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.
oh my love
there's a body in a car somewhere
and our relationship is going nowhere
i offered samples of your teeth and hair
to the man who turned up
at our door
asking questions of your shape and size
a silent joke between men of our age
oh should i laugh or should i cry
my love
if i feel better
should i lie is it not enough
to have lived and
to have loved
if i don't know better by now then i never will
so out comes his pad
and notes are made
why were you happy
oh am i happy
these are the question i have tried to avoid
in quick succession as they were employed
oh am i happy
oh should i laugh or should i cry
my love
if i feel better
should i lie is it not enough
to have lived and
to have loved
there's a body in a car somewhere
and our relationship is going nowhere
i offered samples of your teeth and hair
to the man who turned up
at our door
asking questions of your shape and size
a silent joke between men of our age
oh should i laugh or should i cry
my love
if i feel better
should i lie is it not enough
to have lived and
to have loved
if i don't know better by now then i never will
so out comes his pad
and notes are made
why were you happy
oh am i happy
these are the question i have tried to avoid
in quick succession as they were employed
oh am i happy
oh should i laugh or should i cry
my love
if i feel better
should i lie is it not enough
to have lived and
to have loved
Lyrics submitted by Klieserber
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