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.
If you were the popcorn
I would be the movie
If you were strawberries
Then I would be the smoothie
If you were October
I'd be apple cider
And if you were the waffle fries
Then I would be the slider
(Chorus)
Cause you and me we make each other better
We may not be perfect but we're perfect together
You and me we'll make it through whatever
We may not be perfect but we're perfect together
da da da, da da da da, da da da, da da da da,
da da da, da da da da da, da da da
If you were Sunday brunch
I'd be eggs and bacon
If you were hot chocolate
I'd be the winter night you stay in
If you were a candy
I would be the wrapper
And if you were marshmallows
Then I'd be the graham cracker
(Chorus Repeats)
What's the point of apple pie
Without the ice cream on the side
That'd be like not having you tonight
And what't the point of a fondue
Without the chocolate too
That'd be like me not having you
da da da, da da da da, da da da, da da da da,
da da da, da da da da da, da da da
(Chorus Repeats)
da da da, da da da da, da da da, da da da da,
da da da, da da da da da, da da da
I would be the movie
If you were strawberries
Then I would be the smoothie
If you were October
I'd be apple cider
And if you were the waffle fries
Then I would be the slider
(Chorus)
Cause you and me we make each other better
We may not be perfect but we're perfect together
You and me we'll make it through whatever
We may not be perfect but we're perfect together
da da da, da da da da, da da da, da da da da,
da da da, da da da da da, da da da
If you were Sunday brunch
I'd be eggs and bacon
If you were hot chocolate
I'd be the winter night you stay in
If you were a candy
I would be the wrapper
And if you were marshmallows
Then I'd be the graham cracker
(Chorus Repeats)
What's the point of apple pie
Without the ice cream on the side
That'd be like not having you tonight
And what't the point of a fondue
Without the chocolate too
That'd be like me not having you
da da da, da da da da, da da da, da da da da,
da da da, da da da da da, da da da
(Chorus Repeats)
da da da, da da da da, da da da, da da da da,
da da da, da da da da da, da da da
Lyrics submitted by brian
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