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.
no nobody wants to be
no no one's lover
no matter what they say
lovers know they are the ones
who one day have to go
trophy wives
I know they wander
and find a young young man
trophy wives
I know they wander
one time you were a good rabbit
to all the girls
and all their lovely mothers
you tried a piece of everything
now nothing turns you on
trophy wives
I know they wander
and find a young young man
trophy wives
I know they wander
run run baby I don't feel alive
but I'm pretty and I'm pretty sure
I'm gonna be alright to drive
to new jack city for a younger man
with a better brain
I fell in love with you
no matter what you say
but you were right about the reasons
I don't want to be
what I'm becoming
your trophy wife
I know they wander
and find a young young man
you trophy wife
I know they wander
and find a young man
your trophy wife
I know they wander
no no one's lover
no matter what they say
lovers know they are the ones
who one day have to go
trophy wives
I know they wander
and find a young young man
trophy wives
I know they wander
one time you were a good rabbit
to all the girls
and all their lovely mothers
you tried a piece of everything
now nothing turns you on
trophy wives
I know they wander
and find a young young man
trophy wives
I know they wander
run run baby I don't feel alive
but I'm pretty and I'm pretty sure
I'm gonna be alright to drive
to new jack city for a younger man
with a better brain
I fell in love with you
no matter what you say
but you were right about the reasons
I don't want to be
what I'm becoming
your trophy wife
I know they wander
and find a young young man
you trophy wife
I know they wander
and find a young man
your trophy wife
I know they wander
Lyrics submitted by SomethingClever
Trophy Wife Lyrics as written by Matthew Berninger Aaron Dessner
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that line "i fell in love with you no matter what you say, but you were right about the reasons" is in patterns of fairytales as well