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.
everyone says itll laugh like you
everyone says itll get your smile
well im the only one who knows you never loved me baby
not a single solitary time
not a single solitary time
everyone says itll have your temper
everyone says itll have your eyes
well im the only one who knows where you were sleeping baby
and i really wouldnt be surprised
i really wouldnt be surprised
everybody tells me that im crazy
saying im too young to have a baby
but maybe the jokes on you this time
maybe the jokes on you this time
and everyone will say that im a liar
everyday the swallowing gets tighter
keeping this a secret has been murder
and id like to get on with my life
id like to get on with my life
everyone says itll laugh like you
everyone says itll get your smile
well i dont even know if youre the father
but there isnt anyway its mine
everyone says itll get your smile
well im the only one who knows you never loved me baby
not a single solitary time
not a single solitary time
everyone says itll have your temper
everyone says itll have your eyes
well im the only one who knows where you were sleeping baby
and i really wouldnt be surprised
i really wouldnt be surprised
everybody tells me that im crazy
saying im too young to have a baby
but maybe the jokes on you this time
maybe the jokes on you this time
and everyone will say that im a liar
everyday the swallowing gets tighter
keeping this a secret has been murder
and id like to get on with my life
id like to get on with my life
everyone says itll laugh like you
everyone says itll get your smile
well i dont even know if youre the father
but there isnt anyway its mine
Lyrics submitted by iggy1110
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