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.
Let's burn this town until we all fall down
My crime was crowned, the king of endless sound
Slaughtered inside, the daughter you can't hide
Pray for your life, before you pray for mine
When she takes a bite out
It always takes it right out of her
And when she takes a bite out
It only takes the fight out of her
Do it or die
Do it or die
Must be something in mind
Do it, do it or die
Curses will fall, the dirty of it all
And why should I care, if you were never, never there
Keep this in mind, there is no end in sight
Why am I always careful, always care, and
When she takes a bite out
It always takes it right out of her
And when she takes a bite out
It only takes the fight out of her
Do it or die
Do it or die
Must be something in mind
Do it it do it or die
Must be something on my end
Do it do it or dying
Must be something in mind
Do it do it or die
My curse and my best friend
Sometimes it weakens the end
My curse and my best friend
Sometimes it weakens the end
My curse and my best friend
Sometimes it weakens the end
My curse and my best friend
Sometimes it weakens the end
Must be something in mind
(It?s not like you ever knew)
(It?s not like you've ever known)
Must be something in mind
(It is not like you have ever known)
(It is not like you have ever known)
Do it or die
Do it or die
Must be something in mind
Do it do it or die
Must be something in my head
Do it do it or dying
Must be something in mine
Do it do it or die
My crime was crowned, the king of endless sound
Slaughtered inside, the daughter you can't hide
Pray for your life, before you pray for mine
When she takes a bite out
It always takes it right out of her
And when she takes a bite out
It only takes the fight out of her
Do it or die
Do it or die
Must be something in mind
Do it, do it or die
Curses will fall, the dirty of it all
And why should I care, if you were never, never there
Keep this in mind, there is no end in sight
Why am I always careful, always care, and
When she takes a bite out
It always takes it right out of her
And when she takes a bite out
It only takes the fight out of her
Do it or die
Do it or die
Must be something in mind
Do it it do it or die
Must be something on my end
Do it do it or dying
Must be something in mind
Do it do it or die
My curse and my best friend
Sometimes it weakens the end
My curse and my best friend
Sometimes it weakens the end
My curse and my best friend
Sometimes it weakens the end
My curse and my best friend
Sometimes it weakens the end
Must be something in mind
(It?s not like you ever knew)
(It?s not like you've ever known)
Must be something in mind
(It is not like you have ever known)
(It is not like you have ever known)
Do it or die
Do it or die
Must be something in mind
Do it do it or die
Must be something in my head
Do it do it or dying
Must be something in mine
Do it do it or die
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I don't understand this song.