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.
I can always find the time to lay out in the sand
Watching as the waves roll by it makes me understand
What it is to make a life that means a little more
Seems so easy to forget what we're all looking for
I don't know where I'm going just yet
Skipping work and I don't need to excuse it
Long as that floating feeling I get in the moment
Makes it really worth it (worth it)
Hey, forget about your Monday morning
We are never gonna be that boring
Hey, forget about your Monday morning
So, so ordinary same old story
Ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh
(No we don't wanna go, no no we don't wanna go)
I had a party, it went long, I told 'em all to stay
Neighbors calling to complain and rain on our parade
They told me to use my head and keep my focus straight
Shame on all of you for being stiff and so straight laced
Let them keep talking, I don't regret
They can't help it, caught up in their mindset
Long as that floating feeling I get in the moment
Makes it really worth it
Hey, forget about your Monday morning
We are never gonna be that boring
Hey, forget about your Monday morning
So, so ordinary same old story
Ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh
(No we don't wanna go, no no we don't wanna go)
Ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh
(No we don't wanna go, no no we don't wanna go)
Nani, naki, nana, nani, naki, nana
Nani, naki, nana, nani, naki, nana
Nani, naki, nana, nani, naki, nana
Sweet shot cherry pop
Everybody go to the beat, don't stop
Keep up body rock cardiac arrest
It's a culture shock
Hey, forget about your Monday morning
We are never gonna be that boring
Hey, forget about your Monday morning
So, so ordinary same old story
Ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh
(No we don't wanna go, no no we don't wanna go)
Ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh
(No we don't wanna go, no no we don't wanna go)
Watching as the waves roll by it makes me understand
What it is to make a life that means a little more
Seems so easy to forget what we're all looking for
I don't know where I'm going just yet
Skipping work and I don't need to excuse it
Long as that floating feeling I get in the moment
Makes it really worth it (worth it)
Hey, forget about your Monday morning
We are never gonna be that boring
Hey, forget about your Monday morning
So, so ordinary same old story
Ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh
(No we don't wanna go, no no we don't wanna go)
I had a party, it went long, I told 'em all to stay
Neighbors calling to complain and rain on our parade
They told me to use my head and keep my focus straight
Shame on all of you for being stiff and so straight laced
Let them keep talking, I don't regret
They can't help it, caught up in their mindset
Long as that floating feeling I get in the moment
Makes it really worth it
Hey, forget about your Monday morning
We are never gonna be that boring
Hey, forget about your Monday morning
So, so ordinary same old story
Ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh
(No we don't wanna go, no no we don't wanna go)
Ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh
(No we don't wanna go, no no we don't wanna go)
Nani, naki, nana, nani, naki, nana
Nani, naki, nana, nani, naki, nana
Nani, naki, nana, nani, naki, nana
Sweet shot cherry pop
Everybody go to the beat, don't stop
Keep up body rock cardiac arrest
It's a culture shock
Hey, forget about your Monday morning
We are never gonna be that boring
Hey, forget about your Monday morning
So, so ordinary same old story
Ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh
(No we don't wanna go, no no we don't wanna go)
Ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh, ey, oh
(No we don't wanna go, no no we don't wanna go)
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I freaking love this song. It's such a forget about your troubles song. Does anyone think the beginning sounds exactly like Bille Jean?