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.
DRIVE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT
You gotta be yourself
Let the true you win
Gone with the nice guy
The shadow and the silence
That is making you hollow
That is breaking your faith
You better shine like the devil
Be the predator, not the pray
You gotta be yourself
Let the true you win
Gone with the nice guy
Gone with the shadows, gone
You gotta be yourself
Kill the fear of sin
Gone with the shy type
Gone with the shadows, gone
Right about now
Be the predator
it's time to roll
You gotta drive it like you stole it, stole it, stole it
You gotta let it show
You gotta flash it like you own it, own it own it yeah
Never let yourself go
You gotta dare yourself
Lure the life back in
Gone with the dead guy
Gone with the silence, gone
You gotta dare yourself
Drop the shit you're in
Gone with the weak mind
Gone with the silence, gone
Right about now
Be the predator, it's time to roll
You gotta drive it like you stole it, stole it, stole it
You gotta let it show
You gotta flash it like you own it, own it own it yeah
Never let yourself go
Yes, I know I am a stranger
But you better hear me out
You don't wanna stay in danger
So you better scream 'n' shout
Be the predator
it's time to roll
You gotta drive it like you stole it, stole it, stole it(fn)
You gotta let it show
You gotta flash it like you own it, own it own it yeah
It's time to roll
You gotta drive it like you stole it, stole it, stole it
You gotta let it show
You gotta flash it like you own it, own it own it yeah
Never let yourself go
You gotta be yourself
Let the true you win
Gone with the nice guy
The shadow and the silence
That is making you hollow
That is breaking your faith
You better shine like the devil
Be the predator, not the pray
You gotta be yourself
Let the true you win
Gone with the nice guy
Gone with the shadows, gone
You gotta be yourself
Kill the fear of sin
Gone with the shy type
Gone with the shadows, gone
Right about now
Be the predator
it's time to roll
You gotta drive it like you stole it, stole it, stole it
You gotta let it show
You gotta flash it like you own it, own it own it yeah
Never let yourself go
You gotta dare yourself
Lure the life back in
Gone with the dead guy
Gone with the silence, gone
You gotta dare yourself
Drop the shit you're in
Gone with the weak mind
Gone with the silence, gone
Right about now
Be the predator, it's time to roll
You gotta drive it like you stole it, stole it, stole it
You gotta let it show
You gotta flash it like you own it, own it own it yeah
Never let yourself go
Yes, I know I am a stranger
But you better hear me out
You don't wanna stay in danger
So you better scream 'n' shout
Be the predator
it's time to roll
You gotta drive it like you stole it, stole it, stole it(fn)
You gotta let it show
You gotta flash it like you own it, own it own it yeah
It's time to roll
You gotta drive it like you stole it, stole it, stole it
You gotta let it show
You gotta flash it like you own it, own it own it yeah
Never let yourself go
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Drive It Like You Stole It Lyrics as written by Pilve Rolf Michael Yli-jaskari Tuomas
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
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Vocalist Netta Laurenne says this song is a tribute to freedom and strength to be who you really are. It encourages us to stop living in fear and urges us to find our own way.