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.
Want to fuck off, drop out
Never trust a fuckin' hippie
For that matter don't trust anyone
Quit school, don't work
Livin' up the music you punk
If I could do it so could anyone
Drugs are good
They make you do things that you know you not should
And when you do them people think that you're cool
And when you do them people think that you're cool
Want to join a punk band
Shave your head and get a tattoo
You don't need talent just the attitude
Self destruction
For no particular reason beat up everyone
Drugs are neat
And you can buy them relatively cheap
And when you do them people think that you're cool
And when you do them people think that you're cool
Never trust a fuckin' hippie
For that matter don't trust anyone
Quit school, don't work
Livin' up the music you punk
If I could do it so could anyone
Drugs are good
They make you do things that you know you not should
And when you do them people think that you're cool
And when you do them people think that you're cool
Want to join a punk band
Shave your head and get a tattoo
You don't need talent just the attitude
Self destruction
For no particular reason beat up everyone
Drugs are neat
And you can buy them relatively cheap
And when you do them people think that you're cool
And when you do them people think that you're cool
Lyrics submitted by Punk_Babe420, edited by Blaze_Infernus, TheATTACKRAT
Drugs Are Good Lyrics as written by Mike Burkett
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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no more or any less sarcastic than any other NOFX song. By which I mean that it is both serious and sarcastic.