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.
We used to leave the blue lights on
And there was a beat
Ever since you have been gone it's all caffeine-free
Faux punk fatigues
Said it all before
They try to kick it, their feet fall asleep
Get no harm done, no
None of them want to fight me
Combat baby, come back baby
Fight off the lethargy
Don't go quietly
Combat baby
Said you would never give up easy
Combat baby, come back
Get back in town
I want to paint it black
I want to get around
Easy living crowd, so flat
Said it all before
They try to kick it, their feet fall asleep
I want to be wrong, but
No one here wants to fight me, like you do
Combat baby, come back baby
Fight off the lethargy
Don't go quietly
Combat baby
Said you would never give up easy
Combat baby, come back
I try to be so nice
Compromise
Who gets it good?
Every mighty, mild seventies child
Every mighty, mild seventies child
Beats me
Do do doo
Do do doo
Do do doo
Do do do doo
Do do doo
Do do doo
Do do doo
Do do do doo
Combat baby, come back baby
Combat baby, come back
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye baby
Combat baby, come back
How I miss your ranting
Do you miss my all time lows?
And there was a beat
Ever since you have been gone it's all caffeine-free
Faux punk fatigues
Said it all before
They try to kick it, their feet fall asleep
Get no harm done, no
None of them want to fight me
Combat baby, come back baby
Fight off the lethargy
Don't go quietly
Combat baby
Said you would never give up easy
Combat baby, come back
Get back in town
I want to paint it black
I want to get around
Easy living crowd, so flat
Said it all before
They try to kick it, their feet fall asleep
I want to be wrong, but
No one here wants to fight me, like you do
Combat baby, come back baby
Fight off the lethargy
Don't go quietly
Combat baby
Said you would never give up easy
Combat baby, come back
I try to be so nice
Compromise
Who gets it good?
Every mighty, mild seventies child
Every mighty, mild seventies child
Beats me
Do do doo
Do do doo
Do do doo
Do do do doo
Do do doo
Do do doo
Do do doo
Do do do doo
Combat baby, come back baby
Combat baby, come back
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye baby
Combat baby, come back
How I miss your ranting
Do you miss my all time lows?
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um jeffreys, i don't understand how when listening to the song you heard effigy
first off it doesn't make sense
why would she need someone's help fighting of the sculpture of a person?... that's retarded
and second the video doesn't have any effigies in it; being that for a sculpture of a person to be an effigy, you'd have to destroy it in protest of the person it's modeled after, and people don't tend to take stand against themselves in their own music videos.
so who's the real moron in this instance?
use a dictionary next time maybe.