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.
¿Qué más quieres de mí?
Si ya todo te di
Te di mi cariño, te di mi confianza
Te di mi calor
¿Qué más quieres de mí?
Mi vida te la di
Por tan solo un minuto
Por tan solo un poquito
De tu gran pasión
¿Y todo para qué?
¿Y todo para qué?
¿Para qué tanto amor?
¿Para qué ilusionaste
Para qué enamoraste mi corazón?
¿Y todo para qué?
¿Y todo para qué?
Si al final yo perdí
Pero no me arrepiento
Si en cada momento me hiciste feliz
¿Qué más quieres de mí?
A dónde quieres llegar?
Que no te has dado cuenta
Que por no mirarte, me puedes matar
¿Qué más quieres de mí?
Dímelo por favor
Ya no encuentro palabras
No encuentro la forma
De darte mi amor
¿Y todo para qué?
¿Y todo para qué?
¿Para qué tanto amor?
¿Para qué ilusionaste
Para qué enamoraste mi corazón?
¿Y todo para qué?
¿Y todo para qué?
Si al final yo perdí
Pero no me arrepiento
Si en cada momento me hiciste feliz
¿Y todo para qué?
Si ya todo te di
Te di mi cariño, te di mi confianza
Te di mi calor
¿Qué más quieres de mí?
Mi vida te la di
Por tan solo un minuto
Por tan solo un poquito
De tu gran pasión
¿Y todo para qué?
¿Y todo para qué?
¿Para qué tanto amor?
¿Para qué ilusionaste
Para qué enamoraste mi corazón?
¿Y todo para qué?
¿Y todo para qué?
Si al final yo perdí
Pero no me arrepiento
Si en cada momento me hiciste feliz
¿Qué más quieres de mí?
A dónde quieres llegar?
Que no te has dado cuenta
Que por no mirarte, me puedes matar
¿Qué más quieres de mí?
Dímelo por favor
Ya no encuentro palabras
No encuentro la forma
De darte mi amor
¿Y todo para qué?
¿Y todo para qué?
¿Para qué tanto amor?
¿Para qué ilusionaste
Para qué enamoraste mi corazón?
¿Y todo para qué?
¿Y todo para qué?
Si al final yo perdí
Pero no me arrepiento
Si en cada momento me hiciste feliz
¿Y todo para qué?
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¿Y Todo Para Qué? Lyrics as written by Pedro Reyna Cisneros
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