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.
Welcome to my world
Won't you please find a seat
There is no need to worry
I'm the only one to meet
I just wanted to express myself to you
Hey, undiluted and with nobody else to confuse
See, I was Marvin Gaye and Bond, James Bond
I was taking all day so I could turn you on
And I hated when you'd look away
When I was inside and slowly gettin' to it
It didn't help a lot when you would turn around
And I was on the top
And you would say
Baby, you can do it
I'm sorry now
And it's too late
I'm sorry now
Do you have to hate me?
I'm sorry now
So sorry, yeah
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I wished you love
I hate spaghetti
And I also hate divorce
You probably already know that by then, of course
I like the earthquakes
I like it when the world shakes
I like the cracks it takes out of the walls
When two people
Lovers
Are acting like dolls in the arms of each other
That's my alarm
I'm sorry now
And it's too late
I'm sorry now
Do you have to hate me?
I'm sorry now
So sorry, yeah
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I wished you love
Life is so unkind
You can fall behind
You know that I'm inclined
To ease your mind
Anytime
So welcome, baby
I wondered when your countenance would change
From sunshine and vanilla
To the raven tones of rage
And my back never looked so broad to you
As now, when turned upon the fool who spurned me
Boo hoo hoo
I'm sorry now
And it's too late
I'm sorry now
And you have to hate me
I'm sorry now
So sorry, yeah
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish...
I wish...
I wish...
I wish...
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I still wanted love with you
But I'm through it
Forget you
Won't you please find a seat
There is no need to worry
I'm the only one to meet
I just wanted to express myself to you
Hey, undiluted and with nobody else to confuse
See, I was Marvin Gaye and Bond, James Bond
I was taking all day so I could turn you on
And I hated when you'd look away
When I was inside and slowly gettin' to it
It didn't help a lot when you would turn around
And I was on the top
And you would say
Baby, you can do it
I'm sorry now
And it's too late
I'm sorry now
Do you have to hate me?
I'm sorry now
So sorry, yeah
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I wished you love
I hate spaghetti
And I also hate divorce
You probably already know that by then, of course
I like the earthquakes
I like it when the world shakes
I like the cracks it takes out of the walls
When two people
Lovers
Are acting like dolls in the arms of each other
That's my alarm
I'm sorry now
And it's too late
I'm sorry now
Do you have to hate me?
I'm sorry now
So sorry, yeah
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I wished you love
Life is so unkind
You can fall behind
You know that I'm inclined
To ease your mind
Anytime
So welcome, baby
I wondered when your countenance would change
From sunshine and vanilla
To the raven tones of rage
And my back never looked so broad to you
As now, when turned upon the fool who spurned me
Boo hoo hoo
I'm sorry now
And it's too late
I'm sorry now
And you have to hate me
I'm sorry now
So sorry, yeah
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish...
I wish...
I wish...
I wish...
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I wished you love
I wish you wished I still wanted love with you
But I'm through it
Forget you
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
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