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.
Hmm, c'est si bon
Lovers say that in France
When they thrill to romance
It means that it's so good
Oh, c'est si bon
So I say it to you
Like the French people do
Because it's oh-so good, ba-ba-doo, doo day
Every word, every sigh
Every kiss, dear
Leads to only one thought
And it's this, dear!
Hmm, it's so good
Nothing else can replace
Just your slightest embrace
And if you only would
Be my own
For the rest of my days
I will whisper this phrase
My darling, c'est si bon, oui oui!
Lovers say that in France
When they thrill to romance
It means that it's so good
Oh, c'est si bon
So I say it to you
Like the French people do
Because it's oh-so good, ba-ba-doo, doo day
Every word, every sigh
Every kiss, dear
Leads to only one thought
And it's this, dear!
Hmm, it's so good
Nothing else can replace
Just your slightest embrace
And if you only would
Be my own
For the rest of my days
I will whisper this phrase
My darling, c'est si bon, oui oui!
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