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.
Listen baby, let me lie low, lie low with you
To be lie high, high, high
High high lie low lie slowly, it's good and holy
Helping one another, just a righteous brother
Lifetime, give me back my lifetime
I don't want to be an angel, just a little bit evil
Feel the devil in me
Holy, holy, hold on to anyone, hold on to anyone
But just let me be
Holy, holy, hold on to anyone, hold on to anyone
But let go of me
Listen baby, let me lie low, lie low with you
To be a lie high, high, high, high, high my oh my
Holy, holy, hold on to anyone, hold on to anyone
But just let me be
Holy, holy, hold on to anyone, hold on to anyone
But let go of me
To be lie high, high, high
High high lie low lie slowly, it's good and holy
Helping one another, just a righteous brother
Lifetime, give me back my lifetime
I don't want to be an angel, just a little bit evil
Feel the devil in me
Holy, holy, hold on to anyone, hold on to anyone
But just let me be
Holy, holy, hold on to anyone, hold on to anyone
But let go of me
Listen baby, let me lie low, lie low with you
To be a lie high, high, high, high, high my oh my
Holy, holy, hold on to anyone, hold on to anyone
But just let me be
Holy, holy, hold on to anyone, hold on to anyone
But let go of me
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Holy Holy Lyrics as written by David Bowie
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a celebration in song about August 8/9 1969