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 will never let you leave my sight
I've been staying up lately, all night
Making sure you get to bed safely
Dreaming of when it will be you and me
You go there and I'll go too
I'll be the one that follows you
Watch you sleep and watch you wake
Notice all the moves you make
Be your rock, I'll be your guide
Without you it's suicide
Can't wait till the day we meet
Until then I'll watch you sleep
Oh
I'm just tying the knot
Can't wait to catch you all alone
Girl, then I swear I'll take you home
Whether you want it or not
Whether you like it or not
I will never let you leave my sight
I've been staying up lately, all night
Making sure you get to bed safely
Dreaming of when it will be you and me
I've got the sickest picture, of you in my mind
I get the strangest urges, all of the time, inside
Take part in this demonstration, rope mixed with wine
I hope to follow through with you cause the timings right
Stuck inside the living room
Tangled faces, glow in tune
Commenting is hardly rude
I can't monitor what I consume
Body count competition
Childhood memory demolition
Slap your wrist, except the sentence
Ain't my fault if I'm irrelevant
Oh
I'm just tying the knot
Can't wait to catch you all alone
Girl, then I swear I'll take you home
Whether you want it or not
Whether you like it or not
I'm always watching you
I've been staying up lately, all night
Making sure you get to bed safely
Dreaming of when it will be you and me
You go there and I'll go too
I'll be the one that follows you
Watch you sleep and watch you wake
Notice all the moves you make
Be your rock, I'll be your guide
Without you it's suicide
Can't wait till the day we meet
Until then I'll watch you sleep
Oh
I'm just tying the knot
Can't wait to catch you all alone
Girl, then I swear I'll take you home
Whether you want it or not
Whether you like it or not
I will never let you leave my sight
I've been staying up lately, all night
Making sure you get to bed safely
Dreaming of when it will be you and me
I've got the sickest picture, of you in my mind
I get the strangest urges, all of the time, inside
Take part in this demonstration, rope mixed with wine
I hope to follow through with you cause the timings right
Stuck inside the living room
Tangled faces, glow in tune
Commenting is hardly rude
I can't monitor what I consume
Body count competition
Childhood memory demolition
Slap your wrist, except the sentence
Ain't my fault if I'm irrelevant
Oh
I'm just tying the knot
Can't wait to catch you all alone
Girl, then I swear I'll take you home
Whether you want it or not
Whether you like it or not
I'm always watching you
Lyrics submitted by Pokadoodle95, edited by ctorres
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I agree heavily with the statements above me, except I believe that their's a little more to the song than that. I think said rapist knows who she is as he has been stalking her, and is deeply in love with who she is. This person is obsessed and wants nothing more in life than to be with this person.
But for whatever reason, it cannot be. Perhaps he's a reject, etc. 'It's not my fault if I'm irrelevant.'
The reality of this drives him into the dark hook of the song
'Oh I'm just tying the knot Can't wait to catch you all alone Girl, then I swear I'll take you home Whether you want it or not Whether you like it or not'
By the end, he becomes enveloped in his twisted fantasies.
Body count competition Childhood memory demolition Slap your wrist, accept the sentence