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.
September, seventh grade
O.P. shorts on enemies made
I was a new fool at a new school
About to get beat up 'cause my clothes weren't cool
Purple shirt with a Kool-Aid stain
In room 201 I had been detained
Last year's fashions earned some face smashings
Last year's fashions earned some face smashings
They used to get us on pizza day
We used bamafied sneakers for the getaway
BK, Turntec, Sportif, too
Velcro pouch on my kangaroos
That's okay, it was pizza day
Bobos, fresh
My bobos was bumpin' fresh
I took a chance on some parachute pants
Knowing full damn well that I could not dance
Betamax player on breaker two
Was the inspiration for my brand new shoes
Put the cardboard down and played Kool Moe Dee
The baddest little sucker that you ever did see
Highwater tight cuff London Fog
Highwater tight cuff London Fog
Did I know, and it's sad to say
My bamafied gear was for the SCA
My style poor, intentions good
You get smacked in the head
If you ain't from the hood
That's okay, it was pizza day
That's okay, well, it was pizza day
That's ok, well it was pizza day
Bobos, fresh
My bobos was bumbin' fresh (x2)
That's ok it was pizza day
That's ok it was pizza day
That's ok, well it was pizza day
Now look at me 21st century
If I had known then how it would be
I would have walked tall with my head held high
The future Mr. Super Fly
Although we graduated and the yearbook pictures faded
We got wisdom to impart to you
Trust your fashion sense and your bobos too
Bobos, fresh
my bobos was bumpin' fresh (x3)
O.P. shorts on enemies made
I was a new fool at a new school
About to get beat up 'cause my clothes weren't cool
Purple shirt with a Kool-Aid stain
In room 201 I had been detained
Last year's fashions earned some face smashings
Last year's fashions earned some face smashings
They used to get us on pizza day
We used bamafied sneakers for the getaway
BK, Turntec, Sportif, too
Velcro pouch on my kangaroos
That's okay, it was pizza day
Bobos, fresh
My bobos was bumpin' fresh
I took a chance on some parachute pants
Knowing full damn well that I could not dance
Betamax player on breaker two
Was the inspiration for my brand new shoes
Put the cardboard down and played Kool Moe Dee
The baddest little sucker that you ever did see
Highwater tight cuff London Fog
Highwater tight cuff London Fog
Did I know, and it's sad to say
My bamafied gear was for the SCA
My style poor, intentions good
You get smacked in the head
If you ain't from the hood
That's okay, it was pizza day
That's okay, well, it was pizza day
That's ok, well it was pizza day
Bobos, fresh
My bobos was bumbin' fresh (x2)
That's ok it was pizza day
That's ok it was pizza day
That's ok, well it was pizza day
Now look at me 21st century
If I had known then how it would be
I would have walked tall with my head held high
The future Mr. Super Fly
Although we graduated and the yearbook pictures faded
We got wisdom to impart to you
Trust your fashion sense and your bobos too
Bobos, fresh
my bobos was bumpin' fresh (x3)
Lyrics submitted by BleedorBreathe
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