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 know you're not playing around
But I know you will
But what do you say
When things just won't got your way?
Cut around and surround us
I know you're not playing around
But I know you will
Half-tired and now I know your sorrow
Half-wiser and now I know you're right
We separate sometimes, everyone starts it off
Half tired and now I know your sorrow
Never stay alone
You run up, you run up and you want some
Ride on the way down
Prepare it and half-truth ends tomorrow
Half tired and now I know you're right
We separate sometimes, everyone starts it off
Prepare it and half-truth ends tomorrow
Never stay alone
You run up, you run up and you want some
Ride on the way down
It's one up, it's one up
It's the latest version of its kind
We will laugh, we will laugh
Of how our nerves caught and held us down
You run up, you run up and you want some
Ride on the way down
I know you're not playing around
But I know you will
But what do you say
When things just won't got your way?
Cut around and surround us
I know you're not playing around
But I know you will
Half-tired and now I know your sorrow
Half-wiser and now I know you're right
We separate sometimes, everyone starts it off
Half tired and now I know your sorrow
Never stay alone
You run up, you run up and you want some
Ride on the way down
Prepare it and half-truth ends tomorrow
Half tired and now I know you're right
We separate sometimes, everyone starts it off
Prepare it and half-truth ends tomorrow
Never stay alone
You run up, you run up and you want some
Ride on the way down
It's one up, it's one up
It's the latest version of its kind
We will laugh, we will laugh
Of how our nerves caught and held us down
You run up, you run up and you want some
Ride on the way down
I know you're not playing around
Lyrics submitted by iwannabeinjfc
Halves and Have-Nots Lyrics as written by Kori Gardner Hammel Jason Edward Hammel
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I know you're not playing around But I know you will But what do you say When things just won't got your way? Cut around and surround us I know you're not playing around But I know you will Half-tired and now I know your sorrow Half-wiser and now I know you're right We separate sometimes, everyone starts it off Half tired and now I know your sorrow Never stay alone You run up, you run up and you want some Ride on the way down Prepare it and half-truth ends tomorrow Half tired and now I know you're right We separate sometimes, everyone starts it off Prepare it and half-truth ends tomorrow Never stay alone You run up, you run up and you want some Ride on the way down It's one up, it's one up It's the latest version of its kind We will laugh, we will laugh Of how our nerves caught and held us down You run up, you run up and you want some Ride on the way down I know you're not playing around