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.
Peek in, sneak about
Peek in, sneak about
Peek in, sneak about
Your broken hearted detective
Hey girl, save the liar
Can't you see his pants on fire
Hey girl, save the liar
Can't you see his pants on fire
My back it hurts again
It aches like history
Caught nothing all day long
Your smiling back at me, but
I feel you must have failed me
Once again you've let me down
My confidence below my knees
Now I need to find you out
Peek in, sneak about
I'm gonna snoop and call you out
I've caught you, you're hands are red
Now I'm your broken hearted detective
Hey, hey hey
Hey lover why you gone?
Hold on, I'm almost there
It's too late you've killed the trust
Don't act so unaware so
Why are you so destructive?
Do you realize what you've done?
You can't bring it back to life now
What are you running from?
Peek in, sneak about
I'm gonna snoop and call you out
I've caught you, you're hands are red
Now I'm your broken hearted detective
I don't like the way it feels
I just want you to be real
Hey girl, save the liar
Can't you see his pants on fire?
Hey girl, save the liar
Can't you see his pants on fire?
I'm rummaging through your closet
Imagining all the worst thoughts
Peek in, sneak about
I'm gonna snoop and call you out
I've caught you, you're hands are red
Now I'm your broken hearted detective
Peek in, sneak about
I'm gonna snoop and call you out
I've caught you, you're hands are red
Now I'm your broken hearted detective
Peek in, peek in
Peek in, peek in
Peek in, sneak about
I'm gonna snoop and call you out
I've caught you, you're hands are red
Now I'm you're brokenhearted detective
Peek in, sneak about
Peek in, sneak about
Your broken hearted detective
Hey girl, save the liar
Can't you see his pants on fire
Hey girl, save the liar
Can't you see his pants on fire
My back it hurts again
It aches like history
Caught nothing all day long
Your smiling back at me, but
I feel you must have failed me
Once again you've let me down
My confidence below my knees
Now I need to find you out
Peek in, sneak about
I'm gonna snoop and call you out
I've caught you, you're hands are red
Now I'm your broken hearted detective
Hey, hey hey
Hey lover why you gone?
Hold on, I'm almost there
It's too late you've killed the trust
Don't act so unaware so
Why are you so destructive?
Do you realize what you've done?
You can't bring it back to life now
What are you running from?
Peek in, sneak about
I'm gonna snoop and call you out
I've caught you, you're hands are red
Now I'm your broken hearted detective
I don't like the way it feels
I just want you to be real
Hey girl, save the liar
Can't you see his pants on fire?
Hey girl, save the liar
Can't you see his pants on fire?
I'm rummaging through your closet
Imagining all the worst thoughts
Peek in, sneak about
I'm gonna snoop and call you out
I've caught you, you're hands are red
Now I'm your broken hearted detective
Peek in, sneak about
I'm gonna snoop and call you out
I've caught you, you're hands are red
Now I'm your broken hearted detective
Peek in, peek in
Peek in, peek in
Peek in, sneak about
I'm gonna snoop and call you out
I've caught you, you're hands are red
Now I'm you're brokenhearted detective
Lyrics submitted by aznskatergurl
Detective Lyrics as written by Thomas Dumont Gwen Renee Stefani
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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These are closer to the actual lyrics from another website (but I did not proofread the whole thing):
Peek in, sneak about peek in, sneak about your broken hearted detective
hey girl save the liar can't you see his pants on fire hey girl, save the liar can't you see his pants on fire
my back it hurts again it aches like history cottonmouth and all lit up you're smiling back at me, but
I feel you must have failed me once again you've let me down my confidence below my knees now I need to find you out
[Chorus:] Peek in, sneak about I'm gonna snoop and call you out I caught you, your hands are red Now I'm your broken hearted detective
Hey, hey hey
Hey lover why the gun? Hold on I'm almost there It's too late you've killed the trust Don't act so unaware
Why are you so destructive? Do you realize what you've done? you can't bring it back to life now What are you running from?
[Chorus]
I don't like the way I feel I just want you to be real
Hey girl, save the liar Can't you see his pants on fire? Hey girl, save the liar Can't you see his pants on fire?
I'm rummaging through your closet Imagining all the worst thoughts
[Chorus x2]
Peek in, peek in Peek in, peek in Peek in, sneak about I'm gonna snoop and call you out I've caught you, you're hands are red Now I'm you're brokenhearted detective