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.
Dururu duruduruddu..
Dururu duruduruddu..
(and it goes)
The way you walk
The way you understand me
The way you move
The way you just whisper me
The way you touch
The way you used to kiss me
I want to just
Just the way you are
Dururu duruduruddu..
Dururu duruduruddu..
(and it goes)
We're still the same
Don't ever change
I want to just the way you are
Every day now
Say you stay
Don't go away
I love you just the way you are
The way you are
Dururu duruduruddu..
Dururu duruduruddu..
(and it goes)
The way you talk
The way you movin' closer
The way you kiss
The way you did beside me
'Cause everytime
Everytime I think about you
I want you just
Just the way you are
Just the way you are
Just the way you are
Just the way you are
Dururu duruduruddu..
(and it goes)
The way you walk
The way you understand me
The way you move
The way you just whisper me
The way you touch
The way you used to kiss me
I want to just
Just the way you are
Dururu duruduruddu..
Dururu duruduruddu..
(and it goes)
We're still the same
Don't ever change
I want to just the way you are
Every day now
Say you stay
Don't go away
I love you just the way you are
The way you are
Dururu duruduruddu..
Dururu duruduruddu..
(and it goes)
The way you talk
The way you movin' closer
The way you kiss
The way you did beside me
'Cause everytime
Everytime I think about you
I want you just
Just the way you are
Just the way you are
Just the way you are
Just the way you are
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Just the Way You Are Lyrics as written by Billy Joel
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing
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