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 once had a friend who
Met an early end to
A kind of modern way of thinkin
He wasn't taken from us
But he lives for drugs and drinkin
Yeah, he's still among us
He liked to point the finger
A deeper part of every action
His accusations linger
He dispersed the blame for
He loved to play the game where
Every deep dissatisfaction
Easy to bitch
Easy to whine
Easy to moan
Easy to cry
Easy to feel like there ain't nothing in your life
Harder to work
But its really worth it if you give it a try
Harder to strive
Harder to be glad to be alive
He once told me how he
Couldn't wait to beat me
So he could take what I was telling
(He said)
They don't give a damn its
All a master plan for
Us to buy what they are selling
Easy to bitch
Easy to whine
Easy to moan
Easy to feel like there ain't nothing in your life
Easy to cry
Harder to strive
Harder to work
Harder to be glad to be alive
(Come on, give it a try)
But its really worth it if you give it a try
I can't sit in judgement
If I sound above it
Cause I ain't sure where I'd be sittin
These are all my problems
Lord, I tried to drop them
Cause this ain't how I should be livin
Easy to bitch
Easy to moan
Easy to feel like there ain't nothing in your life
Easy to whine
Easy to cry
(Life)
Hard to work
Harder to be glad to be alive
Harder to strive
But its really worth it if you give it a try
(Come on, give it a try)
Easy to bitch
Easy to whine
Easy to moan
Harder to work
Harder to strive
Easy to cry
Harder to be glad to be alive
Met an early end to
A kind of modern way of thinkin
He wasn't taken from us
But he lives for drugs and drinkin
Yeah, he's still among us
He liked to point the finger
A deeper part of every action
His accusations linger
He dispersed the blame for
He loved to play the game where
Every deep dissatisfaction
Easy to bitch
Easy to whine
Easy to moan
Easy to cry
Easy to feel like there ain't nothing in your life
Harder to work
But its really worth it if you give it a try
Harder to strive
Harder to be glad to be alive
He once told me how he
Couldn't wait to beat me
So he could take what I was telling
(He said)
They don't give a damn its
All a master plan for
Us to buy what they are selling
Easy to bitch
Easy to whine
Easy to moan
Easy to feel like there ain't nothing in your life
Easy to cry
Harder to strive
Harder to work
Harder to be glad to be alive
(Come on, give it a try)
But its really worth it if you give it a try
I can't sit in judgement
If I sound above it
Cause I ain't sure where I'd be sittin
These are all my problems
Lord, I tried to drop them
Cause this ain't how I should be livin
Easy to bitch
Easy to moan
Easy to feel like there ain't nothing in your life
Easy to whine
Easy to cry
(Life)
Hard to work
Harder to be glad to be alive
Harder to strive
But its really worth it if you give it a try
(Come on, give it a try)
Easy to bitch
Easy to whine
Easy to moan
Harder to work
Harder to strive
Easy to cry
Harder to be glad to be alive
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It seems like in the first part of the song he's saying all these problems belong to a "friend" because he's ashamed that they're his own.In the end, though, it looks like he reveals that they are really his own problems.
I think he's saying that life's too good to comlpain about everything (chorus) and that there's more to it than crap like drugs and booze.That's just my take though...