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.
its over before it starts
oh dont you know
so on your marks and stand by
ready, go
from london to new york,
montreal to tokyo
i see visions of her,
everywhere i go
what have i become
now that i'm all alone
im just looking for a way to break through these walls
im just looking for a place that i can call my home
is anybody out there got a soul
cuz i'm just looking for love, girl
the girl with a heart of gold
She always comes once when I count with her champagne case
She goes straight down the rathole with her
Total recklessness and
Tomorrow will come on through
And I got nothing but a silhouette girl
Met her in darkness
I say
What have I become
Now that I'm alone
I'm just looking for a way to break through these walls and
I'm just looking for a place that I can call my home and
Is anybody out there got a soul
'Cuz I'm just looking for a girl
The girl with a heart of gold
Yeah I'm just looking for a girl
The girl with a heart of gold
Yeah I'm in the corner I start over
I start the whole slate clean
All the pain and heartache in all my years
I was always to blame
And I dream of this girl
Yeah an angelical ghost
met her in my neighborhood
I'm a downtown member in a tubline
Does that make me misunderstood
Oh, I'm a downtown member in the front line
don't let me be misunderstood
What have I become
Now that I'm alone
I'm just looking for a way to break through these walls and
I'm just looking for a place that I can call my home and
Is anybody out there got a soul
'Cuz I'm just looking for a girl
The girl with a heart of gold
Yeah I'm just looking for a girl
The girl with a heart of gold
oh dont you know
so on your marks and stand by
ready, go
from london to new york,
montreal to tokyo
i see visions of her,
everywhere i go
what have i become
now that i'm all alone
im just looking for a way to break through these walls
im just looking for a place that i can call my home
is anybody out there got a soul
cuz i'm just looking for love, girl
the girl with a heart of gold
She always comes once when I count with her champagne case
She goes straight down the rathole with her
Total recklessness and
Tomorrow will come on through
And I got nothing but a silhouette girl
Met her in darkness
I say
What have I become
Now that I'm alone
I'm just looking for a way to break through these walls and
I'm just looking for a place that I can call my home and
Is anybody out there got a soul
'Cuz I'm just looking for a girl
The girl with a heart of gold
Yeah I'm just looking for a girl
The girl with a heart of gold
Yeah I'm in the corner I start over
I start the whole slate clean
All the pain and heartache in all my years
I was always to blame
And I dream of this girl
Yeah an angelical ghost
met her in my neighborhood
I'm a downtown member in a tubline
Does that make me misunderstood
Oh, I'm a downtown member in the front line
don't let me be misunderstood
What have I become
Now that I'm alone
I'm just looking for a way to break through these walls and
I'm just looking for a place that I can call my home and
Is anybody out there got a soul
'Cuz I'm just looking for a girl
The girl with a heart of gold
Yeah I'm just looking for a girl
The girl with a heart of gold
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NOFX covers it on the rancid/nofx split.. great cd to short tho