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 didn't ask for this
You give me heart attack
I didn't want to care
And then I saw you there
Been working like a dog
I turned all my dreams off
I didn't know my name, I didn't know my name
I got a little bit longer, I got a ways to go
I got a little bit longer, I got a ways to go
I got a little bit longer, I got a ways to go
Whoa oh oh (I got a ways to go)
Even when I can't see my rearview
Even if I call just to hear you
Even when I sleep all day (Even when I sleep all day)
Even if I work it like I'm times two
Living in the back of the bunk just like we do
Even when I dream all day
Don't wanna sleep tonight
You've got me feeling right
I didn't know my name, I didn't know my name
I got a little bit longer, I got a ways to go
I got a little bit longer, I got a ways to go
I got a little bit longer, I got a ways to go
Whoa oh oh (I got a ways to go)
Even when I can't see my rearview
Even if I call just to hear you
Even when I sleep all day (Even when I sleep all day)
Even if I work it like I'm times two
Living in the back of the bunk just like we do
Even when I dream all day
Even when I dream all day
Oh I got a little bit longer, I got a ways to go oh oh
Whoa oh oh
Even if I smoke in the back room
Even if I go right to meet you
Even when I sleep all day, even when I sleep all day
Even if I work it like I'm times two
Waiting for the day just to end so I see you
Even when I dream all day, even when I dream all day
You give me heart attack
I didn't want to care
And then I saw you there
Been working like a dog
I turned all my dreams off
I didn't know my name, I didn't know my name
I got a little bit longer, I got a ways to go
I got a little bit longer, I got a ways to go
I got a little bit longer, I got a ways to go
Whoa oh oh (I got a ways to go)
Even when I can't see my rearview
Even if I call just to hear you
Even when I sleep all day (Even when I sleep all day)
Even if I work it like I'm times two
Living in the back of the bunk just like we do
Even when I dream all day
Don't wanna sleep tonight
You've got me feeling right
I didn't know my name, I didn't know my name
I got a little bit longer, I got a ways to go
I got a little bit longer, I got a ways to go
I got a little bit longer, I got a ways to go
Whoa oh oh (I got a ways to go)
Even when I can't see my rearview
Even if I call just to hear you
Even when I sleep all day (Even when I sleep all day)
Even if I work it like I'm times two
Living in the back of the bunk just like we do
Even when I dream all day
Even when I dream all day
Oh I got a little bit longer, I got a ways to go oh oh
Whoa oh oh
Even if I smoke in the back room
Even if I go right to meet you
Even when I sleep all day, even when I sleep all day
Even if I work it like I'm times two
Waiting for the day just to end so I see you
Even when I dream all day, even when I dream all day
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Ways To Go Lyrics as written by Christian Zucconi Andrew Wessen
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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