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 don't mind the things that you say
I don't even mind going out of my way
I try and do these things for you
Why should I do it I'm always untrue
Well, I did you no wrong
I did you no wrong
Going out of my head
I ain't seen you off the screen
But those films are my dreams
And I can't take much more of you
'Cause the bog is no place to see your face
Oh can't you see I'm out of my head
Oh can't you see I'm a little insane
Oh can't you see going out of my head
Oh can't you see I'm really dead
Going down, down, out of my head
I did you no wrong
I did you no wrong
I did you no wrong
I did you no wrong
I did you no wrong
Going out of my head
I ain't seen you off the screen
But those films are my dreams
And I can't take much more of you
'Cause the bog is no place to see your face
Oh can't you see I'm out of my head
Oh can't you see I'm a little insane
Oh can't you see I'm out of my head
Oh can't you see I'm really dead
I did you no wrong
I did you no wrong!
Ha Ha Ha!
Going out of my head...
I don't even mind going out of my way
I try and do these things for you
Why should I do it I'm always untrue
Well, I did you no wrong
I did you no wrong
Going out of my head
I ain't seen you off the screen
But those films are my dreams
And I can't take much more of you
'Cause the bog is no place to see your face
Oh can't you see I'm out of my head
Oh can't you see I'm a little insane
Oh can't you see going out of my head
Oh can't you see I'm really dead
Going down, down, out of my head
I did you no wrong
I did you no wrong
I did you no wrong
I did you no wrong
I did you no wrong
Going out of my head
I ain't seen you off the screen
But those films are my dreams
And I can't take much more of you
'Cause the bog is no place to see your face
Oh can't you see I'm out of my head
Oh can't you see I'm a little insane
Oh can't you see I'm out of my head
Oh can't you see I'm really dead
I did you no wrong
I did you no wrong!
Ha Ha Ha!
Going out of my head...
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
Did You No Wrong [B-Side] Lyrics as written by Stephen Philip Jones Paul Thomas Cook
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An okay song ~ and ONLY because Axl Rose covered it