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.
She tells me all the time that she love me
She even poured the wine of the same
She taught me like my first grade teacher
To love and I love to sing
And I love to go to school - I like to shoot pool
And I can't be your fool - 'cause I'm her fool
I run like a dog when she calls me
She pets me when I bury my bones
I stay over night with her sometime
But I don't stay over long
'Cause I got to go to school and I like to shoot pool
And I can't be your fool - 'causeI'm her fool
I'm her fool in the evening and I'm her fool when it's dawn
I guess I'd be on her side even if her side were wrong
My papa said you made a mistake, son
But my mama said, 'the girl, she's alright,
Well, I've come to my own decision
And I'm gonna be with her tonight
And I love to go to school, and I like to shoot pool
And I can't be your fool, 'cause I'm her fool
I'm her, I'm her, I'm her fool
I'm her, I'm her, I'm her fool
She even poured the wine of the same
She taught me like my first grade teacher
To love and I love to sing
And I love to go to school - I like to shoot pool
And I can't be your fool - 'cause I'm her fool
I run like a dog when she calls me
She pets me when I bury my bones
I stay over night with her sometime
But I don't stay over long
'Cause I got to go to school and I like to shoot pool
And I can't be your fool - 'causeI'm her fool
I'm her fool in the evening and I'm her fool when it's dawn
I guess I'd be on her side even if her side were wrong
My papa said you made a mistake, son
But my mama said, 'the girl, she's alright,
Well, I've come to my own decision
And I'm gonna be with her tonight
And I love to go to school, and I like to shoot pool
And I can't be your fool, 'cause I'm her fool
I'm her, I'm her, I'm her fool
I'm her, I'm her, I'm her fool
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