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 pictures must come down
You are now 28
For Christ's sake
Kit, Kit, Kit oh please
Risk a smile for us, go on
We're all here for you
We'll order drinks for you
We'll pick you up, drop you back home
Just to get some changes made
Oh Kit, oh Kit
The cigarette butts must go
But you protest his lonely lips
Were pressed against them though
Kit, Kit, oh please
Risk a smile for us, go on
Oh Kit, oh
We're all here for you
We'll order drinks for you
We'll pick you up, take you back home
Just to get some changes made
Oh Kit, oh Kit
I beseech you
I implore you
I preach, pray, beg and call upon you
Make your mind up soon
Make your mind up soon
Oh...
You are now 28
For Christ's sake
Kit, Kit, Kit oh please
Risk a smile for us, go on
We're all here for you
We'll order drinks for you
We'll pick you up, drop you back home
Just to get some changes made
Oh Kit, oh Kit
The cigarette butts must go
But you protest his lonely lips
Were pressed against them though
Kit, Kit, oh please
Risk a smile for us, go on
Oh Kit, oh
We're all here for you
We'll order drinks for you
We'll pick you up, take you back home
Just to get some changes made
Oh Kit, oh Kit
I beseech you
I implore you
I preach, pray, beg and call upon you
Make your mind up soon
Make your mind up soon
Oh...
Lyrics submitted by marquicerise, edited by mozzalover
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You may have heard the rumours and they're TRUE
This song IS a (kind of) tribute to Eartha Kitt