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.
Darling (yes Tina) it's time to get next to me
(Honey that was the plan from the very beginning)
Darling (un huh) I never thought that this could be
(What you mean?) oh yeah
Your lips set my soul on fire
You fulfill my every desire
Oh darling (yes, yes), I think it's gonna work out fine
(It's gonna work out fine)
I wanna tell you something Ike
Ike (un huh), I went to see the preacher man
(A preacher man, you must be losin' your mind)
I started (started what?) I started making wedding plans
(Oh really?) oh yeah
If your love is half as true as the love I offer you
Oh darling (yes, yes), I think it's gonna work out fine
(It's gonna work out fine)
I keep a tellin' ya
(I think it's gonna work out fine)
I can feelin' it's gonna
(I think it's gonna work out)
I keep a tellin' you
(I know it's gonna work out fine)
I'm so glad that you're mine all mine
Remember (remember what?) they used to call you Dapper Dan
(Yes those were the good old days)
The thriller (the killer, honey)
The every woman's lovin' man (that's me) oh yeah
A whole lot of girls used to be your speed
But now baby darling I'm all you need
Oh darling (yes, yes), I know it's gonna work out fine
(It's gonna work out fine)
I keep a tellin' ya
(I think it's gonna work out fine)
I can feelin' it's gonna
(I think it's gonna work out)
I keep a tellin' you
(I know it's gonna work out fine)
I know it's gonna
(know it's gonna work out fine))
I want you to know it's gonna
(I know it's gonna work out fine) yeah, yeah
It's got to work
(I know it's gonna work out)
I want to tell you
(I know it's gonna work out fine)
I got to tell you it's gonna
(I know it's gonna work out)
I got to work, and work, and work
(I know it's gonna work out fine)
I know, I know it's gonna work out
(I know it's gonna work out fine)
(Honey that was the plan from the very beginning)
Darling (un huh) I never thought that this could be
(What you mean?) oh yeah
Your lips set my soul on fire
You fulfill my every desire
Oh darling (yes, yes), I think it's gonna work out fine
(It's gonna work out fine)
I wanna tell you something Ike
Ike (un huh), I went to see the preacher man
(A preacher man, you must be losin' your mind)
I started (started what?) I started making wedding plans
(Oh really?) oh yeah
If your love is half as true as the love I offer you
Oh darling (yes, yes), I think it's gonna work out fine
(It's gonna work out fine)
I keep a tellin' ya
(I think it's gonna work out fine)
I can feelin' it's gonna
(I think it's gonna work out)
I keep a tellin' you
(I know it's gonna work out fine)
I'm so glad that you're mine all mine
Remember (remember what?) they used to call you Dapper Dan
(Yes those were the good old days)
The thriller (the killer, honey)
The every woman's lovin' man (that's me) oh yeah
A whole lot of girls used to be your speed
But now baby darling I'm all you need
Oh darling (yes, yes), I know it's gonna work out fine
(It's gonna work out fine)
I keep a tellin' ya
(I think it's gonna work out fine)
I can feelin' it's gonna
(I think it's gonna work out)
I keep a tellin' you
(I know it's gonna work out fine)
I know it's gonna
(know it's gonna work out fine))
I want you to know it's gonna
(I know it's gonna work out fine) yeah, yeah
It's got to work
(I know it's gonna work out)
I want to tell you
(I know it's gonna work out fine)
I got to tell you it's gonna
(I know it's gonna work out)
I got to work, and work, and work
(I know it's gonna work out fine)
I know, I know it's gonna work out
(I know it's gonna work out fine)
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It's Gonna Work Out Fine Lyrics as written by Sylvia Mckinney Rose Marie Mccoy
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