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.
They're tellin' me,
The does and don'ts
But nobody's askin' me
What I desire
(I want to be lonely)
No record company callin in today
No stress,no drama, end of delay,
Chorus:
I want to be lonely,
Baby I want to be lonely,
I just wana be by myself,
I wana be lonely
Baby I wana be lonely
Final by myself
No mobile rings,
No traffic jams
No date,no stress
And no one that wants my money
Just for nothing
The does and don'ts
But nobody's askin' me
What I desire
(I want to be lonely)
No record company callin in today
No stress,no drama, end of delay,
Chorus:
I want to be lonely,
Baby I want to be lonely,
I just wana be by myself,
I wana be lonely
Baby I wana be lonely
Final by myself
No mobile rings,
No traffic jams
No date,no stress
And no one that wants my money
Just for nothing
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Lonely Lyrics as written by Axel Breitung Lou Bega
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