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 hear records in my head everywhere that I go
I've got records in my head spinning out of control
They go round and around and again
Round and around and again
Round and around and oh yeah
Records in my head
I hear records in my head everywhere that I go
I've got records in my head spinning out of control
They go round and around and again
Round and around and again
Round and around and oh yeah
Records in my head
I'm pillow drumming on the sofa
I keep on rocking past the coda
And even if the world is ending
As I go out, you'll hear me singing
I don't feel no pain
When people make me mad
I don't hear a word they say
Just the sound of scratches
I hear records in my head everywhere that I go
I've got records in my head spinning out of control
They go round and around and again
Round and around and again
Round and around and oh yeah
Records in my head
Ooh, I feel Rihanna
Ooh, I'm feeling Lana
Ooh, I feel Nirvana
Ooh, so you can fuck off
'Cause sometimes I don't want to deal
No one cares what I think or feel
Peel off the plastic, smell the vinyl
For me it's like a Holy Bible
I don't feel no pain
'Cause I got my novocaine
When people make me mad
I don't hear a word they say
Just the sound of scratches
I hear records in my head everywhere that I go
I've got records in my head spinning out of control
They go round and around and again
Round and around and again
Round and around and oh yeah
Records in my head
Ooh, I feel Rihanna
Ooh, I'm feeling Lana
Ooh, I feel Nirvana
Ooh, so you can fuck off
They go round and around and again
Round and around and again
Round and around and oh yeah
Records in my head
I've got records in my head spinning out of control
They go round and around and again
Round and around and again
Round and around and oh yeah
Records in my head
I hear records in my head everywhere that I go
I've got records in my head spinning out of control
They go round and around and again
Round and around and again
Round and around and oh yeah
Records in my head
I'm pillow drumming on the sofa
I keep on rocking past the coda
And even if the world is ending
As I go out, you'll hear me singing
I don't feel no pain
When people make me mad
I don't hear a word they say
Just the sound of scratches
I hear records in my head everywhere that I go
I've got records in my head spinning out of control
They go round and around and again
Round and around and again
Round and around and oh yeah
Records in my head
Ooh, I feel Rihanna
Ooh, I'm feeling Lana
Ooh, I feel Nirvana
Ooh, so you can fuck off
'Cause sometimes I don't want to deal
No one cares what I think or feel
Peel off the plastic, smell the vinyl
For me it's like a Holy Bible
I don't feel no pain
'Cause I got my novocaine
When people make me mad
I don't hear a word they say
Just the sound of scratches
I hear records in my head everywhere that I go
I've got records in my head spinning out of control
They go round and around and again
Round and around and again
Round and around and oh yeah
Records in my head
Ooh, I feel Rihanna
Ooh, I'm feeling Lana
Ooh, I feel Nirvana
Ooh, so you can fuck off
They go round and around and again
Round and around and again
Round and around and oh yeah
Records in my head
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Records Lyrics as written by Rivers Cuomo
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