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.
Baby just believe me don't try to read me
I've got to catch the 5:05
I've got a ragged hungry band full of stone survivors
We're out here tryin' to keep it alive
No more favors fuckin' strangers say I owe
Don't care about your problems, baby
All I want to know
How am I gonna get it
How am I gonna get it
How am I gonna get it tonight?
I work hard enough
I'm tired of smiling at liars
I never said I'd try to set the world on fire
Leave me alone
Got to find a better way home
I do it all in an hour
Could you talk a little louder
I don't open my eyes until midnight
They're screamin' to please me,
Got to make it look easy
'Cause I'm fighting for my life in the spotlight
I'm dancin' in my corner but the bell won't ring
I've got no time to argue, baby, but tell me one thing
How am I gonna get it
How am I gonna get it
How am I gonna get it tonight?
I work hard enough
Tired of smiling at liars
I never said I'd try to set the world on fire
Leave me alone
Got to find a better way home
I hear the motor revvin' baby, I've got to go
But just before I leave
There's one thing I've got to know
How am I gonna get it
How am I gonna get it
How am I gonna get it tonight?
I work hard enough
Tired of smiling at liars
I never said I'd try to set the world on fire
Leave me alone
Got to find a better way home
Comin' home, baby
Comin' home, baby
Comin' home, baby
Comin' home, baby
I've got to catch the 5:05
I've got a ragged hungry band full of stone survivors
We're out here tryin' to keep it alive
No more favors fuckin' strangers say I owe
Don't care about your problems, baby
All I want to know
How am I gonna get it
How am I gonna get it
How am I gonna get it tonight?
I work hard enough
I'm tired of smiling at liars
I never said I'd try to set the world on fire
Leave me alone
Got to find a better way home
I do it all in an hour
Could you talk a little louder
I don't open my eyes until midnight
They're screamin' to please me,
Got to make it look easy
'Cause I'm fighting for my life in the spotlight
I'm dancin' in my corner but the bell won't ring
I've got no time to argue, baby, but tell me one thing
How am I gonna get it
How am I gonna get it
How am I gonna get it tonight?
I work hard enough
Tired of smiling at liars
I never said I'd try to set the world on fire
Leave me alone
Got to find a better way home
I hear the motor revvin' baby, I've got to go
But just before I leave
There's one thing I've got to know
How am I gonna get it
How am I gonna get it
How am I gonna get it tonight?
I work hard enough
Tired of smiling at liars
I never said I'd try to set the world on fire
Leave me alone
Got to find a better way home
Comin' home, baby
Comin' home, baby
Comin' home, baby
Comin' home, baby
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Got to Be a Better Way Home Lyrics as written by Steven Van Zandt
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