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.
You better put that down
You better put that down
All I need is a bottle
And I don't need no friends, no
Wallow in my pain
I swallow as I pretend
To act like I'm happy
When I drink till no end, no
I'm losing all my friends
I'm losing in the end
And she says
Behave little boy
You better sit back down
'Til you hold your ground
It's your turn to learn to fight
You better sit back down
'Til you hold your ground
Yeah!
When I'm sober life bores me
So I get drunk again, yeah
I'm losing all my friends
I'm losing in the end
She says
Behave little boy
You better sit back down
'Til you hold your ground
It's your turn to learn to fight
You better sit back down
'Til you hold your ground
Yeah!
You better sit back down
You better put that down
Put the bottle down
I am on a binge
Behave little boy
You better sit back down
'Til you hold your ground
It's our turn to learn to fight
You better sit back down
'Til you hold your ground
Yeah!
I am on a binge
I wish things would change
Wish they'd rearrange
I'm on a binge
I wish things would change
Wish they'd rearrange
I am on a binge
I'm on a binge
Yeah, yeah!
You better put that down
All I need is a bottle
And I don't need no friends, no
Wallow in my pain
I swallow as I pretend
To act like I'm happy
When I drink till no end, no
I'm losing all my friends
I'm losing in the end
And she says
Behave little boy
You better sit back down
'Til you hold your ground
It's your turn to learn to fight
You better sit back down
'Til you hold your ground
Yeah!
When I'm sober life bores me
So I get drunk again, yeah
I'm losing all my friends
I'm losing in the end
She says
Behave little boy
You better sit back down
'Til you hold your ground
It's your turn to learn to fight
You better sit back down
'Til you hold your ground
Yeah!
You better sit back down
You better put that down
Put the bottle down
I am on a binge
Behave little boy
You better sit back down
'Til you hold your ground
It's our turn to learn to fight
You better sit back down
'Til you hold your ground
Yeah!
I am on a binge
I wish things would change
Wish they'd rearrange
I'm on a binge
I wish things would change
Wish they'd rearrange
I am on a binge
I'm on a binge
Yeah, yeah!
Lyrics submitted by spitfirek7
Binge Lyrics as written by Jerry Horton Tobin Esperance
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I'm not even going to begin my lecher on the lyrics this site provides on this song...
But I will tell you it's meaning...
Right before Papa Roach starting recording Infest... They almost split (broke up), and they were all really depressed, up to two bottle of vodka a night... That's basically what binge is about... Alchohal and Depression...
Because they all went through it... They wrote a song about it...
its a pretty good song, not great but a nice change for papa roach to do somewhat of a slower song. the last little bit, "I AM ON A BINGE, I WISH THINGS WOULD CHANGE WISHED THEY'D RERRANGE, I'M ON A BINGE" is the best part. oh and whats with the capital letters?
The shmuck who Uploaded the lyrics was an Idiot...
This song is clearly about someone who is unhappy and drinks too much to ease their pain. Its my faviourite papa roach song by a long way.
The song is accually about the band...
Read my first post...
yeah, people get its about the band your moron, its also probably understood by many people as someone with a drinking problem. im sure many people relate to this song, not just the band, read your first post.....smartass.
Your a dumbass...
You think about the lyrics, Coby is obviously talking about himself "So I get Drunk again"...
I think you getting the meaning of the song confused with how you can relate to it...
The Song IS about the band, but you can relate to the situation voiced in the song...
Take Between Angels and Insects for example, He doesn't refer to himself Like "Diamond ring gave ME nothing but a life-long lesson"... But he doesn't He says "Diamond Rings give YOU nothing but a life-long lesson"...
There is a difference if refering to yourself as apposed to refering to a group of people...
The song is about the band... PERIOD...
WHEN I TAKE A SHIT I'M LOSING ALL MY WASTE WHEN I TAKE A SHIT I'M LOSING ALL MY WASTE AGAIN
I KEEP EATING BUT IT KEEPS RUNNING AWAY YOU BETTER NOT SIT DOWN
THIS IS MY LAST RESORT
Again... This song is about the band right before the release of Infest... When the band almost split...
They drank and drank till no end... And, so they wrote a song about being on an achohol binge...
Hense the title "Binge"
This song is about how a person is depressed they run to a bottle to delay their problems. I can somewhat relate to it but anyways good song