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.
Just once more
Let me kiss you just once more
Let me hold you please just once more
Oh yeah
Well I met you yesterday
I never would have thought
You take my hand, you walk me home
And that's when I get caught
Well just once more
Let me kiss you just once more
Let me hold you please just once more
Well well well just once more
Let me hold you in my arms
Let me feel your loving charms just once more
Oh yeah
Well well well well
I know the way I feel
I know that this is real
I know that soon you'll feel it too
Then you'll say just once more
Let me kiss you just once more
Let me hold you please just once more
Oh yeah
I never dreamed that when we met
You'd go out with me
Your kiss last night I can't forget
I love you can't you see
Well just once more
Let me kiss you just once more
Let me hold you please just once more
Well well well just once more
Let me hold you in my arms
Let me feel your loving charms just once more
Oh yeah
Just once more
Let me kiss you just once more
Let me hold you please just once more
Oh yeah
Well I met you yesterday
I never would have thought
You take my hand, you walk me home
And that's when I get caught
Well just once more
Let me kiss you just once more
Let me hold you please just once more
Well well well just once more
Let me hold you in my arms
Let me feel your loving charms just once more
Oh yeah
Well well well well
I know the way I feel
I know that this is real
I know that soon you'll feel it too
Then you'll say just once more
Let me kiss you just once more
Let me hold you please just once more
Oh yeah
I never dreamed that when we met
You'd go out with me
Your kiss last night I can't forget
I love you can't you see
Well just once more
Let me kiss you just once more
Let me hold you please just once more
Well well well just once more
Let me hold you in my arms
Let me feel your loving charms just once more
Oh yeah
Just once more
Lyrics submitted by uteinfullerton
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