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.
Mi amor no tiene esperanza
Aunque te esperara
Mi corazón se ancla
A un fantasma corporal
Mi amor no tiene venganza
Aunque te matara
Este viejo no se cansa
Siempre te perseguirá
Así que fe y amor no necesita esperanza
Ven amor aquí
Fe o amor no grita en mi lancha
Alrededor de ti
(Vestida en mi dolor
Negrita de mi amor)
Fe o amor mosquito tan dandi
Fue un amor así
Fe o amor no quita esperanza
Ven amor aquí
Ven amor
Mi amor no te hablo paja
Aunque no es la verdad
Mi abogado trabaja
Para que tu puedas descansar
Así que fe y amor no necesita esperanza
Ven amor aquí
Ven amor disfruta mi grasa
Alrededor de ti
Fe y amor
Fe o amor
Fe y amor
Fe o amor
Fe y amor
Fe o amor
Fe y amor
Aunque te esperara
Mi corazón se ancla
A un fantasma corporal
Mi amor no tiene venganza
Aunque te matara
Este viejo no se cansa
Siempre te perseguirá
Así que fe y amor no necesita esperanza
Ven amor aquí
Fe o amor no grita en mi lancha
Alrededor de ti
(Vestida en mi dolor
Negrita de mi amor)
Fe o amor mosquito tan dandi
Fue un amor así
Fe o amor no quita esperanza
Ven amor aquí
Ven amor
Mi amor no te hablo paja
Aunque no es la verdad
Mi abogado trabaja
Para que tu puedas descansar
Así que fe y amor no necesita esperanza
Ven amor aquí
Ven amor disfruta mi grasa
Alrededor de ti
Fe y amor
Fe o amor
Fe y amor
Fe o amor
Fe y amor
Fe o amor
Fe y amor
Lyrics submitted by iRevolution
Mi Negrita Lyrics as written by Devendra Banhart
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, BMG Rights Management
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This is literally the worst translation I have ever seen.
My love has no hope Although it'll wait for you. My heart throws itself To a corporeal phantom. My love has no vengeance, although it might kill you.
This old man will won't tire, he will always follow you. Thus faith and love need no hope, come here love. Ugly love doesn't scream on my boat around you, clad in my pain, black from my love. Faith and love, a dandy mosquito it was a love like this. Ugly love doesn't take away hope, Come here love, come love.
My love didn't speak in straws even though it's not the truth. My lawyer works, so that you can rest. Thus faith and love need no hope, come here love. Come love, enjoy my grease around you. Faith and love. Ugly love.