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.
Uno de enero
Dos de febrero
Tres de marzo
Cuatro de abril
Cinco de mayo
Seis de junio
Siete de julio
A-Pamplona San Fermin, tra-la-la-la...
City of light, this is the city of light
Got my headphones on, tonight I feel so strong
Radio on, I've got the radio on
They played a new song, it turned me o-o-on
They had a choir, it took me higher
'Cause they sing nana...
And I'm gonna go to the city
Where life is surreal and it's pretty
In Pamplona, in Pamplona
I will phone you up and tell you that I'm
In Pamplona, in Pamplona
I will phone you up and tell you that I dared
Matador's hat, I need a matador's hat
I need a mustache and I need it fast
I'm so inspired, give me the choir
And we'll sing nana...
So call me naive or insane
Tonight I will be on that plain
In Pamplona, in Pamplona
I will phone you up and tell you that I'm
In Pamplona, in Pamplona
I will phone you up and tell you that I'm
Not a coward, not a sissy
In Pamplona I am waiting
(I'm gonna tell you what it all smells like
I'm gonna tell you that [???])
In Pamplona, in Pamplona
I will phone up and tell you that I dared
Dos de febrero
Tres de marzo
Cuatro de abril
Cinco de mayo
Seis de junio
Siete de julio
A-Pamplona San Fermin, tra-la-la-la...
City of light, this is the city of light
Got my headphones on, tonight I feel so strong
Radio on, I've got the radio on
They played a new song, it turned me o-o-on
They had a choir, it took me higher
'Cause they sing nana...
And I'm gonna go to the city
Where life is surreal and it's pretty
In Pamplona, in Pamplona
I will phone you up and tell you that I'm
In Pamplona, in Pamplona
I will phone you up and tell you that I dared
Matador's hat, I need a matador's hat
I need a mustache and I need it fast
I'm so inspired, give me the choir
And we'll sing nana...
So call me naive or insane
Tonight I will be on that plain
In Pamplona, in Pamplona
I will phone you up and tell you that I'm
In Pamplona, in Pamplona
I will phone you up and tell you that I'm
Not a coward, not a sissy
In Pamplona I am waiting
(I'm gonna tell you what it all smells like
I'm gonna tell you that [???])
In Pamplona, in Pamplona
I will phone up and tell you that I dared
Lyrics submitted by a town like paris
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