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.
Cling to the sides, brain-boy
we lost our numb-er selves in jail
leaving a groovy wit matter on a sailing sky,
alive and jabberstroking,
sinking around you now
around you now
around you now
sinking around you now
around you now
around you now
Wings are wise, lame-boy
louder people build a fighting bore
dig the fast track, fucker,
ancenstral public dig the fast track!
He's the one with the talkin' rock-bull,
clings to edge of the pool,
Greg Case
Examine number one
at cause and at manners
bounded to protect, a fighting bully
go around you now
around you now
around you now
sinking full, around you now
around you now
around you now
On a silent sky
dig the fast track
alive and jabberstrokin'
dig the fast track fucker
think of a wide lane, boy
dig the fast track
promise you will go and fight
dig the fast track, fucker
access to the priveleges
dig the fast track, fucker
dig the fast track, fucker
dig the fast track for her
dig the fast trip
dig the fast track
we lost our numb-er selves in jail
leaving a groovy wit matter on a sailing sky,
alive and jabberstroking,
sinking around you now
around you now
around you now
sinking around you now
around you now
around you now
Wings are wise, lame-boy
louder people build a fighting bore
dig the fast track, fucker,
ancenstral public dig the fast track!
He's the one with the talkin' rock-bull,
clings to edge of the pool,
Greg Case
Examine number one
at cause and at manners
bounded to protect, a fighting bully
go around you now
around you now
around you now
sinking full, around you now
around you now
around you now
On a silent sky
dig the fast track
alive and jabberstrokin'
dig the fast track fucker
think of a wide lane, boy
dig the fast track
promise you will go and fight
dig the fast track, fucker
access to the priveleges
dig the fast track, fucker
dig the fast track, fucker
dig the fast track for her
dig the fast trip
dig the fast track
Lyrics submitted by I Saw Star Wars
Jabberstroker Lyrics as written by Tobin Sprout
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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go crazy as often as you like but don't stay too long and don't leave too soon. eventually the only way left to look is up.