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'll never be
A better kind
If you don't
Leave the world behind
Waste my days,
Drown aways
It's just the thought of you
In love with someone else
It breaks my heart to see you hangin' from your shelf
You'll never do
The things you want
If you don't move
And get a job
Waste my days
Drown aways
It's just the thought of you
In love with someone else
It breaks my heart
To see you hangin' from a shelf
Oh girl
When I'm in love
With you
Keep fishin'
If you feel it's true
There's nothing much that we can do
To save you from yourself
Waste my days
Drown aways
It's just the thought of you
In love with someone else
It breaks my heart
To see you hangin' from a shelf
Oh girl
When I'm in love with you
Keep Fishin'
If you feel it's true
There's nothing much that we can do to
Save you from Yourself
You'll never be
A better king
You'll never be
A better Kind
whoa ohh...
whoa ohh...
(Waste my days...
Waste my days...)
A better kind
If you don't
Leave the world behind
Waste my days,
Drown aways
It's just the thought of you
In love with someone else
It breaks my heart to see you hangin' from your shelf
You'll never do
The things you want
If you don't move
And get a job
Waste my days
Drown aways
It's just the thought of you
In love with someone else
It breaks my heart
To see you hangin' from a shelf
Oh girl
When I'm in love
With you
Keep fishin'
If you feel it's true
There's nothing much that we can do
To save you from yourself
Waste my days
Drown aways
It's just the thought of you
In love with someone else
It breaks my heart
To see you hangin' from a shelf
Oh girl
When I'm in love with you
Keep Fishin'
If you feel it's true
There's nothing much that we can do to
Save you from Yourself
You'll never be
A better king
You'll never be
A better Kind
whoa ohh...
whoa ohh...
(Waste my days...
Waste my days...)
Lyrics submitted by backupdork
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Okay, I love the Muppets, and I love Weezer. Together this makes the BEST video. Haha. It's so cute. Miss Piggy IS a slut, and a ham, always hogging the camera. I think they should've released this first instead of Dope Nose, but it seems to be the way they released Hash Pipe first, then Island In The Sun.
Anyways, this is still a great song. It's so cool that they had the muppets! And yay! Rivers shaved his beard. It was gone at the concert, too, but still, he just didn't seem the same with it!