like the daughter
Loving God and maker, gripping tighter
Saying you will burn in hell, they say
You will burn in hell
Liar liar, pants on fire
Liar liar, stop yourself from catching
Fire, fire, God and maker
Liar liar, pants on fire
Liar liar, house on fire
And the glass tastes nasty, chewing fat
I bet your tummy hurts you, you mother fucker
Mother never loved you
Father touched you with the hands of God
He's gripping tighter
Saying you will burn in hell, they say
You will burn in hell
Liar liar, pants on fire
Liar liar, stop yourself from catching
Fire, fire, God and maker
Liar liar, pants on fire
You're gonna burn in hell
You're gonna burn in hell
Hell, hell, hell
You will burn in hell, they say
You will burn in hell
(You fucking liar!)
Liar liar, pants on fire
Liar liar, stop yourself from catching
Fire, fire, God and maker
Liar liar, you fucking liar
Liar liar, pants on fire
Liar liar, stop yourself from catching
Fire fire, God and maker
Liar liar, you fucking liar
You fucking liar
Liar liar, you fucking liar
Liar liar, you fucking liar
Liar liar, you fucking liar
Liar liar, pants on fire
Hanging from a telephone wire
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"mother never loved you, father touched you with the hand of god"
These lines stand out the most in the verses i reckon He is saying somehting about how when he was growing up his mother, never loved him (obviosuly) and that their father used to touch them in places