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.
Order
order in the court
order
order in the court.
Order
order in the court
order
order in the court.
Is there something going on?
Well
I maybe right but I could be wrong.
It's a mystery - I got circumstantial evidence.
Well
I can't be sure 'cause it all depends on you and me.
(What will be will be.)
Tell me what you're gonna do
You know you hold the vital clue to my destiny.
Well
I'm your judge and jury
And I sentence you to life with me for eternity.
(You've been found guilty).
It's a love trial and I ain't gonna set you free.
It's a love trial (you can't win)
it's a love trial.
And I ain't gonna hear your plea 'cause it's a love trial.
(You can't win).
I'm gonna lock you up and make you mine forever
'Cause you stole my heart and that's a major felony.
Got to have you
can't you see
'Cause we've got love in the first degree.
Gonna run you in
I've got witnesses
Who'll testify that it's only you who can satisfy;
You just can't win (that would be a sin).
Tell me what you're gonna do
. . .
It's a love trial and I ain't gonna set you free. . . .
I'm gonna lock you up and make you mine forever .
Gonna get your heart
you can't get free
'Cause you got love in the first degree.
And I sentence you to eternity 'cause you've been found feel free.
There ain't no way you're gonna get loose
So don't you try there ain't no use.
You're caught in a track and you can't get back.
So you better be cool and take a rule.
I'm gonna lock you up and make you mine forever . . .
It's a love trial and I ain't gonna set you free. . . .
It's a love trial and I ain't gonna set you free. . . .
order in the court
order
order in the court.
Order
order in the court
order
order in the court.
Is there something going on?
Well
I maybe right but I could be wrong.
It's a mystery - I got circumstantial evidence.
Well
I can't be sure 'cause it all depends on you and me.
(What will be will be.)
Tell me what you're gonna do
You know you hold the vital clue to my destiny.
Well
I'm your judge and jury
And I sentence you to life with me for eternity.
(You've been found guilty).
It's a love trial and I ain't gonna set you free.
It's a love trial (you can't win)
it's a love trial.
And I ain't gonna hear your plea 'cause it's a love trial.
(You can't win).
I'm gonna lock you up and make you mine forever
'Cause you stole my heart and that's a major felony.
Got to have you
can't you see
'Cause we've got love in the first degree.
Gonna run you in
I've got witnesses
Who'll testify that it's only you who can satisfy;
You just can't win (that would be a sin).
Tell me what you're gonna do
. . .
It's a love trial and I ain't gonna set you free. . . .
I'm gonna lock you up and make you mine forever .
Gonna get your heart
you can't get free
'Cause you got love in the first degree.
And I sentence you to eternity 'cause you've been found feel free.
There ain't no way you're gonna get loose
So don't you try there ain't no use.
You're caught in a track and you can't get back.
So you better be cool and take a rule.
I'm gonna lock you up and make you mine forever . . .
It's a love trial and I ain't gonna set you free. . . .
It's a love trial and I ain't gonna set you free. . . .
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