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.
Head on down to 9th street gal
Lets go out kicking with the boys and the gals
Wear your dress and bring my ring
Someone's gonna get it ain't gonna be me
Lucy Lucy my gal
Lucy Lucy my sweet
Lucy Lucy my gal
I was just gonna hit him but I'm gonna kill him now
We all met about half past three
Lucy she was rocking by my kicking machine
Too many straits and not enough grease
That's when Lucy got it in the chest I think
Lucy Lucy my gal
Lucy Lucy my sweet
Lucy Lucy my gal
I was just gonna hit him but I'm gonna kill him now
Lucy they started fighting I was screaming for him
Boots all dirty sexy and thin
Then on come the lights from the straits in their cars
I was just a laughing when I hit the floor
Lucy Lucy my gal
Lucy Lucy my sweet
Lucy Lucy my gal
I was just gonna hit him but I'm gonna kill him now
Lets go out kicking with the boys and the gals
Wear your dress and bring my ring
Someone's gonna get it ain't gonna be me
Lucy Lucy my gal
Lucy Lucy my sweet
Lucy Lucy my gal
I was just gonna hit him but I'm gonna kill him now
We all met about half past three
Lucy she was rocking by my kicking machine
Too many straits and not enough grease
That's when Lucy got it in the chest I think
Lucy Lucy my gal
Lucy Lucy my sweet
Lucy Lucy my gal
I was just gonna hit him but I'm gonna kill him now
Lucy they started fighting I was screaming for him
Boots all dirty sexy and thin
Then on come the lights from the straits in their cars
I was just a laughing when I hit the floor
Lucy Lucy my gal
Lucy Lucy my sweet
Lucy Lucy my gal
I was just gonna hit him but I'm gonna kill him now
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Whoops. Forgot a parenthesis. Should be "To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)." Not that it matters.