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.
Oh oh oh, caught in a bad romance
Oh oh oh, caught in a bad romance
I want your love, I want your disease
I want you opened mouthed & on your knees
I want your love
Love, love, love
I want your love
I want your drama, the touch of your hand
I want your leather choaked cuffed of a hand?
I want your love
Love, love, love
I want your love
I want your love & I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
I want your love & all your lovers revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
Oh oh oh, caught in a bad romance
Oh oh oh, caught in a bad romance
I want your horror, I want your design
Make you beg, as long as you're mine
I want your love
Love, love, love
I want your love
I want your psycho, your vertical kiss
I want you in my bed, I'll make you sick
I want your love
Love, love, love
I want your love
I want your love & I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
I want your love & all your lovers revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
Oh oh oh, caught in a bad romance
Oh oh oh, caught in a bad romance
Just stand...
I want your love & I want your revenge
I want your love, I don't want to be friends
Je veux ton amour
Et je veux ta revanche
Je veux ton amour
I don�t want to be friends...
I don�t want to be friends....
I don�t want to be friends!
I don't want to be friends...
No no...
I want your love & I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance (oh)
I want your love & all your lovers revenge
You and me could write a bad romance...
Oh oh oh, caught in a bad romance
Oh oh oh, caught in a bad romance
Oh oh oh, caught in a bad romance
I want your love, I want your disease
I want you opened mouthed & on your knees
I want your love
Love, love, love
I want your love
I want your drama, the touch of your hand
I want your leather choaked cuffed of a hand?
I want your love
Love, love, love
I want your love
I want your love & I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
I want your love & all your lovers revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
Oh oh oh, caught in a bad romance
Oh oh oh, caught in a bad romance
I want your horror, I want your design
Make you beg, as long as you're mine
I want your love
Love, love, love
I want your love
I want your psycho, your vertical kiss
I want you in my bed, I'll make you sick
I want your love
Love, love, love
I want your love
I want your love & I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
I want your love & all your lovers revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
Oh oh oh, caught in a bad romance
Oh oh oh, caught in a bad romance
Just stand...
I want your love & I want your revenge
I want your love, I don't want to be friends
Je veux ton amour
Et je veux ta revanche
Je veux ton amour
I don�t want to be friends...
I don�t want to be friends....
I don�t want to be friends!
I don't want to be friends...
No no...
I want your love & I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance (oh)
I want your love & all your lovers revenge
You and me could write a bad romance...
Oh oh oh, caught in a bad romance
Oh oh oh, caught in a bad romance
Lyrics submitted by DiesisKey
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
beats lady gaga hands down, just my opinion :)
They did an awesome cover. After listening to this nonstop, I can't help but think... when is a live CD going to come out, because they are awesome live. Its almost not fair.
I just listened to this OMG! it is amazing!!!!!!!
... Wow, lol. Anytime these guys do a cover they really try hard to put their own spin on it. It's not what I expected but it's creative and deff 30STM, no question. But... jeez, Jared, did you have to make it this dirty?? lol, guess when you're trying to one-up Gaga, you have to :)
I love Lady Gaga but their cover is amazing and much better. Jared's voice really goes with the the lyrics, and turns the song into something else. Maybe a little more deeper and darker. I wish, Gaga had sung this song this way.
No No No No No. Definitely NOT! The song shouldn't be sung (is that even a word?)...anyway, it shouldn't be sung sang or whatever SLOWLY. Gaga gives the lyrics the energy they need. There's a rawness to her voice...a kind of psychological thrill that makes one hunger to be a participant in the song. When someone is talking about wanting a vertigo stick, the lyrics NEED to be sung with desperation and passion. Gaga's song should NOT be copied. It's one of those songs that needs to be left alone. Her energy is what makes the track so damn good!