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.
Lucifer in Frognal
Listening to The Higsons
One night in November
And I thought I heard them singing
Said "I gotta let this hen out
And give this hen some eyeballs
Running out of living"
Won't you see for me
Won't you see to me
Listening to The Higsons
One night in November
And I thought I heard them singing
Sing "I gotta let this hen out"
The Higsons come from Norwich
But I prefer East Grinstead
I'm running out of living
Won't you see to me
Won't you see for me
Listening to The Higsons
Gotta let
Gotta let this hen out
Listening to The Higsons
One night in November
And I thought I heard them singing
Said "I gotta let this hen out
And give this hen some eyeballs
Running out of living"
Won't you see for me
Won't you see to me
Listening to The Higsons
One night in November
And I thought I heard them singing
Sing "I gotta let this hen out"
The Higsons come from Norwich
But I prefer East Grinstead
I'm running out of living
Won't you see to me
Won't you see for me
Listening to The Higsons
Gotta let
Gotta let this hen out
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Listening to the Higsons Lyrics as written by Robyn Hitchcock
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The songs is, roughly, about hearing a song from the British band, The Higsons, called "Got To Let This Heat Out".