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.
Whispering in his ear
My magic potion for love
Telling him I'm sincere
And there's nothing too good for us
I want to be free
Free, free (And I just got to be me)
I gotta be me baby
Me, oh me, free
Chasing is on his mind
And girls are like such mystery
Happiness all the time
And oh how that man pleases me
I want to be free
Free, free
I just gotta be me, baby
Me, oh me
I want to be free
I want to be free
I want to be free
I want to be free
Say you gonna be
Say you want to be free
I gotta be me
I gotta be me
I just got to be me
Oh baby
Feeling you close to me
Makes all my senses burn
Last not waste our extasy
'Cause I want to be here for a while
I want to be free
Free, free I gotta be me baby
Me, oh me
Free
Oh baby
There's nothing too good for us baby
But don't you forget I want to be free
I gotta be me
Gotta be me baby
I want to be
Say you're gonna be, say you want to be free
I want to be free
Baby, I'm sincere
My magic potion for love
Telling him I'm sincere
And there's nothing too good for us
I want to be free
Free, free (And I just got to be me)
I gotta be me baby
Me, oh me, free
Chasing is on his mind
And girls are like such mystery
Happiness all the time
And oh how that man pleases me
I want to be free
Free, free
I just gotta be me, baby
Me, oh me
I want to be free
I want to be free
I want to be free
I want to be free
Say you gonna be
Say you want to be free
I gotta be me
I gotta be me
I just got to be me
Oh baby
Feeling you close to me
Makes all my senses burn
Last not waste our extasy
'Cause I want to be here for a while
I want to be free
Free, free I gotta be me baby
Me, oh me
Free
Oh baby
There's nothing too good for us baby
But don't you forget I want to be free
I gotta be me
Gotta be me baby
I want to be
Say you're gonna be, say you want to be free
I want to be free
Baby, I'm sincere
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