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.
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Use me when you wanna come
I've bled just to have it touched
When I'm in you, I wanna die
Use me when you wanna come
I bled just to have it touched
When I'm in you, I wanna die
User friendly fucking dopestar obscene
Will you die when you're high? You'd never die just for me
User friendly fucking dopestar obscene
Will you die when you're high? You'd never die just for me
(She says)
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
Use me like I was a whore
Relationships are such a bore
Delete the ones that you've fucked
Use me like I was a whore
Relationships are such a bore
Delete the ones that you've fucked
User friendly fucking dopestar obscene
Will you die when you're high? You'd never die just for me
User friendly fucking dopestar obscene
Will you die when you're high? You'd never die just for me
(She says)
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
Use me when you wanna come
I've bled just to have it touched
When I'm in you, I wanna die
Use me when you wanna come
I bled just to have it touched
When I'm in you, I wanna die
User friendly fucking dopestar obscene
Will you die when you're high? You'd never die just for me
User friendly fucking dopestar obscene
Will you die when you're high? You'd never die just for me
(She says)
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
Use me like I was a whore
Relationships are such a bore
Delete the ones that you've fucked
Use me like I was a whore
Relationships are such a bore
Delete the ones that you've fucked
User friendly fucking dopestar obscene
Will you die when you're high? You'd never die just for me
User friendly fucking dopestar obscene
Will you die when you're high? You'd never die just for me
(She says)
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
"I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you
'Till somebody better comes along"
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