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.
Staring at the ceiling in the dark
Sheets are in a knot
My heart is like rock, eh
Pictures flashing by inside my head
I'm hanging by a thread
But I'd do it all again, eh
I keep running away, running away, running away from you
But I can't stand breaking the chains
Breaking the chains, breaking the chains
It's too good
'Cause I know the second you go
Want cha to bring it on back, bring it on back
Bring it on back to me
And you know I want your chokehold
Want cha to bring it on back, bring it on back
Bring it on back to me
Bring it on back to me
Bring it on back to me
All without your touch I suffocate
I could asphxiate, but I kind of like the pain, eh
Baby, I can smell you on my clothes
I try to stay composed
But I feel the fever grow, grow oh oh
I keep running away, running away, running away from you
But I can't stand breaking the chains
Breaking the chains, breaking the chains
It's too good
'Cause I know the second you go
Want cha to bring it on back, bring it on back
Bring it on back to me
And you know I want your chokehold
Want cha to bring it on back, bring it on back
Bring it on back to me
Bring it on back to me
Bring it on back to me
Oh, oh, oh, hey, hey
Oh, oh, oh, hey, hey
Baby, gonna bring it back to me
'Cause I know the second you go
Want you to bring it on back, bring it on back
Bring it on back to me
And you know I want your chokehold
Want cha to bring it on back, bring it on back
Bring it on back to me, yeah yeah
Bring it on back to me
Bring it on back to me
Sheets are in a knot
My heart is like rock, eh
Pictures flashing by inside my head
I'm hanging by a thread
But I'd do it all again, eh
I keep running away, running away, running away from you
But I can't stand breaking the chains
Breaking the chains, breaking the chains
It's too good
'Cause I know the second you go
Want cha to bring it on back, bring it on back
Bring it on back to me
And you know I want your chokehold
Want cha to bring it on back, bring it on back
Bring it on back to me
Bring it on back to me
Bring it on back to me
All without your touch I suffocate
I could asphxiate, but I kind of like the pain, eh
Baby, I can smell you on my clothes
I try to stay composed
But I feel the fever grow, grow oh oh
I keep running away, running away, running away from you
But I can't stand breaking the chains
Breaking the chains, breaking the chains
It's too good
'Cause I know the second you go
Want cha to bring it on back, bring it on back
Bring it on back to me
And you know I want your chokehold
Want cha to bring it on back, bring it on back
Bring it on back to me
Bring it on back to me
Bring it on back to me
Oh, oh, oh, hey, hey
Oh, oh, oh, hey, hey
Baby, gonna bring it back to me
'Cause I know the second you go
Want you to bring it on back, bring it on back
Bring it on back to me
And you know I want your chokehold
Want cha to bring it on back, bring it on back
Bring it on back to me, yeah yeah
Bring it on back to me
Bring it on back to me
Lyrics submitted by thrwmyhrtawy.
Chokehold Lyrics as written by Oliver Elliot Goldstein Josh Abraham
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Staring at the ceiling in the dark sheets are in a knot my heart is like a rock, ayy. pictures flashing by inside my head I�m hanging by a thread but I�d do it all again
I keep running away running away running away from you but I can�t stand breaking the chains breaking the chains breaking the chains
It�s too good cause I know the second you go want you to bring it on back bring it on back bring it on back to me And you know I want your chokehold want you to bring it on back bring it on back bring it on back to me bring it on back to me bring it on back to me
Oh without your touch I suffocate cold asphyxiate but I kind of like the pain, yeah baby I can smell you on my clothes I try to stay composed but I feel the fever grow, grow
I keep running away running away running away from you but I can�t stand breaking the chains breaking the chains breaking the chains
it�s too good cause I know the second you go want you to bring it on back bring it on back bring it on back to me And you know I want your chokehold want you to bring it on back bring it on back bring it on back to me bring it on back to me bring it on back to me
ooh ooh ooh hey hey me me me gotta bring it back to me. back to me! cause I know the second you go want you to bring it on back bring it on back bring it on back to me and you know i want your chokehold want you to bring it on back bring it on back bring it on back to me
bring it all back to me.