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.
All our secrets they are tailored trouble
Draped loose now around your hips
Your spotless instincts are valid
We co-exist
Got 26 days to work with (got 26 days)
We've got 26 days to work with (it moves, it moves, it moves)
We'll see what all gets done
I'm an addict for dramatics
I confuse the two for love
You can't tell me that you don't beg
Liar (Liar)
If we're keeping score
Then we're all choir boys at best
(Intrusive and arrogant)
Liar (Liar)
If we're keeping score
Then we're all choir boys at best
(Intrusive and arrogant)
Got 26 days to work with (got 26 days)
Then back on that island
That you swear by
Still barely can afford
It's still a question of
"How long will this hold?"
"Well is it any different now that we are" (I said we are patient)
"Oh, don't you go there, not here, not now" (it moves, it moves, it moves)
Not here, not now
I'm an addict for dramatics
I confuse the two for love
You can't tell me that you don't beg
Liar (Liar)
If we're keeping score
Then we're all choir boys at best
(Intrusive and arrogant)
Liar (Liar)
If we're keeping score
Then we're all choir boys at best
(Intrusive and arrogant)
Yeah, we're all choir boys at best
Liar (Liar)
If we're keeping score
Then we're all choir boys at best
(Intrusive and arrogant)
Liar (Liar)
If we're keeping score
Then we're all choir boys at best
(Intrusive and arrogant)
Liar (Liar)
Liar (Liar)
It takes one to know one
Draped loose now around your hips
Your spotless instincts are valid
We co-exist
Got 26 days to work with (got 26 days)
We've got 26 days to work with (it moves, it moves, it moves)
We'll see what all gets done
I'm an addict for dramatics
I confuse the two for love
You can't tell me that you don't beg
Liar (Liar)
If we're keeping score
Then we're all choir boys at best
(Intrusive and arrogant)
Liar (Liar)
If we're keeping score
Then we're all choir boys at best
(Intrusive and arrogant)
Got 26 days to work with (got 26 days)
Then back on that island
That you swear by
Still barely can afford
It's still a question of
"How long will this hold?"
"Well is it any different now that we are" (I said we are patient)
"Oh, don't you go there, not here, not now" (it moves, it moves, it moves)
Not here, not now
I'm an addict for dramatics
I confuse the two for love
You can't tell me that you don't beg
Liar (Liar)
If we're keeping score
Then we're all choir boys at best
(Intrusive and arrogant)
Liar (Liar)
If we're keeping score
Then we're all choir boys at best
(Intrusive and arrogant)
Yeah, we're all choir boys at best
Liar (Liar)
If we're keeping score
Then we're all choir boys at best
(Intrusive and arrogant)
Liar (Liar)
If we're keeping score
Then we're all choir boys at best
(Intrusive and arrogant)
Liar (Liar)
Liar (Liar)
It takes one to know one
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i've never read lord of the flies, nor have i even read all of these comments, so sorry if this has already been said or whatever.
but, to me, it sounds like the song's directed towards a drug addict/alcoholic. i think the 26 days is the amount of time the addict is sent to rehab for. i think you're all taking the 'then back on that island' phrase too literally; i think it could mean back to reality, for when he gets out of rehab. 'how long will this hold?' = how long until he relapses..
hah but this is just my opinion. again though, i didn't read all of the comments; i've only quickly skimmed the three on this page so sorry if someone's suggested this already aha.