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.
My hole, I'll get my hole, I'll get my hole
Get my hole, get my hole and I'll find out more
It's a choo-choo train, a rocket launch
If we have a hormone race
I'm bound to finish first
Can you see in the dark?
Can you see the look on your face?
The flashing white light's been turned off,
You don't know know who's in your bed
It takes more than fucking someone you don't know to keep warm
Do you really think now for a heart's beat you'll find your love in a hole?
Oh, you won't find love in a— won't find love in a hole
It takes more than fucking someone to keep yourself warm
I'm drunk, I'm drunk
And you're probably on pills
If we've both got the same diseases
It's irrelevant girl
And the room fills with steam
Oh, evaporates, disappears
My point of entry
is the same way that I leave
Can you see in the dark?
Can you see the look on your face?
The flashing white light's been turned off
You don't know know who's in your bed
It takes more than fucking someone you don't know to keep warm
Do you really think now for a heart's beat you'll find your love in a hole?
But, you won't find love in a— won't find love in a hole
It takes more than fucking someone to keep yourself warm
You won't find love in a— won't find love in a hole
It takes more than fucking someone to keep yourself—
See in the dark!
Can you see the look on your face?
The flashing white light's been turned off
You don't know know who's in your bed
It takes more than fucking someone you don't know to keep warm
Do you really think now for a heart's beat you'll find your love in a hole?
Get my hole, get my hole and I'll find out more
It's a choo-choo train, a rocket launch
If we have a hormone race
I'm bound to finish first
Can you see in the dark?
Can you see the look on your face?
The flashing white light's been turned off,
You don't know know who's in your bed
It takes more than fucking someone you don't know to keep warm
Do you really think now for a heart's beat you'll find your love in a hole?
Oh, you won't find love in a— won't find love in a hole
It takes more than fucking someone to keep yourself warm
I'm drunk, I'm drunk
And you're probably on pills
If we've both got the same diseases
It's irrelevant girl
And the room fills with steam
Oh, evaporates, disappears
My point of entry
is the same way that I leave
Can you see in the dark?
Can you see the look on your face?
The flashing white light's been turned off
You don't know know who's in your bed
It takes more than fucking someone you don't know to keep warm
Do you really think now for a heart's beat you'll find your love in a hole?
But, you won't find love in a— won't find love in a hole
It takes more than fucking someone to keep yourself warm
You won't find love in a— won't find love in a hole
It takes more than fucking someone to keep yourself—
See in the dark!
Can you see the look on your face?
The flashing white light's been turned off
You don't know know who's in your bed
It takes more than fucking someone you don't know to keep warm
Do you really think now for a heart's beat you'll find your love in a hole?
Lyrics submitted by heyjuderefrain, edited by krkenney88, mtj3, Beaverwizard, tuesdaymush
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