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.
Yeah!
Yeah, kid, it's a really hip
With plenty of flash and you know it
Yeah, dad, you're rocking real bad
Don't break your neck when you fall down laughing
Donna, wanna, Donna
Yeah, I know I look like hell
I smoke and I drink and I'm feeling swell
Yeah, I hear you think it's weird
But I don't give a single shit
Yeah, man, it's a-hip, you know what I'm saying
It's a-hip, you know what I'm saying
And I hear it
My heart aches, it's a-looking for a dolly
Looking for a dolly, can't you hear it
Want to be something, want to be anything
Yeah, I know I feel this way
But I ain't gonna never change
Yeah, I hear, I think, I know
Rock don't give a shit, you know
You're my favorite thing
You're my favorite thing
Bar nothing
You're my favorite thing
You're my favorite thing
You're my favorite thing
You're my, you're my, you're my, you're my
Thing, thing,
Thing, thing,
Thing, thing, once in a while
Thing, thing,
Thing, thing,
Thing, thing, once in a while
Thing, thing, thing
Thing, thing, thing
Thing, thing, once in a while
Yeah, kid, it's a really hip
With plenty of flash and you know it
Yeah, dad, you're rocking real bad
Don't break your neck when you fall down laughing
Donna, wanna, Donna
Yeah, I know I look like hell
I smoke and I drink and I'm feeling swell
Yeah, I hear you think it's weird
But I don't give a single shit
Yeah, man, it's a-hip, you know what I'm saying
It's a-hip, you know what I'm saying
And I hear it
My heart aches, it's a-looking for a dolly
Looking for a dolly, can't you hear it
Want to be something, want to be anything
Yeah, I know I feel this way
But I ain't gonna never change
Yeah, I hear, I think, I know
Rock don't give a shit, you know
You're my favorite thing
You're my favorite thing
Bar nothing
You're my favorite thing
You're my favorite thing
You're my favorite thing
You're my, you're my, you're my, you're my
Thing, thing,
Thing, thing,
Thing, thing, once in a while
Thing, thing,
Thing, thing,
Thing, thing, once in a while
Thing, thing, thing
Thing, thing, thing
Thing, thing, once in a while
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WHAT?!?!? nobody has posted about this song yet?!?!? its prolly my faovrite off of let it be. gotta love how catchy and energetic it is.
Just a ripper of a song. So much energy and passion, hooks galore and then it just runs out of gas and dies. Love the the guitars.