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.
"I am the new way to go"
"I am the way of the future"
"I am the new way to go"
"I am the way of the future"
"There's a lot innocent people being crucified"
you things things things of the flesh do it slow
down avenues fuck me lust my eyes
licking lips encouraging mr. careworn
to gaze upon a screen bask on after the flesh
we'll infect your carnal mind after the flesh
I walked through forests with ugly spirits
kissed their feet and found them calm calm calm
still I don't have any money money money
my body suffers after the flesh
"I am the way of the future"
"They blew his brains out at gunpoint"
"I am the new way to go"
"I am the way of the future"
"Get in and fasten your seatbelt,"
We'll infect your carnal mind, mind, mind, mind
We'll infect your carnal mind, mind, mind, mind
We'll infect your carnal mind, mind, mind, mind
We'll infect your carnal mind, mind, mind, mind
After the Flesh
I walked through forests with ugly spirits
Kissed their feet, and found them calm, calm, calm
Still I don't have any money, money, money
My body suffers after the flesh
"I am the new way to go"
"I am the way of the future"
"I am the way of the future"
"I am the new way to go"
"I am the way of the future"
"There's a lot innocent people being crucified"
you things things things of the flesh do it slow
down avenues fuck me lust my eyes
licking lips encouraging mr. careworn
to gaze upon a screen bask on after the flesh
we'll infect your carnal mind after the flesh
I walked through forests with ugly spirits
kissed their feet and found them calm calm calm
still I don't have any money money money
my body suffers after the flesh
"I am the way of the future"
"They blew his brains out at gunpoint"
"I am the new way to go"
"I am the way of the future"
"Get in and fasten your seatbelt,"
We'll infect your carnal mind, mind, mind, mind
We'll infect your carnal mind, mind, mind, mind
We'll infect your carnal mind, mind, mind, mind
We'll infect your carnal mind, mind, mind, mind
After the Flesh
I walked through forests with ugly spirits
Kissed their feet, and found them calm, calm, calm
Still I don't have any money, money, money
My body suffers after the flesh
"I am the new way to go"
"I am the way of the future"
Lyrics submitted by Forevergreen, edited by DodgerFuckYou
After the Flesh Lyrics as written by Frank Nicholas Nardiello Daley Marston: See Mccoy Buzz
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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song meaning anyone?? i mean that IS the concept of the damn page, hence the very concept....and for the record the singer dont sound a DAMN THING Like Trent Reznor....THe song is about a Neo religion mutiny... or at least thats what i gather..