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.
You can give up if you like your heads
Lying down at your feet
You can call on the phone
Anytime you want to talk to me
If you know who you are
You can always go round and see
If you don't and you're scared
Concentrate and grit your teeth
I'm watching the radio
'cause I don't compare
I'm watching the radio
But it's the television looking at me
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa
Feathers will fly if you shoot
A bullet full of bubble gum
At my throat or my heart
I'm protected by a humming bird
Receive only luck if you can
It wouldn't be a constant mistake
Over flown but under worn
So please come follow me
I'm watching the radio
Cause I don't compare
I'm watching the radio
But it's the television looking at me
I'm watching the radio
Cause I don't compare
I'm watching the radio
But it's the television looking,
The television looking at me
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa
(I will claw at your own feet)
Whoa
(Just because it tastes so sweet)
Whoa
(Take it out quiet star)
Whoa
(It's not like your in need)
Whoa
I'm watching the radio
'cause I don't compare
I'm watching the radio
But it's the television looking at me
(I will claw at your own feet)
I'm watching the radio
'cause I don't compare
(Take it out quiet star)
I'm watching the radio
But it's the television looking,
The television looking at me
Whoa
Whoa
(Television looking at me)
Whoa
Whoa
(Television looking at me)
Whoa
Whoa
(Television looking at me)
Lying down at your feet
You can call on the phone
Anytime you want to talk to me
If you know who you are
You can always go round and see
If you don't and you're scared
Concentrate and grit your teeth
I'm watching the radio
'cause I don't compare
I'm watching the radio
But it's the television looking at me
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa
Feathers will fly if you shoot
A bullet full of bubble gum
At my throat or my heart
I'm protected by a humming bird
Receive only luck if you can
It wouldn't be a constant mistake
Over flown but under worn
So please come follow me
I'm watching the radio
Cause I don't compare
I'm watching the radio
But it's the television looking at me
I'm watching the radio
Cause I don't compare
I'm watching the radio
But it's the television looking,
The television looking at me
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa
(I will claw at your own feet)
Whoa
(Just because it tastes so sweet)
Whoa
(Take it out quiet star)
Whoa
(It's not like your in need)
Whoa
I'm watching the radio
'cause I don't compare
I'm watching the radio
But it's the television looking at me
(I will claw at your own feet)
I'm watching the radio
'cause I don't compare
(Take it out quiet star)
I'm watching the radio
But it's the television looking,
The television looking at me
Whoa
Whoa
(Television looking at me)
Whoa
Whoa
(Television looking at me)
Whoa
Whoa
(Television looking at me)
Lyrics submitted by underpaid_vampire, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Love Has a Diameter Lyrics as written by Simon Alexander Neil
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My interpretation is, she's better than him (or so he thinks), so she's watching the TV, but he thinks he's inferior so hes watching the radio, which he believes is inferior to the TV.
maybe :)