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.
I feel like Steven is my father and I don't know why
But I realized when he looked my eyes
I feel like Steven is my daddy and it ain't no lie
But I wanna hold ya till the end of time
So come on daddy, release my arms
Come on daddy I wanna feel your charms
Come on daddy , release my arms
I wanna hold ya till the end of time
You know I was your baby since the age of nine
You know was your baby for a long long time
But something inside me told me you weren't mine
Something inside me told me you told lies
So come on daddy, release my arms
Come on daddy, I wanna feel your charms
Come on daddy, release my arms
I wanna hold you, I wanna hold you
(higher) I wanna hold...till the end of time.
But I realized when he looked my eyes
I feel like Steven is my daddy and it ain't no lie
But I wanna hold ya till the end of time
So come on daddy, release my arms
Come on daddy I wanna feel your charms
Come on daddy , release my arms
I wanna hold ya till the end of time
You know I was your baby since the age of nine
You know was your baby for a long long time
But something inside me told me you weren't mine
Something inside me told me you told lies
So come on daddy, release my arms
Come on daddy, I wanna feel your charms
Come on daddy, release my arms
I wanna hold you, I wanna hold you
(higher) I wanna hold...till the end of time.
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar, edited by sneeuwitje
C'mon Daddy Lyrics as written by Evan Griffith Dando Epic Soundtracks
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Not aware of the Liv Tyler story, I first thought this was an ultimately dark easy-listening song about child abuse and Stockholm Syndrome. I cannot get off that thought, even after Decemberguy's perfectly plausible explanation, it keeps haunting me. Maybe there's a double meaning to this song?
I sincerely hope not. It's bad enough that the mere thought ruined this pretty song for me :-|