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 don't wanna be your clown again.
And i don't wanna live this triangle.
No i don't wanna be your clown now,
cause i long to carry on.
I don't wanna be your
i don't wanna be your
i don't wanna be your
in the beginning you were oh so clear.
It started out as something pure and sincere,
but now i see, the evil within.
So tell me what's the reason.
In the beginning it was so clean.
Nobody else just love was all it could mean.
But now you tell me that there's somebody else,
but you don't want to leave me.
But i don't wanna be your clown again.
And i don't wanna live this triangle.
I don't wanna be your clown now,
cause i long to carry on.
No i don't wanna be your clown again.
No i don't wanna live this triangle.
I don't wanna live your life girl,
cause i long to carry on.
And i don't wanna live this triangle.
No i don't wanna be your clown now,
cause i long to carry on.
I don't wanna be your
i don't wanna be your
i don't wanna be your
in the beginning you were oh so clear.
It started out as something pure and sincere,
but now i see, the evil within.
So tell me what's the reason.
In the beginning it was so clean.
Nobody else just love was all it could mean.
But now you tell me that there's somebody else,
but you don't want to leave me.
But i don't wanna be your clown again.
And i don't wanna live this triangle.
I don't wanna be your clown now,
cause i long to carry on.
No i don't wanna be your clown again.
No i don't wanna live this triangle.
I don't wanna live your life girl,
cause i long to carry on.
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Very cool song. It's rare for a guy to sing about getting back at a ex for cheating, it's usually the other way around. lol