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.
There is nothing you can do that I have not already done to myself
There is nothing you can do that I have not already done to myself
There is nothing you can do that I have not already done to myself
No there is nothing you can do that I have not already done to myself
Never wanted to dance with nobody not you
Never wanted to dance with nobody but you
Never wanted to dance with nobody but you
Wouldn't take no for an answer you fucking bitch
Be nice
Be nice to me don't let me bleed
Be nice
Be nice to me don't let me go (don't let me go)
I am to cool for the second grade
I'm amazed I'm afraid
I am to cool for the second grade
There is nothing you can do
That I have not already done to myself
Hey
There is nothing you can do that I have not already done to myself
There is nothing you can do that I have not already done to myself
There is nothing you can do that I have not already done to myself
No there is nothing you can do that I have not already done to myself
Never wanted to dance with nobody not you
Never wanted to dance with nobody but you
Never wanted to dance with nobody but you
Wouldn't take no for an answer you fucking bitch
Be nice
Be nice to me don't let me bleed
Be nice
Be nice to me
Don't let me go (don't let me go)
I am to cool for the second grade
I'm amazed I'm afraid
I am to cool for the second grade
There is nothing you can do
That I have not already done to myself
Never wanted to dance with nobody But you
Wouldn't take no for an answer you fucking bitch
Never wanted to dance with nobody not you
Never wanted to dance with nobody but you
Never wanted to dance with nobody But you
Wouldn't take no for an answer you fucking bitch
There is nothing you can do that I have not already done to myself
There is nothing you can do that I have not already done to myself
No there is nothing you can do that I have not already done to myself
Never wanted to dance with nobody not you
Never wanted to dance with nobody but you
Never wanted to dance with nobody but you
Wouldn't take no for an answer you fucking bitch
Be nice
Be nice to me don't let me bleed
Be nice
Be nice to me don't let me go (don't let me go)
I am to cool for the second grade
I'm amazed I'm afraid
I am to cool for the second grade
There is nothing you can do
That I have not already done to myself
Hey
There is nothing you can do that I have not already done to myself
There is nothing you can do that I have not already done to myself
There is nothing you can do that I have not already done to myself
No there is nothing you can do that I have not already done to myself
Never wanted to dance with nobody not you
Never wanted to dance with nobody but you
Never wanted to dance with nobody but you
Wouldn't take no for an answer you fucking bitch
Be nice
Be nice to me don't let me bleed
Be nice
Be nice to me
Don't let me go (don't let me go)
I am to cool for the second grade
I'm amazed I'm afraid
I am to cool for the second grade
There is nothing you can do
That I have not already done to myself
Never wanted to dance with nobody But you
Wouldn't take no for an answer you fucking bitch
Never wanted to dance with nobody not you
Never wanted to dance with nobody but you
Never wanted to dance with nobody But you
Wouldn't take no for an answer you fucking bitch
Lyrics submitted by xtreme2252, edited by Bajinganlangit
Never Wanted to Dance Lyrics as written by James M Euringer
Lyrics © JAMES IS A GIRL MUSIC C/O CITRIN COOPERMAN
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i feel bandit is gonna find her mother's music and gonna be like wtf is this?