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 make me out a fool
You think I'm funny
The thing I'm trying so hard not to be
And when you say to call
You don't answer at all
You tell your friends it's only me
I, really love you
Tho' it goes nowhere
You're on a Ferris wheel
Ride drive me crazy
Tho' it brings you closer
It just takes you up again
Ride tho' it brings you closer
Ride till it takes you up again
Ride tho' it brings you closer
Ride till it takes you up again
I dream it's all a dream
I call your name
You turn around and seem to look at me
The Ferris wheel slows down
You're back down on the ground
But then you walk right past me
I, really love you
Tho' it goes nowhere
You're on a Ferris wheel
Ride drive me crazy
Tho' it brings you closer
It just takes you up again
I, really love you
Tho' it goes nowhere
You're on a Ferris wheel
Ride drive me crazy
Tho' it brings you closer
It just takes you up again
Ride tho' it brings you closer
Ride till it takes you up again
Ride tho' it brings you closer
Ride till it takes you up again
De do do
De do do
De do do
De do do
De do do
I really love you
De do do
I really love you
De do do do
I really love you
De do do do
I really love you
You think I'm funny
The thing I'm trying so hard not to be
And when you say to call
You don't answer at all
You tell your friends it's only me
I, really love you
Tho' it goes nowhere
You're on a Ferris wheel
Ride drive me crazy
Tho' it brings you closer
It just takes you up again
Ride tho' it brings you closer
Ride till it takes you up again
Ride tho' it brings you closer
Ride till it takes you up again
I dream it's all a dream
I call your name
You turn around and seem to look at me
The Ferris wheel slows down
You're back down on the ground
But then you walk right past me
I, really love you
Tho' it goes nowhere
You're on a Ferris wheel
Ride drive me crazy
Tho' it brings you closer
It just takes you up again
I, really love you
Tho' it goes nowhere
You're on a Ferris wheel
Ride drive me crazy
Tho' it brings you closer
It just takes you up again
Ride tho' it brings you closer
Ride till it takes you up again
Ride tho' it brings you closer
Ride till it takes you up again
De do do
De do do
De do do
De do do
De do do
I really love you
De do do
I really love you
De do do do
I really love you
De do do do
I really love you
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I Really Love You Lyrics as written by Kevin Coyne
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