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.
Good morning
Paint the town, take a bow, thank everybody
You're gonna do it again
You are the few, the proud, you are the antibody
Mind, soul and Zen
And the world's a stage (and the world's a faze)
And the end is near
So push rewind, just in time, thank anybody
You're gonna do it again
The way that you walk
It's just the way that you talk
Like it ain't no thing
And every single day is just a fling
Then the morning comes
Take your knocks, shake 'em off, duck everybody
You're gonna take 'em again
You are your foe, your friend, you are the paparazzi
You are the tragedian
And the world's a craze (and the world's a faze)
And the end is near
So push rewind, just in time, thank anybody
You're gonna do it again
The way that you walk
It's just the way that you talk
Like it ain't no thing
And every single day is just a fling
And when it comes, it moves so slow
Kinda like it's saying I told you so
Looking back before she goes
Tomorrow's gonna hurt
And the world's a stage (and the world's a faze)
And the end is near
So push rewind, just in time, thank anybody
It's just the way that you walk
It's just the way that you talk
Like it ain't no thing
And every single day is just a fling
Then the morning comes
Paint the town, take a bow, thank everybody
You're gonna do it again
You are the few, the proud, you are the antibody
Mind, soul and Zen
And the world's a stage (and the world's a faze)
And the end is near
So push rewind, just in time, thank anybody
You're gonna do it again
The way that you walk
It's just the way that you talk
Like it ain't no thing
And every single day is just a fling
Then the morning comes
Take your knocks, shake 'em off, duck everybody
You're gonna take 'em again
You are your foe, your friend, you are the paparazzi
You are the tragedian
And the world's a craze (and the world's a faze)
And the end is near
So push rewind, just in time, thank anybody
You're gonna do it again
The way that you walk
It's just the way that you talk
Like it ain't no thing
And every single day is just a fling
And when it comes, it moves so slow
Kinda like it's saying I told you so
Looking back before she goes
Tomorrow's gonna hurt
And the world's a stage (and the world's a faze)
And the end is near
So push rewind, just in time, thank anybody
It's just the way that you walk
It's just the way that you talk
Like it ain't no thing
And every single day is just a fling
Then the morning comes
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This song kicks ass. How come no one commented on it?