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.
If you got the weed
I got the pipe
We can get high together
All night
If you got the weed
I got the light
We can get high together
All night
It's 9:45 work start at 10
So it looks like I'm callin'
In sick again
I'd rather get some herb
And kick it with my friends
Hit the beach
And treat it like a weekend
Me and Jenn
Ain't really speakin'
So baby girl come over
This instant
Got a new ride
So fuck the speed limit
I live by the 'W's
Weed and women
I live on the beach
Down the street from cheech
I can't buy you a drink
And it's not that I'm cheap
I'm just broke ma
To let you know
But some how
I always got some weed to smoke
And if I don't
I'll still get you high
With my love
Under the moon sky
21 years young
Got a limited time
'Cause we livin to die
So I'm livin it right
If you got the weed
I got the pipe
We can get high together
All night
If you got the weed
I got the light
We can get high together
All night
Yo on saturday
Took her to a play
It was the matinee
I didn't even pay her
The daddy say
That he don't like my ways
Probably 'cause I hit it three times today
Dropped her off late
With a sticky face
So a kiss on the cheek
Is your mistake
Drivin' down PCH
With a smile on my face
And a blunt in my ash tray
A cute chick on my side
And her ass is great
Almost out of gas
So we hit the bank
I didn't pay so I told her thanks
When she lent me the card
And filled my tank
Yeah she in the scene
Yatta yatta
With evisu jeans
Sidekick in her purse
Alexander mcqueen
I got my tip t-shirt
And some brand new kicks
But you know they ain't clean
If you got the weed
I got the pipe
We can get high together
All night
If you got the weed
I got the light
We can get high together
All night
High together all night
If you got the weed
I got the pipe
We can get high together
All night
High together all night
If you got the weed
I got the light
We can get high together
All night
High together all night
I got the pipe
We can get high together
All night
If you got the weed
I got the light
We can get high together
All night
It's 9:45 work start at 10
So it looks like I'm callin'
In sick again
I'd rather get some herb
And kick it with my friends
Hit the beach
And treat it like a weekend
Me and Jenn
Ain't really speakin'
So baby girl come over
This instant
Got a new ride
So fuck the speed limit
I live by the 'W's
Weed and women
I live on the beach
Down the street from cheech
I can't buy you a drink
And it's not that I'm cheap
I'm just broke ma
To let you know
But some how
I always got some weed to smoke
And if I don't
I'll still get you high
With my love
Under the moon sky
21 years young
Got a limited time
'Cause we livin to die
So I'm livin it right
If you got the weed
I got the pipe
We can get high together
All night
If you got the weed
I got the light
We can get high together
All night
Yo on saturday
Took her to a play
It was the matinee
I didn't even pay her
The daddy say
That he don't like my ways
Probably 'cause I hit it three times today
Dropped her off late
With a sticky face
So a kiss on the cheek
Is your mistake
Drivin' down PCH
With a smile on my face
And a blunt in my ash tray
A cute chick on my side
And her ass is great
Almost out of gas
So we hit the bank
I didn't pay so I told her thanks
When she lent me the card
And filled my tank
Yeah she in the scene
Yatta yatta
With evisu jeans
Sidekick in her purse
Alexander mcqueen
I got my tip t-shirt
And some brand new kicks
But you know they ain't clean
If you got the weed
I got the pipe
We can get high together
All night
If you got the weed
I got the light
We can get high together
All night
High together all night
If you got the weed
I got the pipe
We can get high together
All night
High together all night
If you got the weed
I got the light
We can get high together
All night
High together all night
Lyrics submitted by CelesaCannibal
High Together Lyrics as written by Aaron Jerome Smith Cisco Adler
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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