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.
sadie,
all you ever do is pass me by
we haven't spoken for a long time
but i still think of you
lately,
i've been working in the grocery
i stock the milk and all the eggs there
and all the herbal tea
("ooooh, ooh ooh oooooh")
andy,
you are nothing but a memory
i haven't thought of you at all
and i don't wish to now
since the day we last had spoken
i have gone away
i've seen the world while writing paperbacks
and i make my money that way
oh sadie, i haven't a clue at all
about what i've got to do
to get you back in my life
oh andy, don't talk to me at all
it's been 10 years and you haven't gone anywhere
what could i possibly see in you
la da da da da doo doo doo
la da da da da daaa
so sadie
all you ever do is pass me by
we haven't spoken for a long time
but i still think of you
la da da da dum dum dum
la da da da dum dum dum
all you ever do is pass me by
we haven't spoken for a long time
but i still think of you
lately,
i've been working in the grocery
i stock the milk and all the eggs there
and all the herbal tea
("ooooh, ooh ooh oooooh")
andy,
you are nothing but a memory
i haven't thought of you at all
and i don't wish to now
since the day we last had spoken
i have gone away
i've seen the world while writing paperbacks
and i make my money that way
oh sadie, i haven't a clue at all
about what i've got to do
to get you back in my life
oh andy, don't talk to me at all
it's been 10 years and you haven't gone anywhere
what could i possibly see in you
la da da da da doo doo doo
la da da da da daaa
so sadie
all you ever do is pass me by
we haven't spoken for a long time
but i still think of you
la da da da dum dum dum
la da da da dum dum dum
Lyrics submitted by spacedraider
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i love this song. i love the entire CD.