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.
I've got something on my mind,
But the right words are so hard to find
They twist my mind
Grape vines shakin' once again
Those nasty little rumors of the boy deepen
Are loose again
Sliding in the door are the roads we all know
Yesterdays hero's with no room to grow
You say you want the money
You want the Big Prize
But they'll cut you
Down to size, with your
Bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude
Two can play that game, no one likes to lose, yeah!
What's it like living like you do
Talk talk is cheap talk
So far from the truth
Why do they listen to you
Soon you will fall boy, record shows
Only the stories will turn on you
Best be on your toes
There's such a thing as trust,
Nothing else is the same
When your face is in the ground,
You've only yourself to blame,
You say you want the money
You want the Big Prize
But they'll cut you
Down to size, with your
Bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude
It's your bad attitude,
No one likes to lose, no one likes to lose
It's your bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude,
Two can play that game, no one likes to lose, yeah!
Sliding in the door are the roads we all know
Yesterdays hero's with no room to grow
You say you want the money
You want the Big Prize
But they'll cut you
Down to size, with your
Bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude
It's your bad attitude,
No one likes to lose, bad bad attitude
It's your bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude,
Two can play that game, no one likes to lose,
It's your bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude,
It's your bad attitude,
No one likes to lose, bad bad attitude
It's your bad attitude, twisted views,
Bad bad attitude.
But the right words are so hard to find
They twist my mind
Grape vines shakin' once again
Those nasty little rumors of the boy deepen
Are loose again
Sliding in the door are the roads we all know
Yesterdays hero's with no room to grow
You say you want the money
You want the Big Prize
But they'll cut you
Down to size, with your
Bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude
Two can play that game, no one likes to lose, yeah!
What's it like living like you do
Talk talk is cheap talk
So far from the truth
Why do they listen to you
Soon you will fall boy, record shows
Only the stories will turn on you
Best be on your toes
There's such a thing as trust,
Nothing else is the same
When your face is in the ground,
You've only yourself to blame,
You say you want the money
You want the Big Prize
But they'll cut you
Down to size, with your
Bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude
It's your bad attitude,
No one likes to lose, no one likes to lose
It's your bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude,
Two can play that game, no one likes to lose, yeah!
Sliding in the door are the roads we all know
Yesterdays hero's with no room to grow
You say you want the money
You want the Big Prize
But they'll cut you
Down to size, with your
Bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude
It's your bad attitude,
No one likes to lose, bad bad attitude
It's your bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude,
Two can play that game, no one likes to lose,
It's your bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude,
It's your bad attitude,
No one likes to lose, bad bad attitude
It's your bad attitude, twisted views,
Bad bad attitude.
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Bad Attitude Lyrics as written by Jonathan Cooke Nicholas Beales
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