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'm holding out and I'm holding on
To every letter and every song
I wrote myself out of the day we ever had to meet
You through with me?
So
And when it all goes to hell
Will you be able to tell me "sorry" with a straight face?
And when it all goes to hell
Will you be able to tell me "sorry" with a straight face?
(Let's go!)
I'm all ears and I'm all scars
To hear you tell me "Boy's like you, you try too hard
To look not quite as desperate"
Well I'm hanging on
But I still know the way to make your makeup run
So
And when it all goes to hell
Will you be able to tell me "sorry" with a straight face?
And when it all goes to hell
Will you be able to tell me "sorry" with a straight face?
And when it all goes to hell
Will you be able to tell me "sorry" with a straight face?
And when it all goes to hell (Take this to your grave)
Will you be able to tell me "sorry" with a straight face? (And I'll take it to mine)
And when it all goes to hell
And when it all goes to hell
And when it all goes to hell
And when it all goes
To every letter and every song
I wrote myself out of the day we ever had to meet
You through with me?
So
And when it all goes to hell
Will you be able to tell me "sorry" with a straight face?
And when it all goes to hell
Will you be able to tell me "sorry" with a straight face?
(Let's go!)
I'm all ears and I'm all scars
To hear you tell me "Boy's like you, you try too hard
To look not quite as desperate"
Well I'm hanging on
But I still know the way to make your makeup run
So
And when it all goes to hell
Will you be able to tell me "sorry" with a straight face?
And when it all goes to hell
Will you be able to tell me "sorry" with a straight face?
And when it all goes to hell
Will you be able to tell me "sorry" with a straight face?
And when it all goes to hell (Take this to your grave)
Will you be able to tell me "sorry" with a straight face? (And I'll take it to mine)
And when it all goes to hell
And when it all goes to hell
And when it all goes to hell
And when it all goes
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"I had all and then most of you"
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love it.
the "and when it all goes to hell will you be able to tell" part DEFINITELY sounds EXACTLY like the "and when you tell all your friends, you've got your gun to my head" from Cute without the E by taking back sunday.<br /> <br /> When I heard that, i youtubed the TBS song and as soon as I heard it I knew exactly what you meant.<br /> <br /> The TBS song was released a year before Patron Saint of Liars and Fakes, so FOB did take it from TBS, but FOB is still an original band and they did write their own equally good original song and original lyrics based off one line from someone else's song, so you have to give both credit.
Basically this song is about a girl who did the guy wrong and she refuses to let go of the grudge between them and so does he. And when the end of the relationship comes he's askin if she'll really mean it when she says sorry or just fake it and move on.
this song is my life right now.
anyone notice that the part that goes "When it all goes to hell, will you be able to tell" sounds a lot like cute without the e by taking back sunday when it goes "and will you tell all your friends youve got your gun to my head"??
it kinda sounds a little like that, only the patron saint is better.<br /> this is probably my all time favorite FOB song(:
no. it actually sounds nothing like cute with out the e at any part of this song.
no it does sound like cute without the e i noticed that too
i think saves the day 47 got the meaninig pretty good but im gonna add something
wait no im not nevermind
oohh man I love this song...it's just 100% pure greatness
i ve caught myself going and when it all goes to hell you've got your gun to my head....wow im not the only weirdo who noticed it
hey shabutie shut up it does sound like tbs cute w/o the e at that one part. i noticed it to. its not exactly the same but its close.
eh. they sound slightly the same. Just the lyrics...really...