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.
Intro
We are phantoms of the future
Ordinaries from the super but we are high
Sing your anthems to your rulers
Disconnect from their medullas and be alive
We are transients from the sewers
But please treat us like we're friends when we arrive
You can kill just destroy them
Here's your pistol and your poison please decide
Please decide
Because Heirplanes flying under the ground
Fireworks that don't make a sound
BUT OH WHAT A LIE!
OH WHAT A LIE!
Verse 1
With the sun as my accompolice
So big God please be my compass
Be my guide
I got my dowry for Medusa
Hopefully she'll take my ring and be my bride
We will gather information
Secret meeting in my basement
We are spies
You can kill just destroy them
Here's your pistol and your poison please decide
Please decide
Please decide
Hook
Because Heirplanes flying under the ground
Fireworks that don't make a sound
Because Heirplanes flying under the ground
Fireworks that don't make a sound
BUT OH WHAT A LIE!
Oh me oh my
OH WHAT A LIE!
No Kings No Queens
No butterflies
No Kings No Queens
No butterflies
No Kings No Queens
Verse 2
Canaries in your cavern
While you sleep in your apartments
We must hide
Take the velz off of your killa
Take your place inside the search light
And be described
Lets see your eyes
Because we are phantoms from the future
Ordinaries from the super but we are high
Just the transients from the sewers
Please don't treat us like we're friends when we arrive
When we arrive
Because Heirplanes flying under the ground
Fireworks that don't make a sound
Hook 2
BUT OH WHAT A LIE!
Oh me oh my
OH WHAT A LIE!
No Queens No Kings
No butterflies
No Kings No Queens
No butterflies
Butterflies (Repeat x5)
We are phantoms of the future
Ordinaries from the super but we are high
Sing your anthems to your rulers
Disconnect from their medullas and be alive
We are transients from the sewers
But please treat us like we're friends when we arrive
You can kill just destroy them
Here's your pistol and your poison please decide
Please decide
Because Heirplanes flying under the ground
Fireworks that don't make a sound
BUT OH WHAT A LIE!
OH WHAT A LIE!
Verse 1
With the sun as my accompolice
So big God please be my compass
Be my guide
I got my dowry for Medusa
Hopefully she'll take my ring and be my bride
We will gather information
Secret meeting in my basement
We are spies
You can kill just destroy them
Here's your pistol and your poison please decide
Please decide
Please decide
Hook
Because Heirplanes flying under the ground
Fireworks that don't make a sound
Because Heirplanes flying under the ground
Fireworks that don't make a sound
BUT OH WHAT A LIE!
Oh me oh my
OH WHAT A LIE!
No Kings No Queens
No butterflies
No Kings No Queens
No butterflies
No Kings No Queens
Verse 2
Canaries in your cavern
While you sleep in your apartments
We must hide
Take the velz off of your killa
Take your place inside the search light
And be described
Lets see your eyes
Because we are phantoms from the future
Ordinaries from the super but we are high
Just the transients from the sewers
Please don't treat us like we're friends when we arrive
When we arrive
Because Heirplanes flying under the ground
Fireworks that don't make a sound
Hook 2
BUT OH WHAT A LIE!
Oh me oh my
OH WHAT A LIE!
No Queens No Kings
No butterflies
No Kings No Queens
No butterflies
Butterflies (Repeat x5)
Lyrics submitted by TraRobins
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This song is BAD ASS!! And the video is awesome too, talk about a gem.