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.
Uh
Aah
Ooh
Down on the street where the faces shine
Floatin' around, I'm a real low mind
See a pretty thing
Ain't no wall
See a pretty thing
It ain't no wall
No wall
No wall
No wall
Ooh
Yeah deep in the night, I'm lost in love
Yeah deep in the night, I'm lost in love
A thousand lighs
Look at you
A thousand lights
Look at you
I'm lost
I'm lost
I'm lost, yeah
I'm lost
Lost, lost, lost
Ooh
Yeah
Yeah
Ooh, low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low
Low, low, low
Faces shine, real low mind
Real low mind
I'm a real low mind
Real low mind
Aah
Ooh
Down on the street where the faces shine
Floatin' around, I'm a real low mind
See a pretty thing
Ain't no wall
See a pretty thing
It ain't no wall
No wall
No wall
No wall
Ooh
Yeah deep in the night, I'm lost in love
Yeah deep in the night, I'm lost in love
A thousand lighs
Look at you
A thousand lights
Look at you
I'm lost
I'm lost
I'm lost, yeah
I'm lost
Lost, lost, lost
Ooh
Yeah
Yeah
Ooh, low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low
Low, low, low
Faces shine, real low mind
Real low mind
I'm a real low mind
Real low mind
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wildabout you, you're a fucking moron. The Rage cover is the only good one and a lot better than The Stooges country/fag version.
RATM are cute. <br /> I love when they scowl their little scowls and strut around the stage offering junior-high perspectives on Kapitalism. Their guitars are also super-cute!