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 a sinister feeling brewing
Bout a women and her non-stop yap
In a couple weeks she'll be stewing
Bait the hook of a tender trap
Spend your money on (countless reasons)
Brick-a-brack that cannot be used
Snivel on the ground (that she walks on)
Give an inch and the women want two
The trouble today with women
The mouth don't stop
There's an older one yakity-yackin
Husband's credit cards let her shop
There's a younger one gums keep flappin'
Will the jawbone never stop
There's an ugly one (she needs screwin'!)
Never in your life (no not me!)
There's a pretty one (always talkin!)
Will the women's mouth never cease
The trouble today with women
Yeeeah
The mouth don't stop
The mouth don't stop
The mouth don't stop
Yeah the mouth don't stop
There's an older one yakity-yackin
Husband's credit cards let her shop
There's a younger one gums keep flappin'
Will the jawbone never stop
There's an ugly one (she needs screwin'!)
Never in your life (no not me!)
There's a pretty one (always talkin!)
Will the women's mouth never cease
The mouth don't stop
The mouth don't stop
The mouth don't stop
Oh the mouth don't stop
Bout a women and her non-stop yap
In a couple weeks she'll be stewing
Bait the hook of a tender trap
Spend your money on (countless reasons)
Brick-a-brack that cannot be used
Snivel on the ground (that she walks on)
Give an inch and the women want two
The trouble today with women
The mouth don't stop
There's an older one yakity-yackin
Husband's credit cards let her shop
There's a younger one gums keep flappin'
Will the jawbone never stop
There's an ugly one (she needs screwin'!)
Never in your life (no not me!)
There's a pretty one (always talkin!)
Will the women's mouth never cease
The trouble today with women
Yeeeah
The mouth don't stop
The mouth don't stop
The mouth don't stop
Yeah the mouth don't stop
There's an older one yakity-yackin
Husband's credit cards let her shop
There's a younger one gums keep flappin'
Will the jawbone never stop
There's an ugly one (she needs screwin'!)
Never in your life (no not me!)
There's a pretty one (always talkin!)
Will the women's mouth never cease
The mouth don't stop
The mouth don't stop
The mouth don't stop
Oh the mouth don't stop
Lyrics submitted by Brettus2005
The Mouth Don't Stop (The Trouble with Women Is) Lyrics as written by Cramer
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