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.
Fucking city is run by pigs
They take the rights away from all the kids
Understand that we're fighting a war we can't win
They hate us, we hate them
We can't win, no way, aah
Walk down the street
I flip them off
They hit me across the head with a billyclub
Understand, we're fighting a war we can't win
They hate us, we hate them
Nothing I do, nothing I say
I tell them to go get fucked
They put me away
Understand, we're fighting a war we can't win
They hate us, we hate them
We can't win, no way
Gonna fucking pay, motherfuckers gonna pay
I got to court, I did my crime
Stand in line, pay bail
I may serve time
Understand we're fighting a war we can't win
They hate us, we hate them
We can't win, no way
They take the rights away from all the kids
Understand that we're fighting a war we can't win
They hate us, we hate them
We can't win, no way, aah
Walk down the street
I flip them off
They hit me across the head with a billyclub
Understand, we're fighting a war we can't win
They hate us, we hate them
Nothing I do, nothing I say
I tell them to go get fucked
They put me away
Understand, we're fighting a war we can't win
They hate us, we hate them
We can't win, no way
Gonna fucking pay, motherfuckers gonna pay
I got to court, I did my crime
Stand in line, pay bail
I may serve time
Understand we're fighting a war we can't win
They hate us, we hate them
We can't win, no way
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Police Story Lyrics as written by Gregory Regis Ginn
Lyrics © COHEN AND COHEN
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damn this song is undiscribable. ITS ALL ABOUT THIS SONG! funny cuz its wanna of my fav. yet, my dads a cop. How funny?
@StrayKattOi Your dad is a fucking pig