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.
Chorus x 2
Stop callin me, callin me
Please stop stalking me, stalking me
Just a fantasy, fantasy
That you have with me
(Verse 1)
Well I'm dressed
Ready for a night with the girls
Hair stiff with gel
Just for my curls
Not out for hooks
Just for a look
She lied as she tried to introduce me
To her friend
I shook his hand and said
'' I gotta man ''
From the look that he gave
A woman that he craves
I'm just trying to behave
Chorus x2
At home, a knock on the door
Then the phone, pick it up some
Breathing then a tone
Check the door
But whoever was there is gone
Who knows who left the letter with the rose
Regret it
Don't forget I got a man at home
My point, ya!
Gotta leave me the hell alone
Chorus x 2
(Bridge)
Don't call me on my phone
And tell me how did you find my home
Your causing trouble for me and my man
Understand
I'll never be your woman
Chorus x 4
Stop callin me, callin me
Please stop stalking me, stalking me
Just a fantasy, fantasy
That you have with me
(Verse 1)
Well I'm dressed
Ready for a night with the girls
Hair stiff with gel
Just for my curls
Not out for hooks
Just for a look
She lied as she tried to introduce me
To her friend
I shook his hand and said
'' I gotta man ''
From the look that he gave
A woman that he craves
I'm just trying to behave
Chorus x2
At home, a knock on the door
Then the phone, pick it up some
Breathing then a tone
Check the door
But whoever was there is gone
Who knows who left the letter with the rose
Regret it
Don't forget I got a man at home
My point, ya!
Gotta leave me the hell alone
Chorus x 2
(Bridge)
Don't call me on my phone
And tell me how did you find my home
Your causing trouble for me and my man
Understand
I'll never be your woman
Chorus x 4
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