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.
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Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
(Like this)
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
(Like, like this)
(Like this)
(Like this)
Smack my bitch up
(Like this)
(Like this)
Smack my bitch up
(Like this)
(Like this)
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
(Like this)
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
(Like this)
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
(Like, like this)
(Like this)
(Like this)
Smack my bitch up
(Like this)
(Like this)
Smack my bitch up
(Like this)
(Like this)
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
Change my pitch up
Smack my bitch up
(Like this)
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Smack My Bitch Up Lyrics as written by Cedric Ulmont Miller Liam Howlett
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What the lyrics mean: Smack my bitch up (in slang – contrary to the explanation by many people) means to do something intensely, like being on stage (other possible explanations are reference to heroin use, attempts to generate shock value or just what it sounds like). As for what change my pitch up may mean, I have a few guesses, but am not sure at all – probably there’s no point at all in explaining lyrics like these.