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.
They will sum it all up in a sentence
A verdict made by those who know
I'm ready to make a commitment
I'm willing to make love to concrete
Smiles, bruises
Smiles, bruises
Bars in the womb
I hide the dirty minutes under my dirty mattress and they are making me itch
My time is spilled milk
My skin is a layer of soot
I'm spending my days scrubbing
I'm trying so hard to act like nothing happened (no one left to blame)
I'm trying so hard to find that fresh, clean smell (no one left to blame)
Smiles bruises
Smiles bruises
Bars in the womb
I hide the dirty minutes under my dirty mattress and they are making me itch
My time is spilled milk
Cruel world sleeps above me
Mounting and teasing
I am what I've done
I am what I've done
I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry
A verdict made by those who know
I'm ready to make a commitment
I'm willing to make love to concrete
Smiles, bruises
Smiles, bruises
Bars in the womb
I hide the dirty minutes under my dirty mattress and they are making me itch
My time is spilled milk
My skin is a layer of soot
I'm spending my days scrubbing
I'm trying so hard to act like nothing happened (no one left to blame)
I'm trying so hard to find that fresh, clean smell (no one left to blame)
Smiles bruises
Smiles bruises
Bars in the womb
I hide the dirty minutes under my dirty mattress and they are making me itch
My time is spilled milk
Cruel world sleeps above me
Mounting and teasing
I am what I've done
I am what I've done
I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry
Lyrics submitted by jt, edited by Wizardrexx
Jizzlobber Lyrics as written by James Blanco Martin Bill Gould
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This song is about someone who feels guilty about masterbation. And in the end he is either talking to himself...or has been caught