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.
Throw my guitar down on the floor
No one cares what I've got to say anymore
I didn't come here to be damned with faint praise
I'll write my masterpiece some other day
(Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do)
(Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do) fuck everything, fuck me
I'm repeating myself again
Innovation, I leave to smarter men
Pretty melodies don't fall out of the air for me
I've got to steal them from somewhere
But it doesn't matter what you do or how hard you try (hard you try)
Now there's nothing left for me to do except die
When they cut you up
They'll tell you that it's not going to hurt
But they are not going to stop until they see you go to sleep in the dirt
And there'll be no more cigarettes
No more having sex
No more drinking until you fall on the floor
No more indie rock
Just a ticking clock
You have no time for that anymore
You better watch where you run your mouth
Because you know what they'll say to you
And they'll say
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, over, over
Over, over, over, over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
You think you can come and go as you please (your life is over, your life is over)
You can't quit, you're fired (your life is over, your life is over)
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over
No one cares what I've got to say anymore
I didn't come here to be damned with faint praise
I'll write my masterpiece some other day
(Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do)
(Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do) fuck everything, fuck me
I'm repeating myself again
Innovation, I leave to smarter men
Pretty melodies don't fall out of the air for me
I've got to steal them from somewhere
But it doesn't matter what you do or how hard you try (hard you try)
Now there's nothing left for me to do except die
When they cut you up
They'll tell you that it's not going to hurt
But they are not going to stop until they see you go to sleep in the dirt
And there'll be no more cigarettes
No more having sex
No more drinking until you fall on the floor
No more indie rock
Just a ticking clock
You have no time for that anymore
You better watch where you run your mouth
Because you know what they'll say to you
And they'll say
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, over, over
Over, over, over, over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
You think you can come and go as you please (your life is over, your life is over)
You can't quit, you're fired (your life is over, your life is over)
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over, your life is over
Your life is over
Lyrics submitted by Trinestalker
Titus Andronicus Lyrics as written by Patrick Stickles
Lyrics © ROUGH TRADE PUBLISHING
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