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.
This ain´t no motherfuckin´ stick up just pick the stick up
And watch it roll real close rolling out my hand ´til
It cracks to that fucking dome living off the curb
That peels you from the curb I lick the rest off
Do you dig many in ´93 been making them fools ´bout
Round bumping around me you´ll want to run from
Underground at the best walk the live from
The verb on the beats I won´t see you fuckin´ head
Peers I flow
And mother she
Won´t drain herself
And won´t be caught in
All live in a big world
Began just because
My life is un-rise - wipe
The lyrical did - did
Because my life is un-rise - wipe
The lyrical did - did
My life is un-rise - wipe
The lyrical did - did
Because my my life is un-rise - wipe
The lyrical did - did
Get straight quickly
Been making them fools ´bout
Round bumping around me you´ll want to run from
Underground at the best walk the live from
The verb on the beats I won´t see you fuckin´ head
Peers I flow
And mother she
Won´t drain herself
And won´t be caught in
She did what
She did what
She did what
Just because my life is un-rise - wipe
Lyrical - did
Because my life is un-rise - wipe
The lyrical did - did
Because my life is un-rise - wipe
Lyrical - did
Because psycho - wipe
Lyrical - did
Wipe - did - wipe - did
First one - wipe
Lyrical - did
Last one - wipe
Lyrical - did
Begin in me because
My psycho - wipe
What lyrical - did
Stop the fuckin´ - wipe
The lyrical - did
Big into the wipe - did - wipe - did
Wipe - did - wipe - did
And watch it roll real close rolling out my hand ´til
It cracks to that fucking dome living off the curb
That peels you from the curb I lick the rest off
Do you dig many in ´93 been making them fools ´bout
Round bumping around me you´ll want to run from
Underground at the best walk the live from
The verb on the beats I won´t see you fuckin´ head
Peers I flow
And mother she
Won´t drain herself
And won´t be caught in
All live in a big world
Began just because
My life is un-rise - wipe
The lyrical did - did
Because my life is un-rise - wipe
The lyrical did - did
My life is un-rise - wipe
The lyrical did - did
Because my my life is un-rise - wipe
The lyrical did - did
Get straight quickly
Been making them fools ´bout
Round bumping around me you´ll want to run from
Underground at the best walk the live from
The verb on the beats I won´t see you fuckin´ head
Peers I flow
And mother she
Won´t drain herself
And won´t be caught in
She did what
She did what
She did what
Just because my life is un-rise - wipe
Lyrical - did
Because my life is un-rise - wipe
The lyrical did - did
Because my life is un-rise - wipe
Lyrical - did
Because psycho - wipe
Lyrical - did
Wipe - did - wipe - did
First one - wipe
Lyrical - did
Last one - wipe
Lyrical - did
Begin in me because
My psycho - wipe
What lyrical - did
Stop the fuckin´ - wipe
The lyrical - did
Big into the wipe - did - wipe - did
Wipe - did - wipe - did
Lyrics submitted by sean, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Engine No. 9 Lyrics as written by Abran Cunningham Abe Cunningham
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