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.
Had a white and black shar pei
I don't know when we first got him
Should have taken better care of him
For he added ok
Sorry when I get unruly
When you carry on so much I get a little tired
Hope you get over your teething
It's not easy when you feel sick
Had to sprightly walk you like him
When he peed up all on your side
Grab your bed cast what he told us
Me and Michael dared each other like we were posited
Derek never woke up at night
And he don't move when he's ready to go
And he never had a voice like you
To scream when he wanted something
Should have been so much more willing
To have out with all the things that Michael needed
Whoop-de-doo, whoop-de-doo
See what it is, see what it is
See inside of the eye, of the eye
See inside of the eye, of the eye
You can die, you can die
When you get, when you get
What you know, what you know
Count on me, count on me
Whoop-de-doo, whoop-de-doo
See what it is, see what it is
See inside of the eye, of the eye
See inside of the eye, of the eye
I don't know when we first got him
Should have taken better care of him
For he added ok
Sorry when I get unruly
When you carry on so much I get a little tired
Hope you get over your teething
It's not easy when you feel sick
Had to sprightly walk you like him
When he peed up all on your side
Grab your bed cast what he told us
Me and Michael dared each other like we were posited
Derek never woke up at night
And he don't move when he's ready to go
And he never had a voice like you
To scream when he wanted something
Should have been so much more willing
To have out with all the things that Michael needed
Whoop-de-doo, whoop-de-doo
See what it is, see what it is
See inside of the eye, of the eye
See inside of the eye, of the eye
You can die, you can die
When you get, when you get
What you know, what you know
Count on me, count on me
Whoop-de-doo, whoop-de-doo
See what it is, see what it is
See inside of the eye, of the eye
See inside of the eye, of the eye
Lyrics submitted by erolsabadosh, edited by UncleHuggedMeFunny
Derek Lyrics as written by David Michael Portner Brian Ross Weitz
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
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it's the typical story about kid and dog, when kid gets dog at a young age or parents get the dog first. the kid treats it okay, when when dog dies, kid reflects on that "first dog" relationship that hurts a lot. "so this is what i saw in you, dog. what did you see in me?"