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.
Wake up at 7 am
time to go to work again
put up with the boss's shit
get more money or fuckin quit
this job sucks
it makes me money
but not enough
this job sucks
the rent is due
so I guess I'm stuck
this jobs sucks
sucks so much I wanna give it up
ready for retirement
saved half the money I spent
now looking for a better way
bring home an honest day's pay
this job sucks
it makes me money
but not enough
this job sucks
the rent is due
so I guess I'm stuck
this jobs sucks
sucks so much I wanna give it up
this job sucks
this job sucks
it sucks it sucks it sucks it sucks....
time to go to work again
put up with the boss's shit
get more money or fuckin quit
this job sucks
it makes me money
but not enough
this job sucks
the rent is due
so I guess I'm stuck
this jobs sucks
sucks so much I wanna give it up
ready for retirement
saved half the money I spent
now looking for a better way
bring home an honest day's pay
this job sucks
it makes me money
but not enough
this job sucks
the rent is due
so I guess I'm stuck
this jobs sucks
sucks so much I wanna give it up
this job sucks
this job sucks
it sucks it sucks it sucks it sucks....
Lyrics submitted by DubC4Life
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