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.
¿Cómo se dice late night Obama food?
How do you say late night Obama food?
Something hot to put you in the mood
In the mood for late night Obama food
In the mood for late night Obama food
In the mood for late night Obama food
YEAH!
I'm in the mood
Gimme gimme gimme processed food
'Cos I'm living in the city
And I gotta eat something
Licking finger good looking good
Like I knew it would
'Cos I'm living in the city
And I gotta eat something
And I don't care how it makes me feel
All I gotta have is a combo meal
A number two
A number five
A number three
Another number one
It tastes like Thomas Jefferson
¿Cómo se dice late night pizza co?
How do you say late night pizza co?
[Something to which to end the day]
You decide on late night pizza co
Make the call to late night pizza co
You receive the late night pizza co
And you eat the late night pizza co
We are desperate
We'll eat anything they put inside a box
We are snake bit
Corporation food fucking rocks
¿Cómo se dice lack of discipline?
How do you say lack of discipline?
¿Cómo se dice lack of discipline?
How do you say lack of discipline?
We are starving
But we're eating more than we ever did before
We are barfing
With no idea what vegetables are for
We are dancing on the greasy floor
We are prisoners of our own war
Baby come with me
We could eat for free
Original recipe
Happy New Year
Now shut up!
How do you say late night Obama food?
Something hot to put you in the mood
In the mood for late night Obama food
In the mood for late night Obama food
In the mood for late night Obama food
YEAH!
I'm in the mood
Gimme gimme gimme processed food
'Cos I'm living in the city
And I gotta eat something
Licking finger good looking good
Like I knew it would
'Cos I'm living in the city
And I gotta eat something
And I don't care how it makes me feel
All I gotta have is a combo meal
A number two
A number five
A number three
Another number one
It tastes like Thomas Jefferson
¿Cómo se dice late night pizza co?
How do you say late night pizza co?
[Something to which to end the day]
You decide on late night pizza co
Make the call to late night pizza co
You receive the late night pizza co
And you eat the late night pizza co
We are desperate
We'll eat anything they put inside a box
We are snake bit
Corporation food fucking rocks
¿Cómo se dice lack of discipline?
How do you say lack of discipline?
¿Cómo se dice lack of discipline?
How do you say lack of discipline?
We are starving
But we're eating more than we ever did before
We are barfing
With no idea what vegetables are for
We are dancing on the greasy floor
We are prisoners of our own war
Baby come with me
We could eat for free
Original recipe
Happy New Year
Now shut up!
Lyrics submitted by hornytheclown
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It's clearly a social commentary on the diet of the poor in America. The narrator has money to buy food, but his choices are limited. Pizza, fast food, processed foods. Perhaps as a result of cost compared to fresh items or perhaps as a result of bad choices/self control.
Valentine is pointing out the contradiction between the fact that they are eating, even though they are poor, but they are still killing themselves with bad food. It reminds me of college with my roommate who was a biology major. When I'd eat a lot of Ramen noodles he'd say something to the effect of "starving on a full stomach" in reference to the lack of nutrition one receives.
I'm not sure what Valentine is trying to convey with the Obama reference. Maybe it's just a technique to express that it's people on welfare, not just fat people eating badly. It might be Obama's own contradiction between his wife's fight for health eating and perhaps a lack of support for the poor? But I'm not sure.