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.
Come and put your name on it
Put your name on it
Come and put your name on it
Your name
But you wanna put your name on it
Put your name on it
Come and put your name on it
Ba-ba-baby, uh
It's not even my birthday (my birthday)
But he wanna lick the icing off (the icing off)
I know you want it in the worst way (worst way)
Can't wait to blow my candles out
He want that cake, cake
Cake, cake, cake, cake, cake
Cake, cake, cake, cake, cake (but you wanna put your name on it)
Cake, cake, cake
Ooh baby, I like it
You so excited
Don't try to hide it
I'ma make you my bitch
Cake, cake, cake, cake
Cake, cake, cake, cake
Cake, cake, cake, cake (but you wanna put your name on it)
Cake, cake, cake
I know you wanna bite this
It's so enticin'
Nothin' else like this
I'ma make you my bitch
And it's not even my birthday (my birthday)
But you wanna put your name on it
And it's not even my birthday (my birthday)
And he tryna put his name on it
Ooh, I wanna fuck you right now (ooh)
Just get up on my body
Put your name on it
Come and put your name on it
Your name
But you wanna put your name on it
Put your name on it
Come and put your name on it
Ba-ba-baby, uh
It's not even my birthday (my birthday)
But he wanna lick the icing off (the icing off)
I know you want it in the worst way (worst way)
Can't wait to blow my candles out
He want that cake, cake
Cake, cake, cake, cake, cake
Cake, cake, cake, cake, cake (but you wanna put your name on it)
Cake, cake, cake
Ooh baby, I like it
You so excited
Don't try to hide it
I'ma make you my bitch
Cake, cake, cake, cake
Cake, cake, cake, cake
Cake, cake, cake, cake (but you wanna put your name on it)
Cake, cake, cake
I know you wanna bite this
It's so enticin'
Nothin' else like this
I'ma make you my bitch
And it's not even my birthday (my birthday)
But you wanna put your name on it
And it's not even my birthday (my birthday)
And he tryna put his name on it
Ooh, I wanna fuck you right now (ooh)
Just get up on my body
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