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.
Leave me, Lying here
Cause I don't want to go (3x)
Tell me, tell me what you really want from me
You've got to let me know
I'm falling off and I need you terribly
One down and one to go
Volcano Girls we really can't be beat
Warm us up and watch us blow
But now and then we fail and we admit defeat
We're falling off
We are watered down and fully grown
Leave me, lying here
cause I don't want to go (2x)
A million miles of running and I hit the wall
I bounce back and run some more
But this is it I'm giving up I'm calling quits
So get down and meet me on the floor
Way to go way to flip off everyone
I steal your thunder then I try to bolt
But I could stand a little pity now and then
I'm falling off
I am watered down and fully grown
Go I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
I told you about the seether before
You know the one that's neither or nor
Well here's another clue if you please
The seether's Louise...
1, 2, 3, wow
Leave me lying here
Cause I don't wanna go (3x)
Leave me, leave me, leave me
Go I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
Cause I don't want to go (3x)
Tell me, tell me what you really want from me
You've got to let me know
I'm falling off and I need you terribly
One down and one to go
Volcano Girls we really can't be beat
Warm us up and watch us blow
But now and then we fail and we admit defeat
We're falling off
We are watered down and fully grown
Leave me, lying here
cause I don't want to go (2x)
A million miles of running and I hit the wall
I bounce back and run some more
But this is it I'm giving up I'm calling quits
So get down and meet me on the floor
Way to go way to flip off everyone
I steal your thunder then I try to bolt
But I could stand a little pity now and then
I'm falling off
I am watered down and fully grown
Go I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
I told you about the seether before
You know the one that's neither or nor
Well here's another clue if you please
The seether's Louise...
1, 2, 3, wow
Leave me lying here
Cause I don't wanna go (3x)
Leave me, leave me, leave me
Go I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
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Maybe it's too obvious or maybe kids today don't know their semi-obscure Beatles songs, but the whole "told you 'bout the seether before..." bridge is a definite nod to "Glass Onion" ("I told you 'bout the Walrus and me, man,/you know that we're as close as be, man/well here's another clue for you all, the Walrus is Paul"). Also, until I read this transcription I could have sworn this song featured the line "I'm stealin' thunder from a chowder bowl", haha.
The "Glass Onion" reference is perfect, even down to the little misdirection/mindscrew - Just as it was actually John, not Paul, who sang lead on "I Am The Walrus", it was Nina, not Louise, who sang lead on "Seether".