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.
Yeah, I've been high and low
I've been sober, I've been faded
Searching for my love in all the wrong places
Word up on the streets is I got a bad reputation
Yeah, I may have drew blood, but that was true love
Got a stroke of bad luck everywhere I look
Every time I go right, everything goes wrong
And I self-destruct when I'm close to love
So someone save my soul because
All my life I've fucked up and I can't deny
I'm doing my best to get it together ('gether, 'gether, woo hoo)
If I told you once, I told you a million times
I just can't live like this forever ('ever, 'ever, woo hoo)
Jelly roll
Yeah, I've been up and down
I've been through hell and back
I've had my share of drama
Baby, please cut me some slack
I know you wanna get through to me
But I am my worst enemy, yeah
I may have drew blood, but that was true love
Got a stroke of bad luck everywhere I look
Every time I go right, everything goes wrong
And I self-destruct when I'm close to love
Better buckle down, giddy-up, here we go, because
All my life I've fucked up and I can't deny
I'm doing my best to get it together ('gether, 'gether, woo hoo)
If I told you once, I told you a million times
I just can't live like this forever ('ever, 'ever, woo hoo)
Forever ('ever, 'ever, woo hoo)
Go
Giddy-up
Yee-haw
All my life I've fucked up and I can't deny
I'm doing my best to get it together (together, together, woo hoo)
If I told you once, I told you a million times
I just can't live like this forever ('ever, 'ever, woo hoo)
I can't live like this forever
All my life I've fucked up and I can't deny
I'm doing my best to get it together ('gether, 'gether, woo hoo)
I just can't live like this forever ('ever, 'ever, woo hoo)
(If I told you once, I told you a million times)
I just can't live like this forever ('ever, 'ever, woo hoo)
I've been sober, I've been faded
Searching for my love in all the wrong places
Word up on the streets is I got a bad reputation
Yeah, I may have drew blood, but that was true love
Got a stroke of bad luck everywhere I look
Every time I go right, everything goes wrong
And I self-destruct when I'm close to love
So someone save my soul because
All my life I've fucked up and I can't deny
I'm doing my best to get it together ('gether, 'gether, woo hoo)
If I told you once, I told you a million times
I just can't live like this forever ('ever, 'ever, woo hoo)
Jelly roll
Yeah, I've been up and down
I've been through hell and back
I've had my share of drama
Baby, please cut me some slack
I know you wanna get through to me
But I am my worst enemy, yeah
I may have drew blood, but that was true love
Got a stroke of bad luck everywhere I look
Every time I go right, everything goes wrong
And I self-destruct when I'm close to love
Better buckle down, giddy-up, here we go, because
All my life I've fucked up and I can't deny
I'm doing my best to get it together ('gether, 'gether, woo hoo)
If I told you once, I told you a million times
I just can't live like this forever ('ever, 'ever, woo hoo)
Forever ('ever, 'ever, woo hoo)
Go
Giddy-up
Yee-haw
All my life I've fucked up and I can't deny
I'm doing my best to get it together (together, together, woo hoo)
If I told you once, I told you a million times
I just can't live like this forever ('ever, 'ever, woo hoo)
I can't live like this forever
All my life I've fucked up and I can't deny
I'm doing my best to get it together ('gether, 'gether, woo hoo)
I just can't live like this forever ('ever, 'ever, woo hoo)
(If I told you once, I told you a million times)
I just can't live like this forever ('ever, 'ever, woo hoo)
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All My Life Lyrics as written by Cody Quistad, Ronnie Radke, Tyler Smyth
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Correct lyrics feat Jelly Roll
[Verse 1: Ronnie Radke] Yeah, I've been high and low I've been sober, I've been faded Searching for my love in all the wrong places Word up on the streets is I got a bad reputation Yeah, I may have drew blood, but that was true love
[Pre-Chorus: Ronnie Radke] Get a stroke of bad luck everywhere I look Every time I go right, everything goes wrong And I self-destruct when I'm close to love So someone save my soul, because
[Chorus: Ronnie Radke] All my life I've fucked up and I can't deny I'm doing my bеst to get it together-gеther-gether (Woohoo) If I told you once, I told you a million times I just can't live like this forever-ever-ever (Woohoo) Jelly Roll
[Verse 2: Jelly Roll, Jelly Roll & Ronnie Radke] Yeah, I've been up and down I've been through hell and back I've had my share of drama Baby, please cut me some slack I know you wanna get through to me But I am my worst enemy, yeah I may have drew blood, but that was true love
[Pre-Chorus: Ronnie Radke] Get a stroke of bad luck everywhere I look Every time I go right, everything goes wrong And I self-destruct when I'm close to love Better buckle down, giddy-up, here we go, because
[Chorus: Ronnie Radke] All my life I've fucked up and I can't deny I'm doing my best to get it together-gether-gether (Woohoo) If I told you once, I told you a million times I just can't live like this forever-ever-ever (Woohoo)
I think this different take on the portrayal in the media of frontman Ronnie Radke as a self-destructive, supposed bad boy. This take being more fun & cheeky but still gets the point across in how, they will always take their shots at him whenever they get their chance to try and knock him down.