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 warned you, to leave him
I told you, don't believe him
and now you come to me
Is this just, beginning?
I'm hurt so, now you're winning
How could you come to me
and say it's just a word?
You're a child, I feel your illness
in a while you'll get sick from this
then i'll purdge your words tomorrow
in a [unknown word(s)]
I want to believe him
I want to hurt him, and I want to believe him
I'll tell her, I need her
open her mind, and feed her
what I believe to be the things she's got to know
like a child I feel your illness
in a while you'll get sick from this
then I'll purdge my words tomorrow
in a [unknown word(s)]
lotti di da de da do de
lotti di da de da do de
lotti di da de da do de
lotti di da de
[softer]
lotti di da de da do de
lotti di da de da do de
lotti di da lotti di da lotti di da de
[louder]
lotti di da de da do de
lotti di da de da do de
lotti di da de da do de
lotti di da de
lotti de da doo
lotti de da
la
lotti de da oh
I told you, don't believe him
and now you come to me
Is this just, beginning?
I'm hurt so, now you're winning
How could you come to me
and say it's just a word?
You're a child, I feel your illness
in a while you'll get sick from this
then i'll purdge your words tomorrow
in a [unknown word(s)]
I want to believe him
I want to hurt him, and I want to believe him
I'll tell her, I need her
open her mind, and feed her
what I believe to be the things she's got to know
like a child I feel your illness
in a while you'll get sick from this
then I'll purdge my words tomorrow
in a [unknown word(s)]
lotti di da de da do de
lotti di da de da do de
lotti di da de da do de
lotti di da de
[softer]
lotti di da de da do de
lotti di da de da do de
lotti di da lotti di da lotti di da de
[louder]
lotti di da de da do de
lotti di da de da do de
lotti di da de da do de
lotti di da de
lotti de da doo
lotti de da
la
lotti de da oh
Lyrics submitted by fallen_crow05
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