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.
Get up and shake it up
It's time that you listen up and hear the call
They love the waterbed and not your own fire packed against the wall
Don't stop
Try to make your mark and make your mind up
Don't stop
Work it out and try to make it
Randy
Get yourself together
Got to get it up to make it better
Randy
You don't have to suffer
Step outside and find yourself a lover
You'll know you are loved
When it's time
Don't you know
Play with fire
When you know you've arrived
When it's time
Keep it slow
Shoot it high
Hold on to what you've got and strike while the iron's hot
Put up a fight
Those days are good and gone
Keep up, keep on going strong through the night
Don't stop
Try to make your mark and make your mind up
Don't stop
Work it out and try to make it
Randy
Get yourself together
Got to get it up to make it better
Randy
You don't have to suffer
Step outside and find yourself a lover
You'll know you are loved
When it's time
Don't you know
Play with fire
When you know you've arrived
When it's time
Keep it slow
Shoot it high
Oh
Feels like the latest version
Now that the wind is turning soft and cool
Next up a new dimension
Find something fresh and someone just for you
Don't stop
Try to make your mark and make your mind up
Don't stop
Work it out and try to make it
Randy
Get yourself together
Got to get it up to make it better
Randy
You don't have to suffer
Step outside and find yourself a lover
You'll know you are loved
When it's time
Don't you know
Play with fire
When you know you've arrived
When it's time
Keep it slow
Shoot it high
It's time that you listen up and hear the call
They love the waterbed and not your own fire packed against the wall
Don't stop
Try to make your mark and make your mind up
Don't stop
Work it out and try to make it
Randy
Get yourself together
Got to get it up to make it better
Randy
You don't have to suffer
Step outside and find yourself a lover
You'll know you are loved
When it's time
Don't you know
Play with fire
When you know you've arrived
When it's time
Keep it slow
Shoot it high
Hold on to what you've got and strike while the iron's hot
Put up a fight
Those days are good and gone
Keep up, keep on going strong through the night
Don't stop
Try to make your mark and make your mind up
Don't stop
Work it out and try to make it
Randy
Get yourself together
Got to get it up to make it better
Randy
You don't have to suffer
Step outside and find yourself a lover
You'll know you are loved
When it's time
Don't you know
Play with fire
When you know you've arrived
When it's time
Keep it slow
Shoot it high
Oh
Feels like the latest version
Now that the wind is turning soft and cool
Next up a new dimension
Find something fresh and someone just for you
Don't stop
Try to make your mark and make your mind up
Don't stop
Work it out and try to make it
Randy
Get yourself together
Got to get it up to make it better
Randy
You don't have to suffer
Step outside and find yourself a lover
You'll know you are loved
When it's time
Don't you know
Play with fire
When you know you've arrived
When it's time
Keep it slow
Shoot it high
Lyrics submitted by Erwino91, edited by SongsterTO
Randy Lyrics as written by Xavier De Rosnay Gaspard Auge
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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A friend who is burnt out on love, who thinks it's never going to happen for them and feels discouraged from even trying anymore. Randy, you're a good guy and we've all been there! Chin up.