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.
fuck these corporations and their fucking record stores
I don't want my fucking paycheck feeding money whores
these fuckers flood the market with their fabricated shit
and laugh as this pathetic fucking music gets them rich
stay the fuck right out of my life
I don't need your fucking advice
you don't even know what our shit is all about
so don't even try to figure it out
fuck your Spice Girls and your fucking Pearl Jam
it's all a bunch of shit, I say fuck it
Fuck your Dave Matthews and your fucking REM
you god-damned bitch, fucking clueless
KILL YOUR MOTHER AND RAPE YOUR DOG
I don't want my fucking paycheck feeding money whores
these fuckers flood the market with their fabricated shit
and laugh as this pathetic fucking music gets them rich
stay the fuck right out of my life
I don't need your fucking advice
you don't even know what our shit is all about
so don't even try to figure it out
fuck your Spice Girls and your fucking Pearl Jam
it's all a bunch of shit, I say fuck it
Fuck your Dave Matthews and your fucking REM
you god-damned bitch, fucking clueless
KILL YOUR MOTHER AND RAPE YOUR DOG
Lyrics submitted by kevindeboeck
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If all death metal was was screaming, then there would be millions of death bands. Youv realy got to get some pure hatered into your voice (which band am I hinting at...?) and fill it with emotion... not just make a loud noise.