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.
I always wondered what it takes
Fifteen stitches and a soft parody
To make my eyes be like deceit
Believe the sting proves heart to me
And now I know that you love me
Thank God that you love at all
Dislocated at the joint
Timing is everything in the bed
'Cause you'll sleep for hours to keep away
Then sink the teeth and bat your eyes
Now I know that you love me
Thank God that you love at all
What surprise I was right here going off and going on
What surprise I was right here going off and going on
What surprise I was right here going off and going on
What surprise I was right here going off and going on
'Cause at least I know
'Cause at least now I know, at least
Now I know that you love me
Thank God that you love at all
(What surprise I was right here going off, going on)
Fifteen stitches and a soft parody
To make my eyes be like deceit
Believe the sting proves heart to me
And now I know that you love me
Thank God that you love at all
Dislocated at the joint
Timing is everything in the bed
'Cause you'll sleep for hours to keep away
Then sink the teeth and bat your eyes
Now I know that you love me
Thank God that you love at all
What surprise I was right here going off and going on
What surprise I was right here going off and going on
What surprise I was right here going off and going on
What surprise I was right here going off and going on
'Cause at least I know
'Cause at least now I know, at least
Now I know that you love me
Thank God that you love at all
(What surprise I was right here going off, going on)
Lyrics submitted by sean, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Dai The Flu Lyrics as written by Chi Cheng Abe Cunningham
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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It's very bass heavy, wondering if the Dai is merely in the title because it's Chi's tune? The lyrics seem very much oriented towards a woman, "then sink your teeth and bat your eyes", which would remove anything of it being about drinking issues.
It is possible to call a song something entirely different to what it's about.