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.
i want your body
i want your brains
i want your soul, brother
on a thirsty desert plain
or the evening in the jungle
face down in a lagoon
or a tough fight with your best friends
if there's any room
nobody wants you
but we want you
nobody wants you
but we want you
nobody wants you
but we want you
nobody wants you
but we want you
body
brains
soul
brother
just when you think you've had enough
here comes more death from up above
we can't go home
'til we know we're gonna win
we can't go home
'til we know
we're gonna know
we're gonna know
we're gonna win
we're gonna win
nobody wants you
but we want you
nobody wants you
but we want you
nobody wants you
but we want you
nobody wants you
but we want you
nobody wants you
nobody wants you
(but we want you)
nobody wants you
nobody wants you
(but we want you)
nobody wants you
nobody wants you
(but we want you)
i want your brains
i want your soul, brother
on a thirsty desert plain
or the evening in the jungle
face down in a lagoon
or a tough fight with your best friends
if there's any room
nobody wants you
but we want you
nobody wants you
but we want you
nobody wants you
but we want you
nobody wants you
but we want you
body
brains
soul
brother
just when you think you've had enough
here comes more death from up above
we can't go home
'til we know we're gonna win
we can't go home
'til we know
we're gonna know
we're gonna know
we're gonna win
we're gonna win
nobody wants you
but we want you
nobody wants you
but we want you
nobody wants you
but we want you
nobody wants you
but we want you
nobody wants you
nobody wants you
(but we want you)
nobody wants you
nobody wants you
(but we want you)
nobody wants you
nobody wants you
(but we want you)
Lyrics submitted by papel
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