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.
nanana come on.
feels so good being bad,
there's no way i'm turning back.
now the pain is for pleasure,
cuz nothing could measure.
love is great, love is fine.
out the box, outta line.
the affliction of the feeling leaves me wanting more.
cuz i may be bad, but i'm perfectly good at it.
sex in the air, i don't care, i love the smell of it.
sticks and stones may break my bones but
chains and whips excite me.
i like it like it come on.
love is great, love is fine.
out the box, outta line.
the affliction of the feeling leaves me wanting more.
cuz i may be bad, but i'm perfectly good at it.
sex in the air, i don't care, i love the smell of it.
sticks and stones may break my bones but
chains and whips excite me.
s s s and m m m
s s s and m m m
ohhh,
i love the feeling you bring to me,
oh when you turn me on.
it's exactly what i venured in for,
give it to me strong and meet me in my boudoir
make my body say AH AH AH!
i like it like it.
cuz i may be bad, but i'm perfectly good at it.
sex in the air, i don't care, i love the smell of it.
sticks and stones may break my bones but
chains and whips excite me.
cuz i may be bad, but i'm perfectly good at it.
sex in the air, i don't care, i love the smell of it.
sticks and stones may break my bones but
chains and whips excite me.
i like it like it come on.
s s s and m m m
s s s and m m m
s s s and m m m
s s s and m m m
feels so good being bad,
there's no way i'm turning back.
now the pain is for pleasure,
cuz nothing could measure.
love is great, love is fine.
out the box, outta line.
the affliction of the feeling leaves me wanting more.
cuz i may be bad, but i'm perfectly good at it.
sex in the air, i don't care, i love the smell of it.
sticks and stones may break my bones but
chains and whips excite me.
i like it like it come on.
love is great, love is fine.
out the box, outta line.
the affliction of the feeling leaves me wanting more.
cuz i may be bad, but i'm perfectly good at it.
sex in the air, i don't care, i love the smell of it.
sticks and stones may break my bones but
chains and whips excite me.
s s s and m m m
s s s and m m m
ohhh,
i love the feeling you bring to me,
oh when you turn me on.
it's exactly what i venured in for,
give it to me strong and meet me in my boudoir
make my body say AH AH AH!
i like it like it.
cuz i may be bad, but i'm perfectly good at it.
sex in the air, i don't care, i love the smell of it.
sticks and stones may break my bones but
chains and whips excite me.
cuz i may be bad, but i'm perfectly good at it.
sex in the air, i don't care, i love the smell of it.
sticks and stones may break my bones but
chains and whips excite me.
i like it like it come on.
s s s and m m m
s s s and m m m
s s s and m m m
s s s and m m m
Lyrics submitted by thrwmyhrtawy.
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