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.
Eres tu mi vicio
Tu mi enfermedad
Es como una fiebre de felicidad
No quiero curarme
De este mal de amor
En vez de mejorarme prefiero estar peor
Quiero yo empaparme
Todo con tu piel
De ese venenito, que tiene tu piel
Con agua de rosas
Dame una inyección
Ponle algún remedio a mi corazón
A mi corazón, a mi corazón, a mi corazón
Ese cuerpo que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Esos ojos que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Esos labios que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
La cintura que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Llenas tu mi vida
De yo no sé que
Eres como azúcar, para mi café
Dame tu avalancha de sensualidad
Contagia mi alma, con tu enfermedad
Ven acá mi vida, venme a rescatar
Eres la ambulancia que me ha de salvar
Dame de tu cuerpo, una transfusión
Un suero de besos con loca pasión
Con loca pasión, con loca pasión
Con loca pasión
Ese cuerpo que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Esos ojos que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Esos labios que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
La cintura que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
(Me enferma, me enferma)
(Me enferma, me enferma)
Llenas tu mi vida
De yo no se que
Eres como azúcar, para mi café
Dame de tu cuerpo, una transfusión
Un suero de besos con loca pasión
Con loca pasión, con loca pasión
Con loca pasión
Ese cuerpo que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Esos ojos que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Esos labios que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
La cintura que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Ese cuerpo que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Esos ojos que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Esos labios que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
La cintura que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Tu mi enfermedad
Es como una fiebre de felicidad
No quiero curarme
De este mal de amor
En vez de mejorarme prefiero estar peor
Quiero yo empaparme
Todo con tu piel
De ese venenito, que tiene tu piel
Con agua de rosas
Dame una inyección
Ponle algún remedio a mi corazón
A mi corazón, a mi corazón, a mi corazón
Ese cuerpo que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Esos ojos que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Esos labios que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
La cintura que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Llenas tu mi vida
De yo no sé que
Eres como azúcar, para mi café
Dame tu avalancha de sensualidad
Contagia mi alma, con tu enfermedad
Ven acá mi vida, venme a rescatar
Eres la ambulancia que me ha de salvar
Dame de tu cuerpo, una transfusión
Un suero de besos con loca pasión
Con loca pasión, con loca pasión
Con loca pasión
Ese cuerpo que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Esos ojos que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Esos labios que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
La cintura que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
(Me enferma, me enferma)
(Me enferma, me enferma)
Llenas tu mi vida
De yo no se que
Eres como azúcar, para mi café
Dame de tu cuerpo, una transfusión
Un suero de besos con loca pasión
Con loca pasión, con loca pasión
Con loca pasión
Ese cuerpo que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Esos ojos que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Esos labios que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
La cintura que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Ese cuerpo que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Esos ojos que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
Esos labios que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
La cintura que tu tienes me enferma
Me enferma, me enferma
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