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.
So make this demon offering
Best demon offering
Curious about the eye of death, oh
Gonna make it public
Gonna make you pay
Gonna rip your skull out
Eye of death, I know
Devilock, you rip your heart, I have 'em
Devilock, I rip your eyes out of hell
Hell is pumping something
Into lots of people
Curious about the eye of death, oh
Gonna make it public
Gonna make you pay
Gonna rip your skull out
Eyes of death, I have them
Devilock, you rip your heart, I have 'em
Devilock, I rip your heart out of hell
Oh
Devilock, I rip your heart out, I have 'em
Devilock, I pluck your eyes out, I have 'em
Devilock, I rip your heart out of hell
Go, go, go, go, go
Best demon offering
Curious about the eye of death, oh
Gonna make it public
Gonna make you pay
Gonna rip your skull out
Eye of death, I know
Devilock, you rip your heart, I have 'em
Devilock, I rip your eyes out of hell
Hell is pumping something
Into lots of people
Curious about the eye of death, oh
Gonna make it public
Gonna make you pay
Gonna rip your skull out
Eyes of death, I have them
Devilock, you rip your heart, I have 'em
Devilock, I rip your heart out of hell
Oh
Devilock, I rip your heart out, I have 'em
Devilock, I pluck your eyes out, I have 'em
Devilock, I rip your heart out of hell
Go, go, go, go, go
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The song starts out, "so make this demon offering," but doesn't really go beyond that. I think what it's singing about how the devil tricks people into falling for his games, and they'll eventually go to hell. The song capitalizes on telling the populace how evil the devil is. They are a "horror punk" band, after all.
I don't consider Misfits a satanic band by any means, and I doubt they promote satanism. And if they ever did, it was for the sake of a song and not intentional (I wouldn't listen to the song either way). I found on RYM that the album is tagged as "satanic," the only Misfits album to weild that tag. But the term "satanic" is loosely defined by people who aren't religious. I have a much more defined topic. Satanic means "promoting the devil," and not just singing about the devil. If a song talks about how evil the devil is or triesd to make a dumb horror punk song out of it, I don't really mind. If it carries lyrics about "praising black sathanas" or whatever like in an Electric Wizard song, I discount the band entirely.
Misfits writes horror songs. They write punk songs joking about the horrors of cinema and literature, and are in no way promoting it. Sure, the beginning of this song is questionable, which leads me to my interpretation.
Most of the song seems to be sung from the perspective of someone who clearly wants to massacre humanity, i.e. a demon or the devil. The song makes the devil look very bad and very untrustworthy, a trait found in Sympathy for the Devil by Rolling Stones.
So the song talks about how evil the devil is, and is not a form of promotion in anyway. it's true a lot of people confuse warnings in music with promotions, like many Alice in Chains and Black Sabbath songs. But the truth is to Misfits, and it shows in their lyrics, scary stuff is a big joke. So yes, I would listen to this album, even if I'm very heavily Christian. I just know what to look for. At the time of writing this post, it is the Sabbath, so I won't spend my time listening to it today. Doesn't seem appropriate. But it felt pretty obvious once I actually thought about it. When I think about whethert or not a song is satanic, I get drawn to study and study it until I've reached a thorough conclusion that I wholeheartedly accept. Misfits are not satanic.