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.
It was thirty years ago since we smashed the window
Of that northern California house
A safety pin in my ear on Cayton's bike
Playing Bad Brains fucking loud
Smoking weed on the streets in the California heat
Spray paint on the walls
Stealing booze, cracked a tooth, we had nothing else to lose
Getting wasted to Twist and Crawl
Someday you'll find everything will be alright
I've lost myself just to get what I want again
Lost myself just to get what I want again
Someday you'll see everything I've left behind
I've lost myself just to get what I want again
Lost myself just to get
To get what I need
To get what I need
Fade away in my head again
Watch the days, the months, the years turn to rust
Skies are gray, will I be okay?
Watch the memories I made turn to dust
Someday you'll find everything will be alright
I've lost myself just to get what I want again
Lost myself just to get what I want again
Someday you'll see everything I've left behind
I've lost myself just to get what I want again
Lost myself just to get
To get what I need
Sometimes to get what I want, don't get what I need
To get what I want I don't get what I need
To get what I want, don't get what I need
To get what I want I don't get what I need
Someday you'll find everything will be alright
I've lost myself just to get what I want again
Lost myself just to get what I want again
Someday you'll see everything I've left behind
I've lost myself just to get what I want again
Lost myself just to get
To get what I need
To get what I need
To get what I need
To get what I need
To get what I need
Of that northern California house
A safety pin in my ear on Cayton's bike
Playing Bad Brains fucking loud
Smoking weed on the streets in the California heat
Spray paint on the walls
Stealing booze, cracked a tooth, we had nothing else to lose
Getting wasted to Twist and Crawl
Someday you'll find everything will be alright
I've lost myself just to get what I want again
Lost myself just to get what I want again
Someday you'll see everything I've left behind
I've lost myself just to get what I want again
Lost myself just to get
To get what I need
To get what I need
Fade away in my head again
Watch the days, the months, the years turn to rust
Skies are gray, will I be okay?
Watch the memories I made turn to dust
Someday you'll find everything will be alright
I've lost myself just to get what I want again
Lost myself just to get what I want again
Someday you'll see everything I've left behind
I've lost myself just to get what I want again
Lost myself just to get
To get what I need
Sometimes to get what I want, don't get what I need
To get what I want I don't get what I need
To get what I want, don't get what I need
To get what I want I don't get what I need
Someday you'll find everything will be alright
I've lost myself just to get what I want again
Lost myself just to get what I want again
Someday you'll see everything I've left behind
I've lost myself just to get what I want again
Lost myself just to get
To get what I need
To get what I need
To get what I need
To get what I need
To get what I need
Lyrics submitted by BreezyDragon
Get What I Need Lyrics as written by Travis Barker John Feldmann
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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