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.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Sitting here with nothin' to do
Sitting here thinkin' only of you
But you'll never get out of there
She'll never get out of there
Sitting here with nothin' to do
Sitting here thinkin' only of you
But you'll never get out of there
She'll never get out of there
I don't care, wohoho
"Texas Chain Saw Massacre"
They took my baby away from me
But she'll never get out of there
She'll never get out of there
"Texas Chain Saw Massacre"
They took my baby away from me
But she'll never get out of there
She'll never get out of there
I don't care, wohoho
When I saw her on the corner
She told me told me told me told me
She wouldn't go far
Ooh, now I know I'm so much in love
'Cause she's the only girl that I'm ever thinking of
"Texas Chain Saw Massacre"
They took my baby away from me
But she'll never get out of there
She'll never get out of there
"Texas Chain Saw Massacre"
They took my baby away from me
But she'll never get out of there
I don't care, I don't care, wohoho
"Texas Chain Saw Massacre"
"Texas Chain Saw Massacre"
Oh no, oh yeah
Oh no, oh yeah
Oh no, oh yeah
Oh no, oh yeah
Oh no, oh yeah
Sitting here with nothin' to do
Sitting here thinkin' only of you
But you'll never get out of there
She'll never get out of there
Sitting here with nothin' to do
Sitting here thinkin' only of you
But you'll never get out of there
She'll never get out of there
I don't care, wohoho
"Texas Chain Saw Massacre"
They took my baby away from me
But she'll never get out of there
She'll never get out of there
"Texas Chain Saw Massacre"
They took my baby away from me
But she'll never get out of there
She'll never get out of there
I don't care, wohoho
When I saw her on the corner
She told me told me told me told me
She wouldn't go far
Ooh, now I know I'm so much in love
'Cause she's the only girl that I'm ever thinking of
"Texas Chain Saw Massacre"
They took my baby away from me
But she'll never get out of there
She'll never get out of there
"Texas Chain Saw Massacre"
They took my baby away from me
But she'll never get out of there
I don't care, I don't care, wohoho
"Texas Chain Saw Massacre"
"Texas Chain Saw Massacre"
Oh no, oh yeah
Oh no, oh yeah
Oh no, oh yeah
Oh no, oh yeah
Oh no, oh yeah
Lyrics submitted by rainbow_radness, edited by hayley17
Chainsaw Lyrics as written by Jeff Hyman Douglas Colvin
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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'they chopped her up but I don't care' is delivered with such heart and emotion you just know how much he cared for her