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 wheels on the bus go round and round
Round and round,
Round and round
The kids on the bus are tightly bound
All through the town
The driver on the bus goes mad mad mad
Mad mad mad
Mad mad mad
The knives on the bus go stab stab stab
All through the town
The blood on the bus goes drip drip drip
Drip drip drip
Drip drip drip
The driver on the bus goes sip sip sip
All through the town
The wheels on the bus go round and round
Round and round
Round and round
The kids on the bus were never found
All through the town
Round and round,
Round and round
The kids on the bus are tightly bound
All through the town
The driver on the bus goes mad mad mad
Mad mad mad
Mad mad mad
The knives on the bus go stab stab stab
All through the town
The blood on the bus goes drip drip drip
Drip drip drip
Drip drip drip
The driver on the bus goes sip sip sip
All through the town
The wheels on the bus go round and round
Round and round
Round and round
The kids on the bus were never found
All through the town
Lyrics submitted by edge4552
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Man, this is a sick song...and not 'sick' in a good way.
I never learned this version. SO sheltered.
Ass.