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.
Yeah
Pathetic (benign)
Accept it (undermine)
Your opinion (my justification)
Happy (safe)
Servant (caged)
Malice (utter weakness)
No toleration
Invade (committed)
Enraged (admit it)
Don't condescend (don't even disagree)
Desire (decay)
Disappoint (delay)
You suffered then
(Now suffer unto me)
Obsession (take another look)
Remember (every chance you took)
Decide, (either live with me) or give up
(Any thought you had of being free)
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hate
Anyone (no), anything (yes), anyway (fall)
Anybody (mine), anybody (tell me)
I want (you), I need (you), I'll have (you)
I won't (let anybody have you)
Obey (me), believe (me)
Just trust (me), worship (me), live for (me)
Be grateful (now), be honest (now)
Be precious (now), be mine (just love me)
Possession (feed my only vice)
Confession (I won't tell you twice)
Decide, (either die for me) or give up
(Any thought you had of being free)
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hurting you
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hate
Yeah
Yeah
Stay inside the hole
Let me take control (dominate)
You were nothing more
You were something less (innocent)
Something has to give
Something has to break (omnipresent)
Fingers on your skin
Let my savage in
You deserve it
You deserve it
You deserve it
You deserve it
You deserve it
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more
Than I wanted you (I wanted you)
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved
Was hurting you (was hurting you)
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more
Than I wanted you (I wanted you)
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hate
You're mine (I know who you are)
You're mine (I know who you are)
You're mine (I know who you are)
You're mine (I know who you are)
Pathetic (benign)
Accept it (undermine)
Your opinion (my justification)
Happy (safe)
Servant (caged)
Malice (utter weakness)
No toleration
Invade (committed)
Enraged (admit it)
Don't condescend (don't even disagree)
Desire (decay)
Disappoint (delay)
You suffered then
(Now suffer unto me)
Obsession (take another look)
Remember (every chance you took)
Decide, (either live with me) or give up
(Any thought you had of being free)
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hate
Anyone (no), anything (yes), anyway (fall)
Anybody (mine), anybody (tell me)
I want (you), I need (you), I'll have (you)
I won't (let anybody have you)
Obey (me), believe (me)
Just trust (me), worship (me), live for (me)
Be grateful (now), be honest (now)
Be precious (now), be mine (just love me)
Possession (feed my only vice)
Confession (I won't tell you twice)
Decide, (either die for me) or give up
(Any thought you had of being free)
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hurting you
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more than I wanted you
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hate
Yeah
Yeah
Stay inside the hole
Let me take control (dominate)
You were nothing more
You were something less (innocent)
Something has to give
Something has to break (omnipresent)
Fingers on your skin
Let my savage in
You deserve it
You deserve it
You deserve it
You deserve it
You deserve it
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more
Than I wanted you (I wanted you)
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved
Was hurting you (was hurting you)
(Don't go) I never wanted anybody more
Than I wanted you (I wanted you)
(I know) the only thing I ever really loved was hate
You're mine (I know who you are)
You're mine (I know who you are)
You're mine (I know who you are)
You're mine (I know who you are)
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The Nameless Lyrics as written by Christopher Fehn Michael Crahan
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To me, this kinda sounds like someone getting screwed over in a relationship or something emotional. It sorta looks like he was pretty much in love with her, but she turned him down or screwed him over somehow, and now all of his emotions and memories towards her have turned into hate, even to the point where he can't even remember what it was like to love in the first place. The whole "The only thing I really ever loved was hate" is that whole thing about him thinking that he never really loved her in the first place, or at least trying to convince himself of that. I'm probably REALLY off with this, but that's the impression I've been getting while listening to it all day.
The singer has a funny (painful) way of showing his love. Good song, though.
Yeah