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.
Jimmy:
You didn't take it
No you didnt take
But look how far
You made it
Who knew that you would
You got so far
Then he threw it away
When you were there
We thought he was gay
He broke it up
Just to start again
Kyle:
I didn't take
No I didnt take it
But look how far
I made it
Who knew that I would
You got so far
Then he threw it away
When you were there
We thought he was gay
He broke it up
Just to start again
You got so far
Then he threw it away
When you were there
We thought he was gay
He broke it up
Just to start again
Jimmy:
Get on back
Please get on back
Kyle:
I can get on back
Oh I can get on back
Both:
I knew that I would!
Jimmy:
You didn't take it look how far you made it
Kyle:
I didn't take it look how far I made it
Jimmy:
You didn't take it look how far you made it
Kyle:
I didn't take it look how far I made itJimmy:
You didn't take it look how far you made it
Kyle:
I didn't take it look how far I made it
Lyrics submitted by himynameismark
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holy shit this is incredible. im fucking cringing from reading that. shit how did i have friends then. hahaha. i actually came back here because im really listening to curren$y for the first time, and i actually like him. takes me back to the days where i wrote that shit ^^ seriously. i guess i'll use this like my new years resolution or something Get paid get high get laid fuck man im gonna look back at this in 3 years and feel retarded, but hey, nothing new at least.