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.
Betrayer
Betrayer
I say betrayer
I swear I've given you so much
Naysayer
I watched as you just lapped it up
Unwilling
Addicted to be without dignity
A cheater
You thrive on lechery
I don't know what I expected
Was our time even real?
Your callous heart never seemed affected
Does a liar even know how to feel?
Unto you, I proclaim
Creonte shall be your name
I'll never be a victim for you
I'll never be your fool
I'll never be a victim
Betrayer (betrayer)
Betrayer (betrayer)
Betrayer
Betrayer
You're calculating
I know you know exactly what you're doing
Your selfishness, your only cause
A fake (fake), a farce (farce)
You had us all convinced
No guilt (guilt), no heart (heart)
No love (love), no conscience held
Unto you, I proclaim
Creonte shall be your name
I'll never be a victim for you
I'll never be your fool
I'll never be a victim
Betrayer (betrayer)
Betrayer (betrayer)
Time will not mend
All these mistakes have now
Brought forth the end
For you, my friend
Time will not end
All these mistakes have now
Brought forth the end
For you, my friend
I say betrayer
A fake, a farce
(You had us all convinced)
No guilt, no heart
No love, no conscience held
Unto you, I proclaim
Creonte shall be your name
I'll never be a victim for you
I'll never be your fool
I'll never be a victim
Betrayer
Betrayer
Betrayer
I say betrayer
I swear I've given you so much
Naysayer
I watched as you just lapped it up
Unwilling
Addicted to be without dignity
A cheater
You thrive on lechery
I don't know what I expected
Was our time even real?
Your callous heart never seemed affected
Does a liar even know how to feel?
Unto you, I proclaim
Creonte shall be your name
I'll never be a victim for you
I'll never be your fool
I'll never be a victim
Betrayer (betrayer)
Betrayer (betrayer)
Betrayer
Betrayer
You're calculating
I know you know exactly what you're doing
Your selfishness, your only cause
A fake (fake), a farce (farce)
You had us all convinced
No guilt (guilt), no heart (heart)
No love (love), no conscience held
Unto you, I proclaim
Creonte shall be your name
I'll never be a victim for you
I'll never be your fool
I'll never be a victim
Betrayer (betrayer)
Betrayer (betrayer)
Time will not mend
All these mistakes have now
Brought forth the end
For you, my friend
Time will not end
All these mistakes have now
Brought forth the end
For you, my friend
I say betrayer
A fake, a farce
(You had us all convinced)
No guilt, no heart
No love, no conscience held
Unto you, I proclaim
Creonte shall be your name
I'll never be a victim for you
I'll never be your fool
I'll never be a victim
Betrayer
Betrayer
Lyrics submitted by Santiago248
Betrayer Lyrics as written by Paulo Gregoletto Corey Beaulieu
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I get the impression that someone cheated on the narrator ("A cheater, you thrive on lechery" ... lechery is similar to lust).
So the narrator is angry at the cheater (who they feel have betrayed them). But they won't let it bring them down, they be stronger because of it.
Creonte is a Brazilian JiuJitsu term used to describe someone who switches allegiances (i.e. a betrayer).