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.
Love Song, take one
I love you,
I'm not coming back, bitch
I think I should say something
I can't see, I can't feel anything
I can't, I can't
Wash my face
Cut out my teeth and tell me to grin
My gums are bleeding
My gums are bleeding
I hate you
I hate you
Get a fucking haircut
Go fuck yourself
Rae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn Chong
Get something, get, get them, get them
Get them, get the fuckin' midget
Get the midget, get the midget
Get the fuckin' midget
"Where the deer and antelope play"
Kiss the midget
Kiss the midget
Kiss the midget
Kiss the midget
That was perfect, you guys, that was great
I love you,
I'm not coming back, bitch
I think I should say something
I can't see, I can't feel anything
I can't, I can't
Wash my face
Cut out my teeth and tell me to grin
My gums are bleeding
My gums are bleeding
I hate you
I hate you
Get a fucking haircut
Go fuck yourself
Rae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn Chong
Get something, get, get them, get them
Get them, get the fuckin' midget
Get the midget, get the midget
Get the fuckin' midget
"Where the deer and antelope play"
Kiss the midget
Kiss the midget
Kiss the midget
Kiss the midget
That was perfect, you guys, that was great
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It sounds like what he fealt on some kind of drug. Anyone who has done a hallucinogen knows this is really close to what it sounds like when people are talking. We also all know layne staley did some. Maybe the title refers to his love of drugs, he wrote this song when he still liked drugs.
@aptitude Layne was not on drugs at the time. It was Sean Kinney who wrote the song as a joke