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.
Tu maldad
Me ha hecho comprender
Que caras nuevas hay cuando realmente uno quiere
Te di mi amor
Y dime que pasó
Acaso las promesas se quedaron en el tiempo
Realmente yo no sé
Si lo merezco
Sin embargo hoy se termina lo nuestro
Y matas mi amor
Y bebo por ti
Nadie ama tanto como yo
Te amé a ti
Por favor
Dile al corazón que corte las llamadas que le hace a tu cuerpo
Realmente yo no sé
Si lo merezco
Pero de mentiras no funciona esto
Hoy matas mi amor
Y bebo por ti
De verdad te quieres
engañar
Haciéndote creer que eres lo mejor de mi vida jajaja
No hay quizás
Que pueda perdonar
Te juro que contigo no camino ni a la esquina
Realmente yo no sé
Si lo merezco
Sin embargo hoy se termina
Lo nuestro
Hoy matas mi amor
Hoy bebo por ti
Nadie ama tanto como yo
Te amé a ti
Por favor
Dile al corazón
Que corte las llamadas que le hace a tu cuerpo
Realmente yo no sé
Si lo merezco
Pero de mentiras no funciona esto
Hoy matas mi amor
Hoy bebo por ti
Hoy matas mi amor
Y bebo por ti
Nadie ama tanto como yo
Te amé a ti
Por favor dile al corazón
(Hay dile) ( Hay dile)
Que corte las llamadas que le hace a tu cuerpo
Realmente yo no sé
Si lo merezco
Pero de mentiras no funciona esto
Hoy matas mi amor
Y bebo por ti
Me ha hecho comprender
Que caras nuevas hay cuando realmente uno quiere
Te di mi amor
Y dime que pasó
Acaso las promesas se quedaron en el tiempo
Realmente yo no sé
Si lo merezco
Sin embargo hoy se termina lo nuestro
Y matas mi amor
Y bebo por ti
Nadie ama tanto como yo
Te amé a ti
Por favor
Dile al corazón que corte las llamadas que le hace a tu cuerpo
Realmente yo no sé
Si lo merezco
Pero de mentiras no funciona esto
Hoy matas mi amor
Y bebo por ti
De verdad te quieres
engañar
Haciéndote creer que eres lo mejor de mi vida jajaja
No hay quizás
Que pueda perdonar
Te juro que contigo no camino ni a la esquina
Realmente yo no sé
Si lo merezco
Sin embargo hoy se termina
Lo nuestro
Hoy matas mi amor
Hoy bebo por ti
Nadie ama tanto como yo
Te amé a ti
Por favor
Dile al corazón
Que corte las llamadas que le hace a tu cuerpo
Realmente yo no sé
Si lo merezco
Pero de mentiras no funciona esto
Hoy matas mi amor
Hoy bebo por ti
Hoy matas mi amor
Y bebo por ti
Nadie ama tanto como yo
Te amé a ti
Por favor dile al corazón
(Hay dile) ( Hay dile)
Que corte las llamadas que le hace a tu cuerpo
Realmente yo no sé
Si lo merezco
Pero de mentiras no funciona esto
Hoy matas mi amor
Y bebo por ti
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Hoy Matas Mi Amor Lyrics as written by Javier Miranda
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