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.
Hard-Fi - Cash machine
Jay-Z - Money, cash, hoes
Flying Lizards - Money (That's What I Want)
ABBA - Money, money, money
Mashed by Team 9
There's a hole in my pocket, my pocket, my pocket
There's a hole in my pocket, my pocket, my pocket
There's a hole in my pocket, my pocket, my pocket
There's a hole in my pocket
(Money cash money cash money cash money cash)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
More money, more cash, more hoes (what)
More money, more cash, more hoes (uh)
More money, more cash, more hoes (come on)
More money, more cash, more hoes (what, what, what)
More money, more cash, more hoes (what)
More money, more cash, more hoes (uh)
More money, more cash, more hoes (come on)
More money, more cash, more hoes (what, what, what)
The best things in life are free (cash machine)
But you can give them to the birds and bees (cash machine)
I want money!
Money!
Go to a cash machine
To get a ticket home
Message on the screen
Says don't make plans, you're broke
No, no this can't be right
I know that time is tight
I've only just been paid
Three weeks five days, til I'm seen
Right...
No... (it's a rich man's world)
More money, more cash, more hoes (what)
More money, more cash, more hoes (uh)
More money, more cash, more hoes (come on)
More money, more cash, more hoes (what, what, what)
More money, more cash, more hoes (what)
More money, more cash, more hoes (uh)
More money, more cash, more hoes (come on)
More money, more cash, more hoes (what, what, what)
I try to phone a friend
My credit's in the red
I try to skip the fare
Ticket inspector's there
No no, this can't be right
I live an honest life
It seems like sometimes
You don't cross the line
You don't get
By...
No... (it's a rich man's world)
Money cash money cash money cash money cash
Cash, more hoes, more money
Money cash money cash money cash money cash
Cash, more hoes, more money
More money, more cash cash cash
More money, cash cash cash
More cash more cash, money!
Your love gives me such a thrill
But your love won't pay my bills
I want money!
Cash machine
Cash machine
It's a rich man's world
(That's correct)
Jay-Z - Money, cash, hoes
Flying Lizards - Money (That's What I Want)
ABBA - Money, money, money
Mashed by Team 9
There's a hole in my pocket, my pocket, my pocket
There's a hole in my pocket, my pocket, my pocket
There's a hole in my pocket, my pocket, my pocket
There's a hole in my pocket
(Money cash money cash money cash money cash)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
More money, more cash, more hoes (what)
More money, more cash, more hoes (uh)
More money, more cash, more hoes (come on)
More money, more cash, more hoes (what, what, what)
More money, more cash, more hoes (what)
More money, more cash, more hoes (uh)
More money, more cash, more hoes (come on)
More money, more cash, more hoes (what, what, what)
The best things in life are free (cash machine)
But you can give them to the birds and bees (cash machine)
I want money!
Money!
Go to a cash machine
To get a ticket home
Message on the screen
Says don't make plans, you're broke
No, no this can't be right
I know that time is tight
I've only just been paid
Three weeks five days, til I'm seen
Right...
No... (it's a rich man's world)
More money, more cash, more hoes (what)
More money, more cash, more hoes (uh)
More money, more cash, more hoes (come on)
More money, more cash, more hoes (what, what, what)
More money, more cash, more hoes (what)
More money, more cash, more hoes (uh)
More money, more cash, more hoes (come on)
More money, more cash, more hoes (what, what, what)
I try to phone a friend
My credit's in the red
I try to skip the fare
Ticket inspector's there
No no, this can't be right
I live an honest life
It seems like sometimes
You don't cross the line
You don't get
By...
No... (it's a rich man's world)
Money cash money cash money cash money cash
Cash, more hoes, more money
Money cash money cash money cash money cash
Cash, more hoes, more money
More money, more cash cash cash
More money, cash cash cash
More cash more cash, money!
Your love gives me such a thrill
But your love won't pay my bills
I want money!
Cash machine
Cash machine
It's a rich man's world
(That's correct)
Lyrics submitted by Kipa
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