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 can�t sleep
Dry red eyes wide open
Stare at the white stucco ceiling
Turn on the TV
Watch music on television
Have I heard this song before? Did this already happen?
Derived influence, in style of dress
Similar trends in camera technique and editing
Sync up the cuts (sync up the cuts)
To the bass drum kick (to the bass drum kick)
All the taste makers drinking from the same glass
Is there anybody thinking what I am?
Is there anybody thinking what I am?
Are you restless like me?
Are you restless like me?
Are you restless like me?
And all the insiders rumor over the decline in sales
All the buzz is happening in the new digital market place
FBI warning printed on the flip-side
"Under penalty of law piracy will be prosecuted"
In the MRR (in the MRR)
Someone asks the question, (someone asks the question)
�With the instant availability of information
And content so easily obtainable
Is the culture now a product that�s disposable?�
All the punks still singing the same song
Is there anybody thinking what I am?
Is there any other alternative? You know-
Are you restless like me?
Are you restless like me?
Are you restless like me?
Dry red eyes wide open
Stare at the white stucco ceiling
Turn on the TV
Watch music on television
Have I heard this song before? Did this already happen?
Derived influence, in style of dress
Similar trends in camera technique and editing
Sync up the cuts (sync up the cuts)
To the bass drum kick (to the bass drum kick)
All the taste makers drinking from the same glass
Is there anybody thinking what I am?
Is there anybody thinking what I am?
Are you restless like me?
Are you restless like me?
Are you restless like me?
And all the insiders rumor over the decline in sales
All the buzz is happening in the new digital market place
FBI warning printed on the flip-side
"Under penalty of law piracy will be prosecuted"
In the MRR (in the MRR)
Someone asks the question, (someone asks the question)
�With the instant availability of information
And content so easily obtainable
Is the culture now a product that�s disposable?�
All the punks still singing the same song
Is there anybody thinking what I am?
Is there any other alternative? You know-
Are you restless like me?
Are you restless like me?
Are you restless like me?
Lyrics submitted by CowardOfTheYear
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Ooooooh and yeah this songs also about how punk rock never changes, and how if a punk band does anything different, for whatever their reasons may be, are accused of "selling out" and so many punk bands never change, and don't expand into greater things that they may, or may not, be capable of.