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're all fools, don't you bother to say it
Well I'm through, and your money won't pay it
You're all liars, and you've been tellin' me lies
Yeah, you're liars, and I've caught you with your finger in the pie
I'm tired, takin' over command
You're all fired, my money's out of your hands
'Cause you're liars, and you've been tellin' me lies
Yeah, you're liars, and I've caught you with your finger in the pie
Build me up, you let me down, it's showing in my songs
I call you up, you're out of town, I won't last too long
You're all liars, and you've been telling me lies
Yeah, you're liars and I've caught you with your finger in the pie
Maybe you might call me, maybe I don't give a damn
Now I'm through, with all of your daydreams
All the glitter, and all your money machines
But you're liars, and you've been tellin' me lies
Yeah you're liars, and I've caught you with your finger in the pie
Build me up, you let me down, it's showing in my songs
I call you up, you're out of town, I won't last too long
Cause you're liars, and you've been telling me lies
Yeah you're liars and I've caught you with your finger in the pie
With your finger in the pie
With your finger in the pie
With your finger in the pie
With your finger in the pie
With your finger in the pie
Well I'm through, and your money won't pay it
You're all liars, and you've been tellin' me lies
Yeah, you're liars, and I've caught you with your finger in the pie
I'm tired, takin' over command
You're all fired, my money's out of your hands
'Cause you're liars, and you've been tellin' me lies
Yeah, you're liars, and I've caught you with your finger in the pie
Build me up, you let me down, it's showing in my songs
I call you up, you're out of town, I won't last too long
You're all liars, and you've been telling me lies
Yeah, you're liars and I've caught you with your finger in the pie
Maybe you might call me, maybe I don't give a damn
Now I'm through, with all of your daydreams
All the glitter, and all your money machines
But you're liars, and you've been tellin' me lies
Yeah you're liars, and I've caught you with your finger in the pie
Build me up, you let me down, it's showing in my songs
I call you up, you're out of town, I won't last too long
Cause you're liars, and you've been telling me lies
Yeah you're liars and I've caught you with your finger in the pie
With your finger in the pie
With your finger in the pie
With your finger in the pie
With your finger in the pie
With your finger in the pie
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