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.
Yeah, Get angry
Flash light
Flash light
Flash light
‘Cause this is when I drag my feet tracking where the pattern bleeds
I thought that it leads but it just so happens to leak in the
Public eye, when confronted I wondered why
‘Cause I thought it was something special to watch rain from the sky
But it’s all the same though formed in the days old
Storms into rainbows and horns into halos
Cape heroes washed up on the shore with their sworn villains
Sword still in hand, dead pan looking at the ceiling fan
Like Andre it’s hard to stay comfortable when the sky falls
And there’s nothing else for us to look up to
Fuck you! ( fuck you)
They fell down before the ashes and ashes and dust to dust
Whatever, just shut the fuck up
And eat your eggs on easter day ‘cause these egg days you reap what you sew
Needless to say I did a lot of pot holes and not a lot of honour roles
But so what? I’m grown up and still I got a snot nose
‘Cause whether the weather is hot or cold the pen is my weapon so lock and load
Haven’t been to church in years and still i;ve got a soul
Sold to the highest bidder ************
Raises stake to light the fires to conspire a witch hunt
‘Cause which are the hunters and which are they prey?
What if the hunters are wishing to pray?
Sundays is gun play but warning shots I run away
To catch up with the bullet fight I knew I wouldn’t get tired
With the first attempt to fly even superman wouldn’t try
I had a hard time believing even a harder time leaving
Had a hard time believing even a harder time leaving
Hard time believing even a harder time leaving
I had a hard time believing even a harder time leaving
Doing a hard time in prison I find martyrs are still living
I found it hard to see the difference between having a job and making a living
‘Cause making a living is playing God and making a living is playing cards to me
I’ve only seen soft time in Salvador Dahli or 3 card marley are the Gods between religions
Jews, Christians, Muslims keep picking the same card
It gets them all like weapons of Saddam never found so made up
Taught not to look down ‘cause if you do the gates will shut
And you’d be left out in the cold and made a spectacle for the rest of the souls
‘Cause going through death is slow, it’s what we do in this snow hole
You fucked up and want us to fix it
I’ll pin it on religions like you wear Jesus pins on your chest for every Christmas list you wrote
Shipped it to the north pole, was a warning when the tip of the iceberg melted
because of this global warming so let’s all take hands on this Titanic of hope
And place bets and rain checks to see if this ship will float
So I abandon man overboard, did Christ a favour
Sacrificed myself because there wasn’t enough lifesavers to
Go around like them circling band wagons of pioneers
Trying to scare Indians off their land flaggin’ them down
Making them wave their flags, the wonder years of Fred Savage
Still I’m making waves that last
Breaking their tired hands behind my back
Until I wash up on the shore next to Superman and Flash like
Flash light
Flash light (echoes flash light)
Yo, spiderman yo
To Doctor Octopus
The Night Crawler
Dr X
The Joker
Batman and Robin
I had a hard time believing even a harder time leaving
Had a hard time believing even a harder time leaving
Hard time believing even a harder time leaving
I had a hard time believing even a harder time leaving
I had a hard time believing even a harder time leaving
Had a hard time believing even a harder time leaving
Hard time believing even a harder time leaving
I had a hard time believing even a harder time leaving
Flash light
Flash light
Flash light
‘Cause this is when I drag my feet tracking where the pattern bleeds
I thought that it leads but it just so happens to leak in the
Public eye, when confronted I wondered why
‘Cause I thought it was something special to watch rain from the sky
But it’s all the same though formed in the days old
Storms into rainbows and horns into halos
Cape heroes washed up on the shore with their sworn villains
Sword still in hand, dead pan looking at the ceiling fan
Like Andre it’s hard to stay comfortable when the sky falls
And there’s nothing else for us to look up to
Fuck you! ( fuck you)
They fell down before the ashes and ashes and dust to dust
Whatever, just shut the fuck up
And eat your eggs on easter day ‘cause these egg days you reap what you sew
Needless to say I did a lot of pot holes and not a lot of honour roles
But so what? I’m grown up and still I got a snot nose
‘Cause whether the weather is hot or cold the pen is my weapon so lock and load
Haven’t been to church in years and still i;ve got a soul
Sold to the highest bidder ************
Raises stake to light the fires to conspire a witch hunt
‘Cause which are the hunters and which are they prey?
What if the hunters are wishing to pray?
Sundays is gun play but warning shots I run away
To catch up with the bullet fight I knew I wouldn’t get tired
With the first attempt to fly even superman wouldn’t try
I had a hard time believing even a harder time leaving
Had a hard time believing even a harder time leaving
Hard time believing even a harder time leaving
I had a hard time believing even a harder time leaving
Doing a hard time in prison I find martyrs are still living
I found it hard to see the difference between having a job and making a living
‘Cause making a living is playing God and making a living is playing cards to me
I’ve only seen soft time in Salvador Dahli or 3 card marley are the Gods between religions
Jews, Christians, Muslims keep picking the same card
It gets them all like weapons of Saddam never found so made up
Taught not to look down ‘cause if you do the gates will shut
And you’d be left out in the cold and made a spectacle for the rest of the souls
‘Cause going through death is slow, it’s what we do in this snow hole
You fucked up and want us to fix it
I’ll pin it on religions like you wear Jesus pins on your chest for every Christmas list you wrote
Shipped it to the north pole, was a warning when the tip of the iceberg melted
because of this global warming so let’s all take hands on this Titanic of hope
And place bets and rain checks to see if this ship will float
So I abandon man overboard, did Christ a favour
Sacrificed myself because there wasn’t enough lifesavers to
Go around like them circling band wagons of pioneers
Trying to scare Indians off their land flaggin’ them down
Making them wave their flags, the wonder years of Fred Savage
Still I’m making waves that last
Breaking their tired hands behind my back
Until I wash up on the shore next to Superman and Flash like
Flash light
Flash light (echoes flash light)
Yo, spiderman yo
To Doctor Octopus
The Night Crawler
Dr X
The Joker
Batman and Robin
I had a hard time believing even a harder time leaving
Had a hard time believing even a harder time leaving
Hard time believing even a harder time leaving
I had a hard time believing even a harder time leaving
I had a hard time believing even a harder time leaving
Had a hard time believing even a harder time leaving
Hard time believing even a harder time leaving
I had a hard time believing even a harder time leaving
Lyrics submitted by shezztastic
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