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.
when i was 16 i fell in love with a girl by the name of francine
ooh she was the sweetest little thing oh yall i've ever seen
i did everything i could to get a lil love
but all that girl did was push and shove
so i talked to my grandpapa and i asked what i should do he said ask that sweet thang to do just one thing for you..
chorus
let me put my head in it
[thats all you wanna do] 4xs
so the next day came and i got real clean
i went to the bottoom to see francine
i brought her some flowers and some candy too
took her to a movie and bought her a burger or two
when we left we ere driving on a old country road
i asked francine girl where do you want to go
she said you driving theodis whatever you want to do
so i pulled over in the bushes and said what my grandpapa told me too.
repeat chorus
ooh she was the sweetest little thing oh yall i've ever seen
i did everything i could to get a lil love
but all that girl did was push and shove
so i talked to my grandpapa and i asked what i should do he said ask that sweet thang to do just one thing for you..
chorus
let me put my head in it
[thats all you wanna do] 4xs
so the next day came and i got real clean
i went to the bottoom to see francine
i brought her some flowers and some candy too
took her to a movie and bought her a burger or two
when we left we ere driving on a old country road
i asked francine girl where do you want to go
she said you driving theodis whatever you want to do
so i pulled over in the bushes and said what my grandpapa told me too.
repeat chorus
Lyrics submitted by XXX729
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