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.
He is only trouble
yes I know
But I feel so fatalistic
Got a thousand ways to show it
Shoes and my lipstick
I’m gonna let you know just who I am
gonna make you realize
gonna make you understand
I want you do just what I want you to
come on baby
Do you need me like I need you
like I need you
like I need you
‘Cause I
I’ve seen your plans
Like your games
You want to play like that
I could do the same
‘cause if I ever catch you fooling around
I’ll send you back to where I found you…
to your mamma, and your sisters too…
Come on baby
Do you need me like I need you.
like I need you.
like I need you.
Tell me true.
And now, you come around
late at night
to dance away your worries
saying you got me on your mind
Ain't gonna waste my time
Gonna let you know just who I am,
gonna make you realize
gonna make you understand.
I want you to do
just what I want you to.
Come on baby
Do you need me like I need you.
like I need you
like I need you
Tell me true.
yes I know
But I feel so fatalistic
Got a thousand ways to show it
Shoes and my lipstick
I’m gonna let you know just who I am
gonna make you realize
gonna make you understand
I want you do just what I want you to
come on baby
Do you need me like I need you
like I need you
like I need you
‘Cause I
I’ve seen your plans
Like your games
You want to play like that
I could do the same
‘cause if I ever catch you fooling around
I’ll send you back to where I found you…
to your mamma, and your sisters too…
Come on baby
Do you need me like I need you.
like I need you.
like I need you.
Tell me true.
And now, you come around
late at night
to dance away your worries
saying you got me on your mind
Ain't gonna waste my time
Gonna let you know just who I am,
gonna make you realize
gonna make you understand.
I want you to do
just what I want you to.
Come on baby
Do you need me like I need you.
like I need you
like I need you
Tell me true.
Lyrics submitted by Erodox
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