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.
[Thurston]
talking to a punker priest just doggin' the breeze 'bout being a tree
[this is a free land???]
along comes Mary Christ skatin' light on ice says there's no-one high
[hey mary-christo ]
you gotta go
you got a date now
yeah i know
should not be late now
sensed by x-ray eyes her spirit spies into my life
[i found it out now]
wraps my head in skin says now i'm in to the candy sin
[yeah spit it out now]
everytime
she sing that lovesong
everytime
i guess she's right/wrong
angels in a devil skirt buys me a shirt says i hope you like
[i hope you]
hope i hope you like like like you hope that i explode
[i say hello now]
here we go
we've waited so long
yeah i go
Mary too come along
talking to a punker priest just doggin' the breeze 'bout bein' a tree
[this is a free land]
along comes Mary Christ skatin' light on ice says there's no-one high
[another christal]
gotta go
we got a date know
yeah i know
should not be late now
sensed by x-ray eyes her spirit spies into my life
[burn it out now]
angel in a devil skirt buy me a shirt says i hope you lie
[yeah spit it now]
here we go
i've waited so long
yeah i know
but Mary too come along
talking to a punker priest just doggin' the breeze 'bout being a tree
[this is a free land???]
along comes Mary Christ skatin' light on ice says there's no-one high
[hey mary-christo ]
you gotta go
you got a date now
yeah i know
should not be late now
sensed by x-ray eyes her spirit spies into my life
[i found it out now]
wraps my head in skin says now i'm in to the candy sin
[yeah spit it out now]
everytime
she sing that lovesong
everytime
i guess she's right/wrong
angels in a devil skirt buys me a shirt says i hope you like
[i hope you]
hope i hope you like like like you hope that i explode
[i say hello now]
here we go
we've waited so long
yeah i go
Mary too come along
talking to a punker priest just doggin' the breeze 'bout bein' a tree
[this is a free land]
along comes Mary Christ skatin' light on ice says there's no-one high
[another christal]
gotta go
we got a date know
yeah i know
should not be late now
sensed by x-ray eyes her spirit spies into my life
[burn it out now]
angel in a devil skirt buy me a shirt says i hope you lie
[yeah spit it now]
here we go
i've waited so long
yeah i know
but Mary too come along
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This lyric emerged after a horrific domestic argument between Thurston and Kim. Kim stormed out of their home promising to "hurt him bad". That must have inspired this confused and obfuscating lyric.