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.
The girl could move, and she did
We were captives on a casino ship
Where the Midwest lay out hours and burnt to crisp
I spent a year as her hair lip
but now I fall apart at night and dream about our trip
But the first two weeks were great
I felt content to watch the Entertainment Channel fornicate
With flashes of you maturing into stage
flawless masterpieces built of dreams I swore were memories
And I dream, I dream, I dream
I saw the ocean envelop the sky
And blot out the sun on the day that we died
The former, the latter, and all in between
They were vanquished by Loki the fiend
Do you remember me, do you remember me?
The one that you loathed when he set you free
Do you remember me, do you remember me?
The one with whom you fell beneath the sea
Yeah, we killed, we killed it all night
All night
Yeah, we killed, we killed it all night
All night
Yeah, we killed it, we killed it all night
All night
Yeah, we killed it, we killed it all night
All night
Yeah, we killed it, we killed it all night
We were captives on a casino ship
Where the Midwest lay out hours and burnt to crisp
I spent a year as her hair lip
but now I fall apart at night and dream about our trip
But the first two weeks were great
I felt content to watch the Entertainment Channel fornicate
With flashes of you maturing into stage
flawless masterpieces built of dreams I swore were memories
And I dream, I dream, I dream
I saw the ocean envelop the sky
And blot out the sun on the day that we died
The former, the latter, and all in between
They were vanquished by Loki the fiend
Do you remember me, do you remember me?
The one that you loathed when he set you free
Do you remember me, do you remember me?
The one with whom you fell beneath the sea
Yeah, we killed, we killed it all night
All night
Yeah, we killed, we killed it all night
All night
Yeah, we killed it, we killed it all night
All night
Yeah, we killed it, we killed it all night
All night
Yeah, we killed it, we killed it all night
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We Killed It Lyrics as written by Max Bemis
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I think by "I spent a year as her hair-lip", he meant that at the beginning she was embarrassed & destested of him/their relationship.. "But now I fall asleep at night & dream about our trip", but now she's comfortable around him & likes him yadayada.
Or atleast that's what I got out of it haha.