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.
Whatever your damage
I will carry your baggage
Whatever your past is
Full of users and bastards
Whatever the price is
A broken heart is a fine risk
Oh, babe give me license
To go overboard
If your gonna break my heart
Yea you'd have to love me first
If your gonna break my heart
Come on, come on, do your worst
If your gonna break my heart
Take the best of shots
Cuz it's the in between
That's the finest piece
So whatever your head fuck
I been taught by the best luck
I've seen it all before, love
The highest dreamers fallen
Wherever the pain is
I'll make a trade with the same bit
Maybe that'll heal it
Either way I'm not kid
If your gonna break my heart
Yea you'd have to love me first
If your gonna break my heart
Come on, come on, do your worst
If your gonna break my heart
Take the best of shots
Cuz it's the in between
That's the finest piece
Whatever your damage
I will carry your baggage
Whatever your past is
Full of users and bastards
Whatever the price is
A broken heart is a fine risk
Oh, give me license
To go overboard
If your gonna break my heart
Then you'd have to love me first
If your gonna break my heart
Come on, come on, do your worst
If your gonna break my heart
Take the best of shots
Cuz it's the in between
That's the finest piece
I will carry your baggage
Whatever your past is
Full of users and bastards
Whatever the price is
A broken heart is a fine risk
Oh, babe give me license
To go overboard
If your gonna break my heart
Yea you'd have to love me first
If your gonna break my heart
Come on, come on, do your worst
If your gonna break my heart
Take the best of shots
Cuz it's the in between
That's the finest piece
So whatever your head fuck
I been taught by the best luck
I've seen it all before, love
The highest dreamers fallen
Wherever the pain is
I'll make a trade with the same bit
Maybe that'll heal it
Either way I'm not kid
If your gonna break my heart
Yea you'd have to love me first
If your gonna break my heart
Come on, come on, do your worst
If your gonna break my heart
Take the best of shots
Cuz it's the in between
That's the finest piece
Whatever your damage
I will carry your baggage
Whatever your past is
Full of users and bastards
Whatever the price is
A broken heart is a fine risk
Oh, give me license
To go overboard
If your gonna break my heart
Then you'd have to love me first
If your gonna break my heart
Come on, come on, do your worst
If your gonna break my heart
Take the best of shots
Cuz it's the in between
That's the finest piece
Lyrics submitted by palindromatron
Love You First Lyrics as written by Casbien Barr
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i think it's "bought broaches" since a broach is a pin, and you spelled the last word wrong