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 you're a liar
Truly you're the sweetest thing
I have ever seen
You make me glean the crazy side of love
You're the one who can make me, shake me
Long before my time is due
Move it in the back and slide it from above
But I know a game or two you play
Baby, baby you're a liar and I fell for you
Baby
I couldn't get no higher
Without seeing through you
Baby now you've gone away from me
It's all over, bar the crying
Now I've had the time to think about
Where I went wrong
I know I'd run a mile to do it all once more
Spending lonely nights with someone
That I know I'll never love
Wishing things was like they were before
But I've gotten wiser to you babe
Baby I'm a liar and I fell I for you
Baby couldn't get no higher with you, no, no, no
Baby now you've gone away from me
It's all over, don't bother waiting
Truly you're the sweetest thing
I have ever seen
You make me glean the crazy side of love
You're the one who can make me, shake me
Long before my time is due
Move it in the back and slide it from above
But I know a game or two you play
Baby, baby you're a liar and I fell for you
Baby
I couldn't get no higher
Without seeing through you
Baby now you've gone away from me
It's all over, bar the crying
Now I've had the time to think about
Where I went wrong
I know I'd run a mile to do it all once more
Spending lonely nights with someone
That I know I'll never love
Wishing things was like they were before
But I've gotten wiser to you babe
Baby I'm a liar and I fell I for you
Baby couldn't get no higher with you, no, no, no
Baby now you've gone away from me
It's all over, don't bother waiting
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Baby You're a Liar Lyrics as written by Hans Dieter Horns H.j. Rietenbach
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He/she lied to him/her. It's all over, don't bother waiting. It closes the chapter.
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