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.
There's something strange going on tonight
There's something going on that's not quite right
Joey's nervous and the lights are bright
There's something going on that's not quite right
There's something going down that wasn't here before
Keep your eyes so screwed to the floor
No one's gonna save your life
There's something going on that's not quite right, uh-huh
Beeping, creeping, there's something going on that wasn't here before
Keep your eyes so glued to the floor
No one's gonna save your life
There's something going on that's not quite right, uh-huh
There's something strange going on tonight
There's something going on that's not quite right
Joey's nervous and the lights are bright
There's something going on that's not quite right
There's something
There's something, there's something
There's something, there's something
There's something, there's something
There's something, there's something
There's something
There's something going on that's not quite right
Joey's nervous and the lights are bright
There's something going on that's not quite right
There's something going down that wasn't here before
Keep your eyes so screwed to the floor
No one's gonna save your life
There's something going on that's not quite right, uh-huh
Beeping, creeping, there's something going on that wasn't here before
Keep your eyes so glued to the floor
No one's gonna save your life
There's something going on that's not quite right, uh-huh
There's something strange going on tonight
There's something going on that's not quite right
Joey's nervous and the lights are bright
There's something going on that's not quite right
There's something
There's something, there's something
There's something, there's something
There's something, there's something
There's something, there's something
There's something
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This song always makes the kid in me very happy - and then my mature personality always tries to reprimand me for enjoying ourselves while the metre's running away with the spoon