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.
Intro yeah, it's the P.O.D. right here
Coming straight from S.D. C - A
619's in effect y'know what I'm sayin'
Givin' you that hardcore sound yeah
Comin' up from the ground boy
That's where it all started y'know what I'm sayin'
Yeah, this is hardcore, you know why it's so hardcore
'Cuz it's bult on the rock - what rock you ask
The rock of Jesus Christ, yeah that's right
Givin' you the truth 'cuz the truth hurts y'kow
But that's how we layin' it down
We ain't got nothin' to hide
And we're breakin' it down like that y'know what I'm sayin'
Hardlove, hardcore one way yeah, check it ou
Abortion is murder
There's nothing you can say or do
To justify the fact
That there's a living breathing baby inside of you
That there's a living breathing baby inside of you
That there's a living breathing baby inside of you
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
There's nothing you can say or do
To justify the fact
That there's a living breathing baby inside of you
That there's a living breathing baby inside of you
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murde
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Murder, murder, murder, murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
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Coming straight from S.D. C - A
619's in effect y'know what I'm sayin'
Givin' you that hardcore sound yeah
Comin' up from the ground boy
That's where it all started y'know what I'm sayin'
Yeah, this is hardcore, you know why it's so hardcore
'Cuz it's bult on the rock - what rock you ask
The rock of Jesus Christ, yeah that's right
Givin' you the truth 'cuz the truth hurts y'kow
But that's how we layin' it down
We ain't got nothin' to hide
And we're breakin' it down like that y'know what I'm sayin'
Hardlove, hardcore one way yeah, check it ou
Abortion is murder
There's nothing you can say or do
To justify the fact
That there's a living breathing baby inside of you
That there's a living breathing baby inside of you
That there's a living breathing baby inside of you
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
There's nothing you can say or do
To justify the fact
That there's a living breathing baby inside of you
That there's a living breathing baby inside of you
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murde
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Murder, murder, murder, murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
Abortion is murder, abortion is murder
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Lyrics submitted by HoldURBreath
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"by Philadelphia Eagles on 12-26-2004 @ 07:01:18 PM
Christianity is, without a doubt, the bloodiest and most wretched religion to ever exist."
Actually, some religions still sacrifice people. o_O