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.
I was seven years old,
You were nineteen.
When I first saw you it was on the TV
We had VHS,
And all the rest
Lydia was your name
And I was obsessed
Call me crazy
Call me stupid
Call me anything you want
Don't act like you didn’t
Fantasize when you were young
So come sixteen
again I saw you on the screen
Only it was cause you got caught doing your thing
Now I'm not a high class retail outlet
But I'd love for you to steal my heart
Winona, I'd like to get to know ya
Let's burn Saks Fifth Ave. into the ground!
(yeah!)
Steven Cooley, definition of tool
He was looking for an oscar when he prosecuted you
He's just pissed off
cause he can't act
Tried to make himself famous
Televised the attack
Call me crazy
Call me stupid
Call me anything you want
You know he probably stole a pack of gum when he was young
But you kept your cool
You kept calm
Even though we all knew that he was the one in the wrong now
I'm not a high class retail outlet
But I'd love for you to steal my heart
Winona, I'd like to get to know ya
Let's burn Saks Fifth Ave. into the ground
Winona, I'd like to get to know ya
Let's burn Saks Fifth Ave. into the ground
December twelfth, two-thousand and one
I gotta gotta ask why didn’t you run
If I had known I woulda been outside
With the engine running on a getaway ride (yeah!)
Winona, I'd like to get to know ya
Let's burn Saks Fifth Ave. into the ground
Winona, I'd like to get to know ya
(December twelfth, two-thousand and one
I gotta gotta ask why didn’t you run)
Let's burn Saks Fifth Ave. into the ground
(If I had known I woulda been outside
With the engine running on a getaway ride)
You were nineteen.
When I first saw you it was on the TV
We had VHS,
And all the rest
Lydia was your name
And I was obsessed
Call me crazy
Call me stupid
Call me anything you want
Don't act like you didn’t
Fantasize when you were young
So come sixteen
again I saw you on the screen
Only it was cause you got caught doing your thing
Now I'm not a high class retail outlet
But I'd love for you to steal my heart
Winona, I'd like to get to know ya
Let's burn Saks Fifth Ave. into the ground!
(yeah!)
Steven Cooley, definition of tool
He was looking for an oscar when he prosecuted you
He's just pissed off
cause he can't act
Tried to make himself famous
Televised the attack
Call me crazy
Call me stupid
Call me anything you want
You know he probably stole a pack of gum when he was young
But you kept your cool
You kept calm
Even though we all knew that he was the one in the wrong now
I'm not a high class retail outlet
But I'd love for you to steal my heart
Winona, I'd like to get to know ya
Let's burn Saks Fifth Ave. into the ground
Winona, I'd like to get to know ya
Let's burn Saks Fifth Ave. into the ground
December twelfth, two-thousand and one
I gotta gotta ask why didn’t you run
If I had known I woulda been outside
With the engine running on a getaway ride (yeah!)
Winona, I'd like to get to know ya
Let's burn Saks Fifth Ave. into the ground
Winona, I'd like to get to know ya
(December twelfth, two-thousand and one
I gotta gotta ask why didn’t you run)
Let's burn Saks Fifth Ave. into the ground
(If I had known I woulda been outside
With the engine running on a getaway ride)
Lyrics submitted by up on this hill , edited by jayboogieyo
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I think this is right...(or close, a little closer). I'm listening to the mastered version on the full-length:
I was seven years old, You were nineteen. When I first saw you it was on the t.v. We had VHS, And all the rest Video what's your name? And i was obsessed
Call me crazy Call me stupid Call me anything you want Don't act like you did Fantasize when you were young
So come sixteen again I saw you on the screen Only just cause you got caught just doing your thing Now I'm not a high class retail outlet But I'd love for you to steal my heart
Winona, I'd like tuh get tuh know ya Let's burn Saxfield down into the ground! (yeah!)
Seman cool, the definition of tool He was looking for a rascal when he prosecuted you yeah He's just pissed off cause he can't act Tried to make himself famous Televised the attack
Call me crazy Call me stupid Call me anything you want You know he probly stole a pack of gum when he was young But you kept your cool You kept calm Even though we all knew that he was the one in the wrong
I'm not a high class retail outlet But I'd love for you to steal my heart
Winona, I'd like tuh get tuh know ya Let's burn Saxfield down into the ground Winona, I'd like tuh get tuh know ya Let's burn Saxfield down into the ground
December twelfth, two-thousand and one I gotta gotta ask why did you run? If I had known I woulda been outside With an engine runnin on a getaway ride
Winona, I'd like tuh get tuh know ya Let's burn Saxfield down into the ground Winona, I'd like tuh get tuh know ya Let's burn Saxfield down into the ground