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.
the sky is falling like a
sock of cocaine in the
ministry of information
subway train's derailing
heads decapitating
catch her reflection and it seems to sing to me
and i say lalalala lalalala lalalala lalalalala
lalalala lalalala lalalala lalalalala
she's a warm bodega
high on noreaga
strung out in brooklyn like it's 1983
she wears her legs around her
neck like a piece of ice
her smile's a neon marque hipsters eat for free
and i say lalalala lalalala lalalala lalalalala
lalalala lalalala lalalala lalalalala
i am falling like a
sock of cocaine in the
ministry of information
i'm a warm bodega
high on noreaga
strung out in brooklyn cause i fell in love with her
and i say lalalala lalalala lalalala lalalalala
lalalala lalalala lalalala lalalalala
moon cut moon cuts tiny like eyelash
lonely cat nap whisper lonely cat nap whisper
moon cut moon cuts tiny like eyelash
lonely cat nap whisper lonely cat nap whisper
and i walk around i whisper in her scalp
i whisper on the wind i whisper once again
sock of cocaine in the
ministry of information
subway train's derailing
heads decapitating
catch her reflection and it seems to sing to me
and i say lalalala lalalala lalalala lalalalala
lalalala lalalala lalalala lalalalala
she's a warm bodega
high on noreaga
strung out in brooklyn like it's 1983
she wears her legs around her
neck like a piece of ice
her smile's a neon marque hipsters eat for free
and i say lalalala lalalala lalalala lalalalala
lalalala lalalala lalalala lalalalala
i am falling like a
sock of cocaine in the
ministry of information
i'm a warm bodega
high on noreaga
strung out in brooklyn cause i fell in love with her
and i say lalalala lalalala lalalala lalalalala
lalalala lalalala lalalala lalalalala
moon cut moon cuts tiny like eyelash
lonely cat nap whisper lonely cat nap whisper
moon cut moon cuts tiny like eyelash
lonely cat nap whisper lonely cat nap whisper
and i walk around i whisper in her scalp
i whisper on the wind i whisper once again
Lyrics submitted by shakeshake
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Yeah, it's referencing coke. Notice the sniffing sound in the background the first time he says it (seriously). SNAAAAAAAAARF