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 went to see a rabbi
But despite his advise
I want an operation
I will not father life
Operation,
Operation
Snip & tie,
Snip & tie
They send me to a preacher
A really toughtful guy
He said my idea's crazy
I shouldn't even try
This operation,
Operation
Snip & tie,
Snip & tie
But I've just seen a surgeon
And with a knife he cut
I cannot bring you children
This world is such a rut
Operation,
Operation
Snip & tie,
Snip & tie
I had an operation
A statement of our times
They tied my balls together
What's insides not alive
But despite his advise
I want an operation
I will not father life
Operation,
Operation
Snip & tie,
Snip & tie
They send me to a preacher
A really toughtful guy
He said my idea's crazy
I shouldn't even try
This operation,
Operation
Snip & tie,
Snip & tie
But I've just seen a surgeon
And with a knife he cut
I cannot bring you children
This world is such a rut
Operation,
Operation
Snip & tie,
Snip & tie
I had an operation
A statement of our times
They tied my balls together
What's insides not alive
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
Operation Lyrics as written by Roger Dowding Keith Lehrer
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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oh no, what will become of the circle jerking?