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.
If I woke up late Couldn't get out of bed If I bought you a café latte instead If I lied when I said 32 inches was the size of my waist And if I admit every once in a while Even though I dig alternative style Occasionally I can be caught dancin' to Brittany And can I confess That art house doesn't turn me on But I like every single thing that Speilberg's done
Could I be good enough Could I be good enough If the going got worse and the worse got rough The days became endless and harder than tough I'd be good enough Better than best would be simply to be good enough If everything I give doesn't seem like a lot If it's all that I got Baby tell that could be good enough
Where I grew up The rent was cheap But we always had enough to eat Didn't have fancy clothes I never really cared coz there were shoes on my toes And motherly love I knew it like the back of my hand She always had a way to make me understand I could be good enough I could be good enough If the going got worse and the worse got rough The days became endless and harder than tough I'd be good enough Better than best would be simply to be good enough If everything I give doesn't seem like a lot If it's all that I got Baby tell me that could be good enough
Coz I don't know which way this road is gonna turn But I know it's gonna be fine But there are some days no matter how much I've learned That the road gets tough And I don't feel good enough But if you're giving me some of that loving Could you pass some over Let me cry on your shoulder and tell me baby I could be good enough
If I lost my job And my hair fell out If I made no sense And I scream and shout Would you laugh at me? Never take a word I say seriously And if I'm out in the cold Waiting in the back of the line Too afraid to drop my name for fear of decline
Could you tell me I'm good enough? Could I be good enough? If the going got worse and the worse got rough The days became endless and harder than tough I'd be good enough Better than best would be simply to be good enough If everything I give doesn't seem like a lot If it's all that I've got Baby tell me that could be good enough
I need to know that I could be good enough Because everybody wants to feel good enough Show me baby Tell me Come on a prove it baby Give it to me
Could I be good enough Could I be good enough If the going got worse and the worse got rough The days became endless and harder than tough I'd be good enough Better than best would be simply to be good enough If everything I give doesn't seem like a lot If it's all that I got Baby tell that could be good enough
Where I grew up The rent was cheap But we always had enough to eat Didn't have fancy clothes I never really cared coz there were shoes on my toes And motherly love I knew it like the back of my hand She always had a way to make me understand I could be good enough I could be good enough If the going got worse and the worse got rough The days became endless and harder than tough I'd be good enough Better than best would be simply to be good enough If everything I give doesn't seem like a lot If it's all that I got Baby tell me that could be good enough
Coz I don't know which way this road is gonna turn But I know it's gonna be fine But there are some days no matter how much I've learned That the road gets tough And I don't feel good enough But if you're giving me some of that loving Could you pass some over Let me cry on your shoulder and tell me baby I could be good enough
If I lost my job And my hair fell out If I made no sense And I scream and shout Would you laugh at me? Never take a word I say seriously And if I'm out in the cold Waiting in the back of the line Too afraid to drop my name for fear of decline
Could you tell me I'm good enough? Could I be good enough? If the going got worse and the worse got rough The days became endless and harder than tough I'd be good enough Better than best would be simply to be good enough If everything I give doesn't seem like a lot If it's all that I've got Baby tell me that could be good enough
I need to know that I could be good enough Because everybody wants to feel good enough Show me baby Tell me Come on a prove it baby Give it to me
Lyrics submitted by 8r4m8l3ro53
Good Enough Lyrics as written by Walter N. Afanasieff Clark Anderson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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