Hooks and Splinters Lyrics

Lyric discussion by DeadFatman 

Cover art for Hooks and Splinters lyrics by Otep

To me the song is about rising up against an oppressor. The line "SIC SEMPER TYRANNUS" is Latin and translates to "Thus always to tyrants" (its also what John Wilkes Booth shouted after shooting Lincoln). Then there are the lines "I Hope you die, We broken people" and "From slave to master". Basically talking about her rising up against a tyrant. Could even be taken as her revenge after being raped.