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.
Hello Mrs Shaw
Could I borrow your lawnmower?
Or parts of your body?
Why? Why me?
Why am I so lonely?
I'm an animal
I'm a sexual pervert, an animal
A living abortion
I'm an animal, nobody's hero
An animal, I'm your next door neighbour
Everybody hates me
Why am I so ugly?
I'm an animal
I'm a sexual pervert, an animal
I'm a living abortion
I'm an animal, I'm nobody's hero
I'm an animal, I'm your next door neighbour
Everybody scorns me
My wife - she doesn't know me
I'm an animal
I'm an animal
I'm an animal
I'm an animal, I'm your next door neighbour
Everybody shuns me
Why am I so dirty?
I dream of naked ladies leaping over me
I like peeping through holes in public lavatories
Domineering women in thigh-high boots
Tying me up, whipping me!
Somebody help me!
I've lost my sanity!
I'm an animal
I'm a sexual pervert, an animal
I'm a living abortion
I'm an animal, I'm nobody's hero
I'm an animal, I'm your next door neighbour
No sex for me!
You, you made me
You scorned my body
You degraded me
You twisted my mind
You made me unkind
You fed on my cravings
You persecuted me
You don't understand... you!
Could I borrow your lawnmower?
Or parts of your body?
Why? Why me?
Why am I so lonely?
I'm an animal
I'm a sexual pervert, an animal
A living abortion
I'm an animal, nobody's hero
An animal, I'm your next door neighbour
Everybody hates me
Why am I so ugly?
I'm an animal
I'm a sexual pervert, an animal
I'm a living abortion
I'm an animal, I'm nobody's hero
I'm an animal, I'm your next door neighbour
Everybody scorns me
My wife - she doesn't know me
I'm an animal
I'm an animal
I'm an animal
I'm an animal, I'm your next door neighbour
Everybody shuns me
Why am I so dirty?
I dream of naked ladies leaping over me
I like peeping through holes in public lavatories
Domineering women in thigh-high boots
Tying me up, whipping me!
Somebody help me!
I've lost my sanity!
I'm an animal
I'm a sexual pervert, an animal
I'm a living abortion
I'm an animal, I'm nobody's hero
I'm an animal, I'm your next door neighbour
No sex for me!
You, you made me
You scorned my body
You degraded me
You twisted my mind
You made me unkind
You fed on my cravings
You persecuted me
You don't understand... you!
Lyrics submitted by Jigokusabre
Animal Lyrics as written by Nicholas Culmer Chris Exall
Lyrics © CONEXION MEDIA GROUP, INC.
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thies is a great song about the revolting singer "animal" who everybody avoids.