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.
City lights looking like ice underneath the stars
Beautiful, but I'd rather be right here, where we are
Go and tell your friends, "We're running late again"
What you think? Pour another drink, and call off the car
I could spend a thousand nights right here, inside this room
(Mhmm)
Swear the only one I want is you
And it doesn't matter what we do
We could have nothing at all and it'd still feel like nothing's missing
Now we're moving like we're on the moon
Dom Perignon drip on our shoes
We could fly around the world, but we always end up dancing in the kitchen
Dancing in the kitchen
I don't mind if this whole town goes up in flames
As long as I got you with me, I'ma be okay
Slide across the floor, I'm forever yours, yeah
What you think? Pour another drink, put it on me, please
I could spend a thousand nights right here, inside this room
(Mhmm)
Swear the only one I want is you
And it doesn't matter what we do
We could have nothing at all and it'd still feel like nothing's missing
Now we're moving like we're on the moon
Dom Perignon drip on our shoes
We could fly around the world, but we always end up dancing in the kitchen
Dancing in the kitchen (dancing in the kitchen)
Dancing in the kitchen (dancing in the kitchen)
Dancing in the kitchen (dancing in the kitchen)
(Dancing in the kitchen)
I could spend a thousand nights right here, inside this room
Tell me baby, if you feel the same way that I do
(Mhmm)
Swear the only one I want is you
And it doesn't matter what we do
We could have nothing at all and it'd still feel like nothing's missing
Now we're moving like we're on the moon
Dom Perignon drip on our shoes
We could fly around the world, but we always end up dancing in the kitchen
Dancing in the kitchen (dancing in the kitchen)
Dancing in the kitchen (dancing in the kitchen)
Dancing in the kitchen (dancing in the kitchen)
(Dancing in the kitchen)
Beautiful, but I'd rather be right here, where we are
Go and tell your friends, "We're running late again"
What you think? Pour another drink, and call off the car
I could spend a thousand nights right here, inside this room
(Mhmm)
Swear the only one I want is you
And it doesn't matter what we do
We could have nothing at all and it'd still feel like nothing's missing
Now we're moving like we're on the moon
Dom Perignon drip on our shoes
We could fly around the world, but we always end up dancing in the kitchen
Dancing in the kitchen
I don't mind if this whole town goes up in flames
As long as I got you with me, I'ma be okay
Slide across the floor, I'm forever yours, yeah
What you think? Pour another drink, put it on me, please
I could spend a thousand nights right here, inside this room
(Mhmm)
Swear the only one I want is you
And it doesn't matter what we do
We could have nothing at all and it'd still feel like nothing's missing
Now we're moving like we're on the moon
Dom Perignon drip on our shoes
We could fly around the world, but we always end up dancing in the kitchen
Dancing in the kitchen (dancing in the kitchen)
Dancing in the kitchen (dancing in the kitchen)
Dancing in the kitchen (dancing in the kitchen)
(Dancing in the kitchen)
I could spend a thousand nights right here, inside this room
Tell me baby, if you feel the same way that I do
(Mhmm)
Swear the only one I want is you
And it doesn't matter what we do
We could have nothing at all and it'd still feel like nothing's missing
Now we're moving like we're on the moon
Dom Perignon drip on our shoes
We could fly around the world, but we always end up dancing in the kitchen
Dancing in the kitchen (dancing in the kitchen)
Dancing in the kitchen (dancing in the kitchen)
Dancing in the kitchen (dancing in the kitchen)
(Dancing in the kitchen)
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