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.
No no no fucking around
For all of your boldness, for all your coldness
For all the things that you tried but never showed anyone
Never showed anyone
For all your mistakes and all your pain
All of your sadness
All of the broken pieces of your brain that will never change
No no no fucking around
For all of your triumphs, for all your success
For all the things that people look to you to do that only you can do
I raise my glass to you
For your inner beauty, for your sensitivities
For all your goldness and the magic pieces of your brain
Fortunately those things also will never change
(Take it to the chorus of)
No no no fucking around
No fucking around
For all of your boldness, for all your coldness
For all the things that you tried but never showed anyone
Never showed anyone
For all your mistakes and all your pain
All of your sadness
All of the broken pieces of your brain that will never change
No no no fucking around
For all of your triumphs, for all your success
For all the things that people look to you to do that only you can do
I raise my glass to you
For your inner beauty, for your sensitivities
For all your goldness and the magic pieces of your brain
Fortunately those things also will never change
(Take it to the chorus of)
No no no fucking around
No fucking around
Lyrics submitted by quietseeds
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No fucking around No no no fucking around (x4)
For all of your boldness For all of your coldness For all of the things that you tried But never showed anyone Never showed anyone
For all your mistakes For all of your pain For all of your sadness And the broken pieces of your brain That will never change
No no no fucking around (x4)
For all of your triumph For all your successes For all of the things that people look to you to do That only you can do I raise my glass to you
For your inner beauty For your sensitivities For all of your gladness And the magic pieces of your brain Fortunately too those things will never change
So let's take it to the chorus of
No no no fucking around (x4) No no fucking around