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.
Whoa
Whoa
Listen up I'm gonna' tell you a bit about myself
I got a situation, ain't concerning nobody else
Just you and what you can do for me
(Ooh)
I've had the life of ordinary, I spat it out
Now my condition's kind of scary, I need you now
Not love but I need something else
So here's my confession (this time, this time)
Don't just want you to love me
I want to be your attention (this time, this time)
Want my name on the marquee
I want you (to want me)
I want you (to need me)
I want you
To hear my confession
I want to be your obsession
(Whoa)
I'll fake sick, shy until you never let me go
So I can be your addiction in the stereo
I could be, just your type of high
(I can give what you like)
Your talkin' bout' the narcissist you met in hollywood
I'm lovin' myself, the word I need's for you to feel good (let's go)
Let the music just take control
So here's my confession (this time, this time)
Don't just want you to love me
I want to be your attention (this time, this time)
Want my name on the marquee (whoa)
I want you (to want me)
I want you (to need me)
I want you
To hear my confession
I want to be your obsession
I want to be your obsession
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa
Ain't nothing wrong with OCD
Long as it's for me, long as it's for me
Ain't nothing wrong with OCD
Long as it's for me, long as it's for me
Here's my confession (this time, this time)
Don't just want you to love me
I want to be your attention (this time, this time)
Want my name on the marquee (whoa)
I want you (to want me)
I want you (to need me)
I want you
To hear my confession
I want to be your obsession
I want to be your obsession
I want to be your obsession
Ooh
Whoa
Listen up I'm gonna' tell you a bit about myself
I got a situation, ain't concerning nobody else
Just you and what you can do for me
(Ooh)
I've had the life of ordinary, I spat it out
Now my condition's kind of scary, I need you now
Not love but I need something else
So here's my confession (this time, this time)
Don't just want you to love me
I want to be your attention (this time, this time)
Want my name on the marquee
I want you (to want me)
I want you (to need me)
I want you
To hear my confession
I want to be your obsession
(Whoa)
I'll fake sick, shy until you never let me go
So I can be your addiction in the stereo
I could be, just your type of high
(I can give what you like)
Your talkin' bout' the narcissist you met in hollywood
I'm lovin' myself, the word I need's for you to feel good (let's go)
Let the music just take control
So here's my confession (this time, this time)
Don't just want you to love me
I want to be your attention (this time, this time)
Want my name on the marquee (whoa)
I want you (to want me)
I want you (to need me)
I want you
To hear my confession
I want to be your obsession
I want to be your obsession
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa
Ain't nothing wrong with OCD
Long as it's for me, long as it's for me
Ain't nothing wrong with OCD
Long as it's for me, long as it's for me
Here's my confession (this time, this time)
Don't just want you to love me
I want to be your attention (this time, this time)
Want my name on the marquee (whoa)
I want you (to want me)
I want you (to need me)
I want you
To hear my confession
I want to be your obsession
I want to be your obsession
I want to be your obsession
Ooh
Lyrics submitted by frenzydiamonds
Obsession [Bonus Track] Lyrics as written by Ryan B. Tedder Sky Ferreira
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I want to be your OBSESSION