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]
insulation
in my circulation
i'm a mating rhythm
sick with electricion
nazi operation
devestation
wire up a radio
and i am a mating rhythm
wire up the radio
turn the terror and find my limit
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
like this
[i feel now?]
they're movin' in
pull the zipper
it's sliding up
i don't have a reason
honey for your best man
wire up a radio
and i am a beating rhythm
wire up for the radio
turn the terror an'
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
like this
a kicking in the nightshifts
greasing up/a teasing of my fingertips
i think you'll find us
anybody's title???
got my eyes on the controls
turned on let's go
wire up the radio
and i am a mating rhythm
wire up for the radio
turn the treble and fight my limit
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
like this
insulation
in my circulation
i'm a mating rhythm
sick with electricion
nazi operation
devestation
wire up a radio
and i am a mating rhythm
wire up the radio
turn the terror and find my limit
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
like this
[i feel now?]
they're movin' in
pull the zipper
it's sliding up
i don't have a reason
honey for your best man
wire up a radio
and i am a beating rhythm
wire up for the radio
turn the terror an'
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
like this
a kicking in the nightshifts
greasing up/a teasing of my fingertips
i think you'll find us
anybody's title???
got my eyes on the controls
turned on let's go
wire up the radio
and i am a mating rhythm
wire up for the radio
turn the treble and fight my limit
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
hot wire my heart
like this
Lyrics submitted by shut
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Whenever waxing lazy by the river I sometimes catch reflections back of what wasn't really remembered ~ ah, foolish fumblings (or just a token) ~ Thurston knows no known other crimewave situated ~ but then again, I do