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 work so hard, man, so don't trip me up
Shakin' a leg like the tail o' the pup
I'm payin' dues till I register heat
Sure hope I don't end up on the street
Home, boy
Home, boy
Everybody needs a home
Home, boy
Home, boy
Everybody needs a home
So many people rise and fall
Who's lookin' after you at all?
Nobody knows anybody at all
Strangers in paradise down at the mall
Home, boy
Home, boy
Everybody needs a home
Home, boy
Home, boy
Everybody needs a home
Home, home
Everybody really needs a home
Home, home
Everybody needs a home
The life we live is tricky tricky
I love my home, and my family
Who's gonna love you when the mountain gets steep?
We're gonna make it in a Jeep
Home, boy
Home, boy
Everybody needs a home
Home, boy
Home, boy
You better think about your home
You better love it, don't shove it
Every motherfucker really needs a home
Home, home, oh I need my home
When I get home, I feel so good
'Cause the door is locked and it ain't just wood
No way this home can get in my way
We all gotta get it, all gotta get it one day
I'm sitting home, I'm feeling good, I got everything like I should
I'm safe, I'm all right, I got my home and I feel all right
I feel all right, I feel all right
I got my home and I, I feel, feel allright
I feel all right, I feel, feel
Yeah, I feel all right
I really, I got it, yeah, I got my home
I ain't on the street, I don't have to be a bum
Nobody can get at me, they can't fuck with me
They can't fuck with me because I got my home
I got a home
I-I-I-I, I, everybody needs a home
Shakin' a leg like the tail o' the pup
I'm payin' dues till I register heat
Sure hope I don't end up on the street
Home, boy
Home, boy
Everybody needs a home
Home, boy
Home, boy
Everybody needs a home
So many people rise and fall
Who's lookin' after you at all?
Nobody knows anybody at all
Strangers in paradise down at the mall
Home, boy
Home, boy
Everybody needs a home
Home, boy
Home, boy
Everybody needs a home
Home, home
Everybody really needs a home
Home, home
Everybody needs a home
The life we live is tricky tricky
I love my home, and my family
Who's gonna love you when the mountain gets steep?
We're gonna make it in a Jeep
Home, boy
Home, boy
Everybody needs a home
Home, boy
Home, boy
You better think about your home
You better love it, don't shove it
Every motherfucker really needs a home
Home, home, oh I need my home
When I get home, I feel so good
'Cause the door is locked and it ain't just wood
No way this home can get in my way
We all gotta get it, all gotta get it one day
I'm sitting home, I'm feeling good, I got everything like I should
I'm safe, I'm all right, I got my home and I feel all right
I feel all right, I feel all right
I got my home and I, I feel, feel allright
I feel all right, I feel, feel
Yeah, I feel all right
I really, I got it, yeah, I got my home
I ain't on the street, I don't have to be a bum
Nobody can get at me, they can't fuck with me
They can't fuck with me because I got my home
I got a home
I-I-I-I, I, everybody needs a home
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i love this song no one else does? oh well...