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.
You've been hiding out
For quite a while now
Living off of people you know
Trying to raise a little money
To pay off all the monkeys
That you met inside the
Rabbit hole
You take a payment from
The white witch that's spoken
To you with Mama kin?
Well, there's a wolf outside
A brick house screaming
"Is someone gonna blow it in?"
Because a mind is a weapon
You see and it's got you on
Your hands and knees
Pull the trigger if you got
A way out, unless you want
To count it off 1, 2 (1, 2, 3)
You better pray that there's
Another way out
You better pray that
Someones listening now
(Doesn't matter what you got)
'Cause when you lie like
The devil himself
No angels gonna hear your
Cry for help!
I know you must really think
It's funny, you had everybody
Pulling me in
Well, that's a little unassuming
Considering that you knew me,
I'm the only one that called
You a friend
Because a mind is a weapon
You see and it's got you on
Your hands and knees
Pull the trigger if you got
A way out, unless you want
To count it off 1, 2 (1, 2, 3)
You better pray that there's
Another way out
You better pray that
Someones listening now
(Doesn't matter what you got)
'Cause when you lie like
The devil himself
No angels gonna hear your
Cry for help!
Count it off, 1, 2 (1, 2, 3)
You better pray that there's
Another way out
You better pray that
Someones listening now
(Doesn't matter what you got)
'Cause when you lie like
The devil himself
No angels gonna hear your
Cry for help!
For help, for help, for help
For quite a while now
Living off of people you know
Trying to raise a little money
To pay off all the monkeys
That you met inside the
Rabbit hole
You take a payment from
The white witch that's spoken
To you with Mama kin?
Well, there's a wolf outside
A brick house screaming
"Is someone gonna blow it in?"
Because a mind is a weapon
You see and it's got you on
Your hands and knees
Pull the trigger if you got
A way out, unless you want
To count it off 1, 2 (1, 2, 3)
You better pray that there's
Another way out
You better pray that
Someones listening now
(Doesn't matter what you got)
'Cause when you lie like
The devil himself
No angels gonna hear your
Cry for help!
I know you must really think
It's funny, you had everybody
Pulling me in
Well, that's a little unassuming
Considering that you knew me,
I'm the only one that called
You a friend
Because a mind is a weapon
You see and it's got you on
Your hands and knees
Pull the trigger if you got
A way out, unless you want
To count it off 1, 2 (1, 2, 3)
You better pray that there's
Another way out
You better pray that
Someones listening now
(Doesn't matter what you got)
'Cause when you lie like
The devil himself
No angels gonna hear your
Cry for help!
Count it off, 1, 2 (1, 2, 3)
You better pray that there's
Another way out
You better pray that
Someones listening now
(Doesn't matter what you got)
'Cause when you lie like
The devil himself
No angels gonna hear your
Cry for help!
For help, for help, for help
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Cry for Help Lyrics as written by Brent Smith Dave Bassett
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This song is about a drug addict, whom the narrator attempts to keep as a friend, but after all of the lying and cheating, it becomes very difficult. The narrator is fed up with the addict.
You've been hiding out for quite a while now Living off of people you know Trying to raise a little money to pay off all the monkeys That you met inside the rabbit hole
(The person has been living off of others to survive and get money to support the addiction. The 'monkeys' are dealers.)
You're taking candy from the white witch You're smoking tea with Mama Kin Well, there's a wolf outside a brick house screaming This time I'm gonna blow it in
(This references heroin (white witch) and marijuana (tea). The wolf is a dealer or the drugs, which are threatening to destroy the person's life.)
Because the mind is a weapon see And it's got you on your hands and knees Pull the trigger if you're gonna We all know that you wanna Count off 1, 2 (1, 2, 3)
(The addict's mind tells them to get more drugs, which makes the mind a weapon. The addict is 'down on his hands and knees' at this point. The addict basically has no will to live, so everyone knows that they want to pull the trigger on their life.)
[Chorus:] You better pray that there's another way out You better pray that someone's listening now (Doesn't matter what you got) 'Cause when you lie like the devil himself No angels gonna hear your Cry for help!
(The addict better pray that they can get out because he has stopped listening because he just can't deal with the addict anymore. When the addict lies, no one can help them.)
I know you must really think it's funny, You had everybody fooled in the end Well, it's a little unassuming considering you knew me, I'm the only one that called you a friend
(The addict thinks it's funny that they got people fooled into giving them money. He was the only friend the addict had, and now even he's gone.)
Because the mind is a weapon see And it's got you on your hands and knees Pull the trigger if you're gonna We all know that you wanna Count off 1, 2 (1, 2, 3)
[Chorus]
Count it off, 1, 2 (1, 2, 3)
[Chorus]
For help [Repeat: x3]