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.
Do you remember me?
Do you remember anything?
Don't pretend I didn't make you laugh
File it under fun from the past
Well, I'm looking 'round the room
Some of the people I've loved
Guess I remember everything
File it under fun from the past
[Chorus]
I could have been a contender - a contender for your love
I would have given you everything if I only knew how
I would have given you everything if I only knew how, only knew how
I could have been a contender - a contender for your love
File it under fun from the past
File it under fun from the past
It was only you; it was always only you
I never saw what other people bought
I never cared what they thought
Well, I'm looking 'round the room
Some of the people I've loved
Guess I remember everything
File it under fun from the past
[Chorus]
Do you remember me?
Do you remember anything?
Don't pretend that it'll make you laugh
File it under fun from the past
Well, I'm looking 'round the room
Some of the people I've loved
Guess I remember everything
File it under fun from the past
[Chorus]
Do you remember anything?
Don't pretend I didn't make you laugh
File it under fun from the past
Well, I'm looking 'round the room
Some of the people I've loved
Guess I remember everything
File it under fun from the past
[Chorus]
I could have been a contender - a contender for your love
I would have given you everything if I only knew how
I would have given you everything if I only knew how, only knew how
I could have been a contender - a contender for your love
File it under fun from the past
File it under fun from the past
It was only you; it was always only you
I never saw what other people bought
I never cared what they thought
Well, I'm looking 'round the room
Some of the people I've loved
Guess I remember everything
File it under fun from the past
[Chorus]
Do you remember me?
Do you remember anything?
Don't pretend that it'll make you laugh
File it under fun from the past
Well, I'm looking 'round the room
Some of the people I've loved
Guess I remember everything
File it under fun from the past
[Chorus]
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