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.
Come on Dad
Gimme the car tonight
Come on Dad
Gimme the car tonight
I got this girl I wanna....
Come on Dad
Gimme the car
Come on Dad
Gimme the car tonight
I tell you what
I tell you what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna pick her up
I'm gonna get her drunk
i'm gonna make her cry
I'm gonna get her high
I'm gonna make her laugh
I'm gonna make her...shh
Woman, woman, woman
She gotta, I know she's it
Cuz I'm gonna touch her
All over her body
Gonna touch her
All over her body
Gonna touch her
All over her body
Gonna touch her
All over her body
And she can touch me
All over my body
She can touch me
All over my body
She can touch me
All over my body
She can touch me
All over my body
Time goes by
I can feel myself growing old
Burning inside's making this boy turn out cold
What's wrong
What's right
I don't care when I hate my life
What's wrong, What's right
Y'know people don't care when they hate their life
But how can I explain personal pain
How can I explain personal pain
How can I explain my voice is in vain
How can I explain the deep down
Driving, driving, driving,
We're driving, we're driving, we're driving
Hey Dad
Speaking of driving
Come on Dad
Gimme the car tonight
So much he don't understand,
Just might never make it to a man
Come on Dad
Gimme the car
Come on Dad
I ain't no runt
Come on girl
Gimme your...
Cuz I ain't had much to live for
I ain't had much to live for
Y'know I ain't had much to live for
Y'know I ain't had much to live for
Gimme the car tonight
Come on Dad
Gimme the car tonight
I got this girl I wanna....
Come on Dad
Gimme the car
Come on Dad
Gimme the car tonight
I tell you what
I tell you what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna pick her up
I'm gonna get her drunk
i'm gonna make her cry
I'm gonna get her high
I'm gonna make her laugh
I'm gonna make her...shh
Woman, woman, woman
She gotta, I know she's it
Cuz I'm gonna touch her
All over her body
Gonna touch her
All over her body
Gonna touch her
All over her body
Gonna touch her
All over her body
And she can touch me
All over my body
She can touch me
All over my body
She can touch me
All over my body
She can touch me
All over my body
Time goes by
I can feel myself growing old
Burning inside's making this boy turn out cold
What's wrong
What's right
I don't care when I hate my life
What's wrong, What's right
Y'know people don't care when they hate their life
But how can I explain personal pain
How can I explain personal pain
How can I explain my voice is in vain
How can I explain the deep down
Driving, driving, driving,
We're driving, we're driving, we're driving
Hey Dad
Speaking of driving
Come on Dad
Gimme the car tonight
So much he don't understand,
Just might never make it to a man
Come on Dad
Gimme the car
Come on Dad
I ain't no runt
Come on girl
Gimme your...
Cuz I ain't had much to live for
I ain't had much to live for
Y'know I ain't had much to live for
Y'know I ain't had much to live for
Lyrics submitted by typo
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This song is about teenage angst. If you can't figure that out from reading the lyrics, you're inept. This song is actually pretty insightful, reflecting back on my teens...dad refusing to give you the car on the night of something that is important... sexually charged frustration, etc.