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.
Marijuana in your brain
Takes more time to ejaculate
Roll up a spliff and throws away the day
With marijuana in your brain
You smoke all day ... mmm
Hear me knocking upon your door
But you can move no more
You're stoned (so stoned)
You old hippy in the final sky
Fluffy clouds are passing by
So stoned (so stoned)
Strange weeds are cluttering your mind
Worn-out jeans are showing your behind
[Space cake with a bit of whipped cream]
Herbal tea and patchouli
Marijuana in your brain (x4)
My people are in the grass with me
Moon over Woodstock and beneath the tree
Just blow (just blow)
Cha-Kedi Yogi meditate all day
Flow a charge is the while away
Just blow (just blow)
Revolution make your mind flow free
Peace and freedom and a love community
Psychedelic voices aren't your fault
Jimi, Janis, yeah, you knew them all
Marijuana in your brain (x4)
One lazy summer at the festival
Old men aren't in a concert hall
No way (no way) ... ahh!
A spacy mushroom landed in your mouth
You couldn't tell your north from your south
No way (no way)
While all the hippies make love under the stars
I'd rather do it on the back seat of the car
Hare Krishnas mean the same old tune
The golden 60's was the time of fools
Marijuana in your brain (x8)
Takes more time to ejaculate
Roll up a spliff and throws away the day
With marijuana in your brain
You smoke all day ... mmm
Hear me knocking upon your door
But you can move no more
You're stoned (so stoned)
You old hippy in the final sky
Fluffy clouds are passing by
So stoned (so stoned)
Strange weeds are cluttering your mind
Worn-out jeans are showing your behind
[Space cake with a bit of whipped cream]
Herbal tea and patchouli
Marijuana in your brain (x4)
My people are in the grass with me
Moon over Woodstock and beneath the tree
Just blow (just blow)
Cha-Kedi Yogi meditate all day
Flow a charge is the while away
Just blow (just blow)
Revolution make your mind flow free
Peace and freedom and a love community
Psychedelic voices aren't your fault
Jimi, Janis, yeah, you knew them all
Marijuana in your brain (x4)
One lazy summer at the festival
Old men aren't in a concert hall
No way (no way) ... ahh!
A spacy mushroom landed in your mouth
You couldn't tell your north from your south
No way (no way)
While all the hippies make love under the stars
I'd rather do it on the back seat of the car
Hare Krishnas mean the same old tune
The golden 60's was the time of fools
Marijuana in your brain (x8)
Lyrics submitted by sawg
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Can't smoke herb in the dining room...I'm tellin ya.