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 got a feeling we are gonna win
Our bodies make it perfect
And your eyes can make me swim
Then again everything seems new
I can barely hold my tongue
To say the least I'm into you
And your eyes
Are saying more than we can talk and warmer than our bedroom sport
And your thighs
Are kisses from the outside, girl that's all I need
I'll take you down the other road
To breathe in something more
I find it harder to ignore
The things I want you for
I know you don't want
A love you can't sing
The music was at the start
Do do do do do do do do do do do do
The rhythm was all
I needed to hear
A woman can treat my heart
Do do do do do do do do do do do do
When I press an ear up to your breast
I can hear the rhythm start
It's hard to tell our beats apart
So I hope you're listening right now
'Cause I can barely hold my tongue
The shit we do could warm the sun
And I
Twisted in a melting fall and sleeping with the scratching claws
And your words
Let me know you're feeling me and seeing all the things I see
I'll take you down the other road
To breathe in something more
I find it harder to ignore
The things I want you for
I know you don't want
A love you can't sing
The music was at the start
Do do do do do do do do do do do do
The rhythm was all
I needed to hear
A woman can treat my heart
Do do do do do do do do do do do do
I know you don't want
A love you can't sing
The music was at the start
Do do do do do do do do do do do do
The rhythm was all
I needed to hear
A woman can treat my heart
Do do do do do do do do do do do do
Our bodies make it perfect
And your eyes can make me swim
Then again everything seems new
I can barely hold my tongue
To say the least I'm into you
And your eyes
Are saying more than we can talk and warmer than our bedroom sport
And your thighs
Are kisses from the outside, girl that's all I need
I'll take you down the other road
To breathe in something more
I find it harder to ignore
The things I want you for
I know you don't want
A love you can't sing
The music was at the start
Do do do do do do do do do do do do
The rhythm was all
I needed to hear
A woman can treat my heart
Do do do do do do do do do do do do
When I press an ear up to your breast
I can hear the rhythm start
It's hard to tell our beats apart
So I hope you're listening right now
'Cause I can barely hold my tongue
The shit we do could warm the sun
And I
Twisted in a melting fall and sleeping with the scratching claws
And your words
Let me know you're feeling me and seeing all the things I see
I'll take you down the other road
To breathe in something more
I find it harder to ignore
The things I want you for
I know you don't want
A love you can't sing
The music was at the start
Do do do do do do do do do do do do
The rhythm was all
I needed to hear
A woman can treat my heart
Do do do do do do do do do do do do
I know you don't want
A love you can't sing
The music was at the start
Do do do do do do do do do do do do
The rhythm was all
I needed to hear
A woman can treat my heart
Do do do do do do do do do do do do
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I never understood that lyric either. Yours does make more sense but I can't find it that way anywhere else. I think these lyrics just get propagated through to the other sites. I'm with you, though. This is how I'm playing it from now on.