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.
You can get into my bed, but you won't know it
You can get under my skin, but I won't show it
With all the stupid yokels trying to get a piece of me
What makes you think I'd take a local
underneath my wing?
Oh Adrianne, won't you ache again for me
You can tell me what I said, but you won't mean it
You can get into my head, but you can't read it
With all the brands of telephones I've fed into my ear
On every single one it's the exact same voice I hear
I'm on the top of everything,
but the signal's just not clear,
Oh Adrianne, won't you ache again, my dear
I'll bet you $25 and a new pair of shoes you didn't get
here on your own
(On your own)
'Cause in an overpopulated state of consciousness I'm
constantly just fighting to be alone
And out of everything I want and every place I've
ever been
Well I'd just like to spend some time at home
Because nothing beats your ass like an ice cold glass
of getting smashed on the kitchen floor
Everyone I meet these days likes to ask me what I do
And I was hoping recently
that the answer might be you
My moral standing stands alone
and it's contradicted too
Oh Adrianne, won't you ache again?
Oh Adrianne, can't you fake it man?
Oh Adrianne, won't you ache again?
Oh baby won't you ache again for me?
You can get under my skin, but I won't show it
With all the stupid yokels trying to get a piece of me
What makes you think I'd take a local
underneath my wing?
Oh Adrianne, won't you ache again for me
You can tell me what I said, but you won't mean it
You can get into my head, but you can't read it
With all the brands of telephones I've fed into my ear
On every single one it's the exact same voice I hear
I'm on the top of everything,
but the signal's just not clear,
Oh Adrianne, won't you ache again, my dear
I'll bet you $25 and a new pair of shoes you didn't get
here on your own
(On your own)
'Cause in an overpopulated state of consciousness I'm
constantly just fighting to be alone
And out of everything I want and every place I've
ever been
Well I'd just like to spend some time at home
Because nothing beats your ass like an ice cold glass
of getting smashed on the kitchen floor
Everyone I meet these days likes to ask me what I do
And I was hoping recently
that the answer might be you
My moral standing stands alone
and it's contradicted too
Oh Adrianne, won't you ache again?
Oh Adrianne, can't you fake it man?
Oh Adrianne, won't you ache again?
Oh baby won't you ache again for me?
Lyrics submitted by ohsonice
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Joe posted this in a blog, once,
"Adrianne is a friend of mine from Philly. All of the people mentioned on the record are real and all of the situations talked about in the songs are real except my relationship with Adrianne."