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.
My friend Marcus, he sleeps in my basement
And his father touched more than spirit
Now he can hardly sleep, sleep
My friend Marcus, he's got such an ego
I beg him oh daily to let go
Find your father and find your meaning
Please
I don't give a good shit if your lonesome
I think that you should go home son
Find your father and meaning
Now I can see
You mean everything to nothing
Now I believe
You mean everything
Now I can see
You mean everything to nothing
Now I believe
You mean everything
My friend Marcus, he works on a train set
And I still can't move off my broke track
He's helping me find my meaning
Eventually and hopefully we'll see
And now I believe
I mean everything to nothing
Now I believe
I mean everything
Its funny how many don't know
How many don't have a home
It's funny how many don't know
How many don't have homes
Ooh
And his father touched more than spirit
Now he can hardly sleep, sleep
My friend Marcus, he's got such an ego
I beg him oh daily to let go
Find your father and find your meaning
Please
I don't give a good shit if your lonesome
I think that you should go home son
Find your father and meaning
Now I can see
You mean everything to nothing
Now I believe
You mean everything
Now I can see
You mean everything to nothing
Now I believe
You mean everything
My friend Marcus, he works on a train set
And I still can't move off my broke track
He's helping me find my meaning
Eventually and hopefully we'll see
And now I believe
I mean everything to nothing
Now I believe
I mean everything
Its funny how many don't know
How many don't have a home
It's funny how many don't know
How many don't have homes
Ooh
Lyrics submitted by somedude, edited by RoseCircus
My Friend Marcus Lyrics as written by John Andrew Hull
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Well, in my opinion this song is about being a young & maybe a little naive &/or introverted girl and finding yourself loving a man who is at first very charming, carefree & outgoing, and seems at first to be without limits, as in
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"You will be lonely
if you leave me alone", so you want to save them but can't get through to them due to the addiction &/or emotional problems they have,
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love in a vacuum
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
You will be lonely
if you leave me alone
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
it's just not enough"
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and just wait
you will be lonely
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Love in a vacuum
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Love in a vacuum".
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I'm atheist so I don't really see this from a religious view although I see that religion is quite prevalent in MO's lyrics.
My friend Marcus, he sleeps in my basement And his father touched more than spirit Now he can hardly sleep, sleep --the obvious, Marcus' father molested him
I don't give a good shit if your lonesome I think that you should go home son Find your father and meaning --I see this as him being at a very young age and not wanting to share his family with Marcus because he does not understand the circumstances
Now I can see You mean everything to nothing Now I believe You mean everything --At first he doesn't think Marcus is an important person but realizes that he has become his best friend.
Now I can see You mean everything to nothing Now I believe You mean everything
My friend Marcus, he works on a train set And I still can't move on my broke track He's helping me find my meaning Eventually and hopefully we'll see --Marcus teaches him that even though he's been through that he can still love where he had been through nothing and disliked Marcus. I think he regrets that and is starting over.
And now I can see I mean everything to nothing Now I believe I mean everything
Its funny how many don't know How many dont have a home It's funny how many don't know How many dont have homes oooooh --I took this as how many people are molested because the numbers are outrageous and they don't have a place they can call home and feel safe.
i wish i knew what this was about.
the only thing i think i figured out is the "and his father touched more than spirit" line. maybe the father sexually abused marcus?
that's all i've got, unfortunately.
I think this is more about god, like the rest of the album. The father I think is referring not to his biological father but a religious leader. And god means everything to nothing because Hull has lost his faith. At the end he is "talking"to god: "Its funny how many don't know How many of us don't have homes"
...yeah i like your interpretation 5468965897x better than my initial thoughts. thanks.
Well for what it's worth i think his father was a minister, so i think that those two interpretations could overlap.
is mine the only version missing the second verse???
well spotted! they must have taken it out, ive heard it sung live with that verse, but it never made the final cut, obviously...
Find a Father and your meaning*
"My friend Marcus, he sleeps in my basement And his father touched more than spirit Now he can hardly sleep, sleep"
i think the father he talks about in this verse is literally his father, and his friend was molested as a child.
"I don't give a good shit if your lonesome I think that you should go home son Find your father and meaning"
here, i think the father he mentions is god. andy can't understand why it's so hard for him to let god into his life because he hasn't had the same experiences. he thinks if his friend just accepts god, he will be able to find a purpose in life.
"Now I can see You mean everything to nothing"
"Its funny how many don't know How many dont have a home"
he finally realizes that not everyone is as lucky as he has been to have grown up in a good home. he understands now why it's difficult for people like his friend to believe in god.
I love what andy says in AP about the concept of the album Mean everything to no-thing.. because if you mean everything to someone, you're going to let them down. I don't really know what the idea would mean in context? maybe he doesn't want to let God or a spiritual figure mean everything to him because he will only be let down. and Hull maybe has trouble finding meaning in his life/purpose because of this?
"My friend Marcus, he works on a train set And I still can't move on my broke track He's helping me find my meaning Eventually and hopefully we'll see"
and maybe at the end he is talking about how many don't have a home spiritually or are lost just as he is.. I don't know I'm just throwing ideas out there haha.
I think it has to do with Andy's friend's spritual walk. He is having trouble accepting it at the beginning of the song and it's bothering him. Later in the song, Marcus is helping Andy with his spiritual walk.
"My friend Marcus, he works on a train set And I still can't move on my broke track He's helping me find my meaning Eventually and hopefully we'll see"
The train set could be Marcus' walk. Andy is stuck in life, and Marcus is helping Andy out.
"Its funny how many don't know How many dont have a home"
People that don't know Christ.
My take on the spirits part is that i think it references alcohol and that he touched more than alcohol so like other drugs and whatnot. Could be way off but that is how i interpret that part.