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.
Wasting your days
Chasing some girls
Alright, chasing cocaine
Through the backrooms of the world
All night
Wasting your days
Chasing some girls
Alright, chasing cocaine
Through the backrooms of the world
All night
Sounds, smash hits
Melody maker, NME
All sound like a dream to me
All sound like a dream to me
All sounds like a dream
Sounds, smash hits
Melody maker, NME
All sound like a dream to me
All sound like a dream to me
All sounds like a dream
Step out of your toga
And into the fog
You are a prince on the ocean
In a pinch
In the sky
In your eye
Step out of your toga
And into the ocean
Look, they got your prince
On the fall
In a pinch
In the sky
In your eye
In the sky
In your eye
In a pinch
In the sky
In your eye
I wrote a song for America
Who knew?
I wrote a song for America
Who knew?
Who knew?
Chasing some girls
Alright, chasing cocaine
Through the backrooms of the world
All night
Wasting your days
Chasing some girls
Alright, chasing cocaine
Through the backrooms of the world
All night
Sounds, smash hits
Melody maker, NME
All sound like a dream to me
All sound like a dream to me
All sounds like a dream
Sounds, smash hits
Melody maker, NME
All sound like a dream to me
All sound like a dream to me
All sounds like a dream
Step out of your toga
And into the fog
You are a prince on the ocean
In a pinch
In the sky
In your eye
Step out of your toga
And into the ocean
Look, they got your prince
On the fall
In a pinch
In the sky
In your eye
In the sky
In your eye
In a pinch
In the sky
In your eye
I wrote a song for America
Who knew?
I wrote a song for America
Who knew?
Who knew?
Lyrics submitted by laughing_man
Kaputt Lyrics as written by Daniel Bejar
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Songtrust Ave
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'Kaputt' means 'dead or unfinished' so it could be a dream that he once had but died..?
I agree. the women in the fog, the flying whale, the old man and the small things like the water turning into women all could hint at this being a dream. and he say repeatedly "sounds like a dream to me". but i don't know about the computer. maybe he was dreaming of being with the woman on the computer with those women. then kaputt the dream was broken when it stopped loading and his mom walks in. back to reality. But not for long, he is soon in the desert.