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.
EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY!
ELVIS PRESLEY!
VERSUS!
MICHAEL JACKSON!
BEGIN
Marilyn Monroe:
Whose rap flow's the dopest? Marilyn Monroe's is!
Overthrow pharaohs who oppose me like Moses!
You could never kick my ass, so kiss my clitoris.
This ugly hag and KassemG got matching noses!
Cleopatra:
You betta hold more than your skirt, Miss please.
I'm the Queen Of The Nile, so just bow down to me!
Plus you got so much experience down on your knees.
Married a writer, but I don't even think you can read!
You'll sleep with any ugly dude who say he likes it hot.
Even Joe DiMaggio took a swing in your batter's box!
I'm a descendant of the Gods, don't anger me, trick.
You'll lose this battle like your bout with barbiturates!
Marilyn Monroe:
I had some ugly boys, but you're forgetting the others:
Marlon Brando and the Kennedys, while you fucked your own brothers!
You think you're so chic up in your fancy palace.
Gettin' Lo on Mark Antony, tossing Caesar's salad.
You wear too much eye liner for anyone to adore you.
You might as well be working the door at Sephora.
I got an ass that won't quit; you had an asp and got bit, on the tit!
Somebody wrap this bitch back up in a carpet!
Cleopatra:
You still got no children after your third marriage!
You lost so many babies, we should call you Miss Carriage!
You got an hourglass figure, but that's about it!
A Candle in the Wind that can't act for shit!
Marilyn Monroe:
Translate this into hieroglyphs!
Your sandy vagina has a Seven Year Itch!
My best friends are diamonds; you can't beat me! Quit trippin'.
Step off and walk your ass home like an Egyptian!
WHO WON?
WHO'S NEXT?
YOU DECIDE!
EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY!
ELVIS PRESLEY!
VERSUS!
MICHAEL JACKSON!
BEGIN
Marilyn Monroe:
Whose rap flow's the dopest? Marilyn Monroe's is!
Overthrow pharaohs who oppose me like Moses!
You could never kick my ass, so kiss my clitoris.
This ugly hag and KassemG got matching noses!
Cleopatra:
You betta hold more than your skirt, Miss please.
I'm the Queen Of The Nile, so just bow down to me!
Plus you got so much experience down on your knees.
Married a writer, but I don't even think you can read!
You'll sleep with any ugly dude who say he likes it hot.
Even Joe DiMaggio took a swing in your batter's box!
I'm a descendant of the Gods, don't anger me, trick.
You'll lose this battle like your bout with barbiturates!
Marilyn Monroe:
I had some ugly boys, but you're forgetting the others:
Marlon Brando and the Kennedys, while you fucked your own brothers!
You think you're so chic up in your fancy palace.
Gettin' Lo on Mark Antony, tossing Caesar's salad.
You wear too much eye liner for anyone to adore you.
You might as well be working the door at Sephora.
I got an ass that won't quit; you had an asp and got bit, on the tit!
Somebody wrap this bitch back up in a carpet!
Cleopatra:
You still got no children after your third marriage!
You lost so many babies, we should call you Miss Carriage!
You got an hourglass figure, but that's about it!
A Candle in the Wind that can't act for shit!
Marilyn Monroe:
Translate this into hieroglyphs!
Your sandy vagina has a Seven Year Itch!
My best friends are diamonds; you can't beat me! Quit trippin'.
Step off and walk your ass home like an Egyptian!
WHO WON?
WHO'S NEXT?
YOU DECIDE!
EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY!
Lyrics submitted by Jirachibi
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