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.
This may come
This may come as some surprise
But I miss you
I could see through
All of your lies
And still I miss you
He takes her love
But it doesn't feel like mine
He tastes her kiss
Her kisses are not mine, they're not mine
He takes, but surely she can't give what I'm feeling now
She takes, but surely she doesn't know how
Is it a crime?
Is it a crime
That I still want you
And I want you to want me too?
My love is wider
Wider than Victoria Lake
My love is taller
Taller than the Empire State
It dives and it jumps
And it ripples like the deepest ocean
I can't give you more than that
Surely you want me back
Is it a crime?
Is it a crime?
I still want you
And I want you to want me too
My love is wider than Victoria Lake
Taller than the Empire State
It dives and it jumps
I can't give you more than that
Surely you want me back
Is it a crime?
Is it a crime
That I still want you
And I want you to want me too?
It dives and jumps
And it ripples like the
Deepest ocean
I can't give you more than that
Surely you want it back
Tell me
Is it
A crime
This may come as some surprise
But I miss you
I could see through
All of your lies
And still I miss you
He takes her love
But it doesn't feel like mine
He tastes her kiss
Her kisses are not mine, they're not mine
He takes, but surely she can't give what I'm feeling now
She takes, but surely she doesn't know how
Is it a crime?
Is it a crime
That I still want you
And I want you to want me too?
My love is wider
Wider than Victoria Lake
My love is taller
Taller than the Empire State
It dives and it jumps
And it ripples like the deepest ocean
I can't give you more than that
Surely you want me back
Is it a crime?
Is it a crime?
I still want you
And I want you to want me too
My love is wider than Victoria Lake
Taller than the Empire State
It dives and it jumps
I can't give you more than that
Surely you want me back
Is it a crime?
Is it a crime
That I still want you
And I want you to want me too?
It dives and jumps
And it ripples like the
Deepest ocean
I can't give you more than that
Surely you want it back
Tell me
Is it
A crime
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
Is It A Crime Lyrics as written by Helen Adu Stuart Matthewman
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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