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 girl, thought she knew,
What her life was going to do,
Then she goes, and falls in love and throws it all away.
But her man, can't decide,
If he's made the right choice in life,
So she comes home on day to find he's gone away.
Put your heart back in your pocket,
Pick your love up off the floor
When your momma says you're stopping,
But girl, let me tell you more:
If he's ninety five or twenty two,
A boy's gonna do what he's gonna do,
He says he don't love you anymore,
So pick up off the floor.
Walks around an empty town,
Sees his face coming around,
Every corner takes on a similar stay.
Love is lost, life can burn,
But your luck will return,
But if you're dragging it down you won't know it's there
Put your heart back in your pocket,
Pick your love up off the floor
When your momma says you're stopping,
But girl, let me tell you more:
If he's ninety five or twenty two,
A boy's gonna do what he's gonna do,
He says he don't love you anymore,
So pick up off the floor.
Put your heart back in your pocket,
Pick your love up off the floor
When your momma says you're stopping,
But girl, let me tell you more:
If he's ninety five or twenty two,
A boy's gonna do what he's gonna do,
He says he don't love you anymore,
So pick up off the floor.
Pick your love, love, love (pick up off the floor)
Oooh (pick up off the floor)
Put your heart back in your pocket,
Pick your love up off the floor
When your momma says you're stopping
But girl let me tell you more
If he's ninety five or twenty two
A boy's gonna do what he's gonna do
He says he don't love you anymore
So pick up off the floor
What her life was going to do,
Then she goes, and falls in love and throws it all away.
But her man, can't decide,
If he's made the right choice in life,
So she comes home on day to find he's gone away.
Put your heart back in your pocket,
Pick your love up off the floor
When your momma says you're stopping,
But girl, let me tell you more:
If he's ninety five or twenty two,
A boy's gonna do what he's gonna do,
He says he don't love you anymore,
So pick up off the floor.
Walks around an empty town,
Sees his face coming around,
Every corner takes on a similar stay.
Love is lost, life can burn,
But your luck will return,
But if you're dragging it down you won't know it's there
Put your heart back in your pocket,
Pick your love up off the floor
When your momma says you're stopping,
But girl, let me tell you more:
If he's ninety five or twenty two,
A boy's gonna do what he's gonna do,
He says he don't love you anymore,
So pick up off the floor.
Put your heart back in your pocket,
Pick your love up off the floor
When your momma says you're stopping,
But girl, let me tell you more:
If he's ninety five or twenty two,
A boy's gonna do what he's gonna do,
He says he don't love you anymore,
So pick up off the floor.
Pick your love, love, love (pick up off the floor)
Oooh (pick up off the floor)
Put your heart back in your pocket,
Pick your love up off the floor
When your momma says you're stopping
But girl let me tell you more
If he's ninety five or twenty two
A boy's gonna do what he's gonna do
He says he don't love you anymore
So pick up off the floor
Lyrics submitted by nightsky13
Pick Up Off the Floor Lyrics as written by Michael Holbrook Penniman
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Love's a b*tch.