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.
(Stop playin' wit' 'em, RIOT)
You did me dirt (why?)
'Cause what did I do? Like
I fucked on ya bro
Like, I cannot choose, no lovin' a smooch (grrah-grrah)
Bitch, I am the one (grrah), so how can I lose? Like
Swing on that bitch, like a hammock (ayy)
I'm doin' me, she cannot stand it
He see me in person and panic (damn)
He know that I'm bad and I'm rude
It get hot, so I'm keepin' my cool (hot)
And he like how I get in my mood (baddie)
So why would you fuck wit' my mental? (Huh?)
After all that I told you I been through? (Huh?)
But you was my heart so I let you
But you was my heart so I let you
After all that, you shoulda told me (baited)
Fuck that, I'm by my doley (grrah)
Fuck that, I'm goin' OD (grrah)
Would violate, but that was the old me (grrah-grrah-grrah-grrah)
You woulda thought that I missed you (nah)
But you was a thot, it's a issue (baba)
Ya bro is the one that I went to (ayy)
He gave me mazi in a rental (ayy)
You did me dirt (why?)
'Cause what did I do? Like
I fucked on ya bro
Like, I cannot choose, no lovin' a smooch (grrah-grrah)
Bitch, I am the one (grrah), so how can I lose? Like
Swing on that bitch, like a hammock (ayy)
I'm doin' me, she cannot stand it
Can't fuck wit' a nigga that stay in the likes, of a bitch I don't like (the fuck?)
She must be a bait, 'cause you always bite (what?)
That shit get me tight
And it's not okay when you try to hurt me, when we fuckin' off perky (thirty)
We both from the bronx, so I know that you dirty (dirty)
How you do me like that?
When I fought, you fight back (grrah-grrah, grrah-grrah)
Thought you knew I was a bully
Never understood me fully (baow)
They shoulda named me pressure (facts)
Who you know that do it better (who?)
You gon' think about me 'til forever (baow)
You did me dirt (why?)
'Cause what did I do? Like
I fucked on ya bro
Like, I cannot choose, no lovin' a smooch (grrah-grrah)
Bitch, I am the one (grrah), so how can I lose? Like
Swing on that bitch, like a hammock (ayy)
I'm doin' me, she cannot stand it
You did me dirt (why?)
'Cause what did I do? Like
I fucked on ya bro
Like, I cannot choose, no lovin' a smooch (grrah-grrah)
Bitch, I am the one (grrah), so how can I lose? Like
Swing on that bitch, like a hammock (ayy)
I'm doin' me, she cannot stand it
He see me in person and panic (damn)
He know that I'm bad and I'm rude
It get hot, so I'm keepin' my cool (hot)
And he like how I get in my mood (baddie)
So why would you fuck wit' my mental? (Huh?)
After all that I told you I been through? (Huh?)
But you was my heart so I let you
But you was my heart so I let you
After all that, you shoulda told me (baited)
Fuck that, I'm by my doley (grrah)
Fuck that, I'm goin' OD (grrah)
Would violate, but that was the old me (grrah-grrah-grrah-grrah)
You woulda thought that I missed you (nah)
But you was a thot, it's a issue (baba)
Ya bro is the one that I went to (ayy)
He gave me mazi in a rental (ayy)
You did me dirt (why?)
'Cause what did I do? Like
I fucked on ya bro
Like, I cannot choose, no lovin' a smooch (grrah-grrah)
Bitch, I am the one (grrah), so how can I lose? Like
Swing on that bitch, like a hammock (ayy)
I'm doin' me, she cannot stand it
Can't fuck wit' a nigga that stay in the likes, of a bitch I don't like (the fuck?)
She must be a bait, 'cause you always bite (what?)
That shit get me tight
And it's not okay when you try to hurt me, when we fuckin' off perky (thirty)
We both from the bronx, so I know that you dirty (dirty)
How you do me like that?
When I fought, you fight back (grrah-grrah, grrah-grrah)
Thought you knew I was a bully
Never understood me fully (baow)
They shoulda named me pressure (facts)
Who you know that do it better (who?)
You gon' think about me 'til forever (baow)
You did me dirt (why?)
'Cause what did I do? Like
I fucked on ya bro
Like, I cannot choose, no lovin' a smooch (grrah-grrah)
Bitch, I am the one (grrah), so how can I lose? Like
Swing on that bitch, like a hammock (ayy)
I'm doin' me, she cannot stand it
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
No Clarity Lyrics as written by Ephrem Louis Jr. Lopez Anton Zaslavski
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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My fav song. I really love this song