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.
Oh, wildly cohering
In a watery deep
We'll drop her down to the bottom
We'll drop her like she's nothing
And the water is all
Oh, the water is still
In a wilder deep
We'll swim around like two dories
We'll swim around like two dories
Let loose in the bay
We'll miss the eddy
Hold on, make steady, go
There is no plenty
Even keel already, go
I can't be here all hours (oh such a riot)
I can't discern this trouble (oh what a riot)
I can't be here all hours (oh such a riot)
I can't describe
I can't be here all hours (oh such a riot)
I can't describe this problem (oh what a riot)
I can't be here all hour (oh such a riot)
I can't describe this problem
In a watery deep
We'll drop her down to the bottom
We'll drop her like she's nothing
And the water is all
Oh, the water is still
In a wilder deep
We'll swim around like two dories
We'll swim around like two dories
Let loose in the bay
We'll miss the eddy
Hold on, make steady, go
There is no plenty
Even keel already, go
I can't be here all hours (oh such a riot)
I can't discern this trouble (oh what a riot)
I can't be here all hours (oh such a riot)
I can't describe
I can't be here all hours (oh such a riot)
I can't describe this problem (oh what a riot)
I can't be here all hour (oh such a riot)
I can't describe this problem
Lyrics submitted by rainandrev, edited by aneroid
Dory Lyrics as written by Edward Droste Christopher Bear
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im 90 percent on this one.
oh wildly cohering in a watery deep we’ll drop her down to the bottom we’ll drop her down like she’s nothing, and the water is all
the water is still in a wilder deep we’ll swim around like two dories we’ll swim around like two dories let loose in the bay
we’ll miss the heady hold on make steady, go there is no plenty
even keel already gone
I can’t be here all hour (such a riot) I can’t deserve this trouble I can’t be here all hour (such a riot) I can’t describe
I can’t be here all hour (such a riot) I can’t describe this, no (oh what a riot) I can’t be here all hour (oh such a riot) I can’t describe this, no
okay, so apparently what he sings inbetween (this is a direct source from Ed himself) is "such a riot, oh what a riot, such a riot". haha not "it's a dryer"
that was obvious...
In a Drowned In Sound article called "DiSection: Grizzly Bear Veckatimest track-by-track" which features members of the band, Edward Droste says:
" At the moment my favourite track off the album, it was something dan and I came up with together back and forth upstate new york. <3 Dory. Feel like it might be "misunderstood". P.S. it's not about finding nemo! "
My first thoughts on this song: It reminds me of the Pixar film Finding Nemo. There's a fish called Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) and she's a total dunce. It made me think of two fools in love. This is likely wrong, but this is only my first impression.
Ed actually said that's not about Finding Nemo OR that Dory. instead "Dory" is the name for a small boat... but he thinks it's hilarious that someone might think it's Finding Nemo.
Direct quote from Ed:<br /> "Dory is a small little boat named after a fish. <br /> It has nothing to do with Finding Nemo, but I love that someone might think so"
what does Ed sing after the lines "I'll keep it here all hour" and "I can decide its color"? I always sing "it's a dryer" even thought that's so ridiculous... but it makes me laugh :)
oh, "such a riot". just read that...oops
it sounded to me like "i want a lawyer" but that absolutely cannot be it
to me, it feels like they are saying "I can't be here all hour"
This seems to be a more detailed version of the lines "And it was mamma, that got drowned in out, in that deep blue sea" from Deep Blue Sea.
Dory could be the mother's name, which is kind of a pun, as the definition of dory is " a flat-bottomed boat with high flaring sides"
So 'We’ll swim around like two dories" could be almost a macabre pun about Dory drowning...translated to "we won't swim well".
I don't know.
Could anyone tell me what key this is in?
Its kind of funny to me, my interpretation may be different from the majority, but I think its pretty dark. To me its a man infested with demons, schizophrenic possibly, and he and his significant other commit suicide. But he is commensurating with the voices in his head to convince her to die with him. Its a very pretty song, but has a dark meaning.
a dory is the type of fish that dory is in finding nemo, but im sure he is referring to the type of fish, which is a saltwater fish being let loose into a bay, which i dont think saltwater fish can survive (at least tropical..) and an "eddy" is a current in water found in oceans.. but yeah, im pretty sure the song relates to being put into a situation that you dont want to be in etc etc, or at least something along the lines of that
A dory is a type of fish, but Dory the character is actually a blue tang, just like the clown fish is named Marlin. (nerd alert) <br /> <br /> Anyway. :)<br /> <br /> I think if you're thinking in terms of Dory the character, the song could be about losing yourself in the moment -- even if it's scary -- and forgetting everything, etc. But if it's just about two random dories, I think it becomes a lot darker. I agree, it makes me think of being put into an awkward situation and trying to escape/forget about it.<br /> <br />