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.
No-no-no-no, I'm not bitter, I'm not mad
Well, maybe just a little, just a tad
I know every apple here ain't bad
But I found a worm in every single one I had
(Boys) they're only good for fruit, I mean bananas
(Boys) them boys are nuts, they're drivin' me bananas
Oh, boys, we should pack up and ship 'em out
Bo-bo-bo-boys, boys
Bo-bo-bo-boys, boys
I hate 'em
I hate boys, but boys love me
I think they suck and my friends agree
I hate boys, but boys love me
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh
I hate boys
If you hate 'em boys, shake it (now shake it)
If you hate 'em boys, shake it (now shake it)
We would all be happy all be glad
If sweet mama nature never had
A-all this dirty little boys who think that the girls
Are only made for toys
Boys wants them women, though they barely can remember
Then again all men are dogs
All men are dogs
I hate boys, but boys love me (boys love me)
I think they suck and my friends agree
I hate boys, but boys love me
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh
I hate boys
If you hate them boys, shake it (now shake it)
If you hate them boys, shake it (now shake it)
Let's go, boys suck
Make me sick, inflated egos
Little dicks, use them up
Spit em out, I H-A-T-E boys!
I hate boys, but boys love me (boys love me)
I think they suck and my friends agree
I hate boys, but boys love me
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh
I hate boys
I hate boys, but boys love me
I think they suck and my friends agree
I hate boys, but boys love me
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh
I hate boys
Well, maybe just a little, just a tad
I know every apple here ain't bad
But I found a worm in every single one I had
(Boys) they're only good for fruit, I mean bananas
(Boys) them boys are nuts, they're drivin' me bananas
Oh, boys, we should pack up and ship 'em out
Bo-bo-bo-boys, boys
Bo-bo-bo-boys, boys
I hate 'em
I hate boys, but boys love me
I think they suck and my friends agree
I hate boys, but boys love me
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh
I hate boys
If you hate 'em boys, shake it (now shake it)
If you hate 'em boys, shake it (now shake it)
We would all be happy all be glad
If sweet mama nature never had
A-all this dirty little boys who think that the girls
Are only made for toys
Boys wants them women, though they barely can remember
Then again all men are dogs
All men are dogs
I hate boys, but boys love me (boys love me)
I think they suck and my friends agree
I hate boys, but boys love me
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh
I hate boys
If you hate them boys, shake it (now shake it)
If you hate them boys, shake it (now shake it)
Let's go, boys suck
Make me sick, inflated egos
Little dicks, use them up
Spit em out, I H-A-T-E boys!
I hate boys, but boys love me (boys love me)
I think they suck and my friends agree
I hate boys, but boys love me
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh
I hate boys
I hate boys, but boys love me
I think they suck and my friends agree
I hate boys, but boys love me
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh
I hate boys
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No, no, no I�m not bitter, I�m not mad Well, maybe just a little, just a tad I know every apple here ain�t bad But I found a worm in every single one I�ve had
Boys, they�re only good for fruit, I mean, bananas Boys, them boys are nuts, they drivin me bananas Oh boys, we should pack them up and ship them out
Boys, boys, boys I hate em. I hate boys, but boys love me I think they suck and my friends agree I hate boys, but boys love me Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I hate boys
If you hate them boys, shake it, now shake it If you hate them boys, shake it, now shake it
We would all be happy, all be glad if sweet, mama nature never had all these dirty little boys that think that the girls were only make for toys
Boys are so ???? but they really can't remember Then again, all men are dogs All men are dogs
I hate boys, but boys love me (boys love me) I think they suck and my friends agree I hate boys, but boys love me Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I hate boys
If you hate them boys, shake it, now shake it If you hate them boys, shake it
let's go Boys suck, makes me sick invaded egos, little dick Use them up, spit em out I-H-A-T-E boys!
I hate boys, but boys love me (boys love me, oh yeah) I think they suck and my friends agree (ooh) I hate boys, but boys love me Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (hey yeah) I hate boys
I hate boys, but boys love me I think they suck and my friends agree (ooh yeah) I hate boys, but boys love me (ooh yeah) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I hate boys