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.
Why should my fun have to end?
For me, it's only the beginning
See my friends begin to age
A short countdown to their end
Call me irresponsible
Call me habitual
But when you think of me
Do you fill your head with schemes?
Better think again, 'cause no one knows
I don't want to cause no harm
But sometimes my actions hurt
Is there something I should find
To make plans for forever?
Call me irresponsible
Call me habitual
But when you think of me
Do you fill your head with schemes?
Better think again, 'cause no one knows
Call me irresponsible
Call me habitual
(Does it seem like all your memories fade?) but when you think of me
(You soak up knowledge to fill the space) do you fill your head with schemes?
(Yet still, my answer remains, I don't know) better think again, 'cause no one knows
I don't
For me, it's only the beginning
See my friends begin to age
A short countdown to their end
Call me irresponsible
Call me habitual
But when you think of me
Do you fill your head with schemes?
Better think again, 'cause no one knows
I don't want to cause no harm
But sometimes my actions hurt
Is there something I should find
To make plans for forever?
Call me irresponsible
Call me habitual
But when you think of me
Do you fill your head with schemes?
Better think again, 'cause no one knows
Call me irresponsible
Call me habitual
(Does it seem like all your memories fade?) but when you think of me
(You soak up knowledge to fill the space) do you fill your head with schemes?
(Yet still, my answer remains, I don't know) better think again, 'cause no one knows
I don't
Lyrics submitted by youth_underground, edited by Bluescar
No One Knows Lyrics as written by Frank Edwin Wright Iii Billie Joe Armstrong
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I think this song is about, if you're immature and impulsive and dont always think before you act/speak, people will assume you're shallow and stupid, even if you arent, but they'll never know you have something going on up there, and wishing they could see something that makes them see that, but they dont pay attention.