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.
Sail
This is how I show my love
I made it in my mind because
Blame it on my ADD baby
This is how an angel dies
Blame it on my own sick pride
Blame it on my ADD baby
Sail, sail
Sail, sail, sail
Maybe I should cry for help
Maybe I should kill myself (myself)
Blame it on my ADD baby
Maybe I'm a different breed
Maybe I'm not listening
So blame it on my ADD baby
Sail, sail
Sail, sail, sail
La la la la la, la la la la la, ohh
La la la la la, la la la la la, ohh
La la la la la, la la la la
Sail, sail
Sail, sail
Sail, sail
Sail, sail, sail
This is how I show my love
I made it in my mind because
Blame it on my ADD baby
This is how an angel dies
Blame it on my own sick pride
Blame it on my ADD baby
Sail, sail
Sail, sail, sail
Maybe I should cry for help
Maybe I should kill myself (myself)
Blame it on my ADD baby
Maybe I'm a different breed
Maybe I'm not listening
So blame it on my ADD baby
Sail, sail
Sail, sail, sail
La la la la la, la la la la la, ohh
La la la la la, la la la la la, ohh
La la la la la, la la la la
Sail, sail
Sail, sail
Sail, sail
Sail, sail, sail
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You all read too deeply into the song! The author aid in an interview he wrote the entire song, including the music, in less than 45 minutes while waiting for his lunch. With that said, here we go... "This is how I show my love" ready? Through music " I made it in my mind because" he thought up the entire song and music, if it's not talent, then go ahead and "blame it on my ADD" "this is how an angel cries" note: cries not dies. He compares music/song to angels cries or laughter or any other emotion but cries happens to rhyme with the next line so he used it. "Blame it on my own sick pride" yes, he's simply apologizing in a way for comparing his music to angels "blame it on my ADD, baby" easier than sick pride. All the rest is the same, highs and lows "maybe I should cry for help, maybe I should kill myself" "maybe I'm a different breed, maybe I'm not listening" he's just constantly thinking about stuff and could just keep on going so he conveys that "la la la la la, la la la la la " His thoughts drift wherever from one to the other as if like a sail boat blown in the wind .... "Sail" thanks for reading! If I came across snippy......"blame it on my ADD"I