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.
it's like you clean yourself by rolling in shit
you clear your head by pouring stuff into it
we're going crazy for a plasticine boy
we've got a wedding list of what to enjoy
this entertainment is an ugly affair
it's getting naked for a billionaire
i'll be a cynical and impotent clone
airbrush my ass into a hollywood home
alright.....
......the disillusioned sit, we look at each other and we sing...
someone's got to do something
but i don't think it's going to be me
someone's got to say something
but it's not
it's not going to be
it's not going to be
me
investigating allegations of sleaze
100 secretaries fall to their knees
get me a smile like a funeral star
do me a favour in a luxury car
we're going crazy for that plasticine cool
and all the concubines are filling the pool
this entertainment is an ugly affair
we're getting naked for a billionaire
alright.....
......the disillusioned sit, we look at each other and we sing...
someone's got to do something
but i don't think it's going to be me
someone's got to say something
but it's not
it's not going to be
it's not going to be
me
you clear your head by pouring stuff into it
we're going crazy for a plasticine boy
we've got a wedding list of what to enjoy
this entertainment is an ugly affair
it's getting naked for a billionaire
i'll be a cynical and impotent clone
airbrush my ass into a hollywood home
alright.....
......the disillusioned sit, we look at each other and we sing...
someone's got to do something
but i don't think it's going to be me
someone's got to say something
but it's not
it's not going to be
it's not going to be
me
investigating allegations of sleaze
100 secretaries fall to their knees
get me a smile like a funeral star
do me a favour in a luxury car
we're going crazy for that plasticine cool
and all the concubines are filling the pool
this entertainment is an ugly affair
we're getting naked for a billionaire
alright.....
......the disillusioned sit, we look at each other and we sing...
someone's got to do something
but i don't think it's going to be me
someone's got to say something
but it's not
it's not going to be
it's not going to be
me
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