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.
These words he speaks are true
We're all humanary stew
If we don't pledge allegiance to
The Black Widow
The horror that he brings
The horror of his sting
The unholiest of kings
The Black Widow
Our minds will be his toy
And every girl and boy
Will learn to be employed by
The Black Widow
Love me, yes, we love me
(Love him, yes, we love him)
Love me, yes, we love him
Ah
He sits upon his throne
And picks at all the bones
Of his husbands and his wives he's devoured
He stares with a gleam
With a laugh so obscene
At the virgins and the children
He's deflowered
Love me, yes, we love me
(Love him, yes, we love him)
Love me, yes, we love him
Ah
Our thoughts are hot and crazed
Our brains are webbed in haze
Mindless senseless daze
The Black Widow
'Cause these words he says are true
We're all humanary stew
If we don't pledge allegiance to
The Black Widow
The Black Widow
We're all humanary stew
If we don't pledge allegiance to
The Black Widow
The horror that he brings
The horror of his sting
The unholiest of kings
The Black Widow
Our minds will be his toy
And every girl and boy
Will learn to be employed by
The Black Widow
Love me, yes, we love me
(Love him, yes, we love him)
Love me, yes, we love him
Ah
He sits upon his throne
And picks at all the bones
Of his husbands and his wives he's devoured
He stares with a gleam
With a laugh so obscene
At the virgins and the children
He's deflowered
Love me, yes, we love me
(Love him, yes, we love him)
Love me, yes, we love him
Ah
Our thoughts are hot and crazed
Our brains are webbed in haze
Mindless senseless daze
The Black Widow
'Cause these words he says are true
We're all humanary stew
If we don't pledge allegiance to
The Black Widow
The Black Widow
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I just love the tribute Bruce Dickinson did to Alice Cooper with this song.