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.
Put your lovin' hand out, baby
'Cause I'm beggin'
I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your lovin' hand out, baby
I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your lovin' hand out, darlin'
Ridin' high, when I was king
I played it hard and fast, 'cause I had everything
I walked away, you want me dead
But easy come and easy go and it would end
So anytime I bleed, you let me go
Yeah, anytime I feed, you get me? No
Any time I see, you let me know
About the plan and see, just let me go
I'm on my knees when I'm beggin'
'Cause I don't wanna lose you
Hey, yeah, ra-ta-ta-ta
'Cause I'm beggin', beggin' you
Oh, put your lovin' hand out, baby
I'm beggin', beggin' you
And put your lovin' hand out, darlin'
I need you to understand
Tried so hard to be your man
The kind of man you want in the end
Only then can I begin to live again
An empty shell
I used to be
The shadow of my life was hangin' over me
A broken man that I don't know
Won't even stand the devil's dance to win my soul
What we doin'? What we chasin'?
Why the bottom? Why the basement?
Why we got good shit, don't embrace it?
Why the feel for the need to replace me?
You're the wrong way track from the good
I wanna paint a picture, tellin' where we could be at
Left my heart in the best way should
You can give it away, you had and you took the pay
But I keep walkin' on
Keep open the door
Keep hopin' for
That the door is yours
Keep also home
'Cause I don't wanna live in a broken home
Girl, I'm beggin'
Yeah-yeah, I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your lovin' hand out, baby
I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your lovin' hand out, darlin'
I'm fightin' hard to hold my own
Just can't make it all alone
I'm holdin' on, I can't fall back
I'm just a calm 'bout to fade to black
I'm beggin', beggin' you
Put your lovin' hand out, baby
I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your lovin' hand out, darlin'
I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your lovin' hand out, baby
I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your lovin' hand out, darlin'
I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your lovin' hand out, baby
I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your lovin' hand out
'Cause I'm beggin'
I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your lovin' hand out, baby
I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your lovin' hand out, darlin'
Ridin' high, when I was king
I played it hard and fast, 'cause I had everything
I walked away, you want me dead
But easy come and easy go and it would end
So anytime I bleed, you let me go
Yeah, anytime I feed, you get me? No
Any time I see, you let me know
About the plan and see, just let me go
I'm on my knees when I'm beggin'
'Cause I don't wanna lose you
Hey, yeah, ra-ta-ta-ta
'Cause I'm beggin', beggin' you
Oh, put your lovin' hand out, baby
I'm beggin', beggin' you
And put your lovin' hand out, darlin'
I need you to understand
Tried so hard to be your man
The kind of man you want in the end
Only then can I begin to live again
An empty shell
I used to be
The shadow of my life was hangin' over me
A broken man that I don't know
Won't even stand the devil's dance to win my soul
What we doin'? What we chasin'?
Why the bottom? Why the basement?
Why we got good shit, don't embrace it?
Why the feel for the need to replace me?
You're the wrong way track from the good
I wanna paint a picture, tellin' where we could be at
Left my heart in the best way should
You can give it away, you had and you took the pay
But I keep walkin' on
Keep open the door
Keep hopin' for
That the door is yours
Keep also home
'Cause I don't wanna live in a broken home
Girl, I'm beggin'
Yeah-yeah, I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your lovin' hand out, baby
I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your lovin' hand out, darlin'
I'm fightin' hard to hold my own
Just can't make it all alone
I'm holdin' on, I can't fall back
I'm just a calm 'bout to fade to black
I'm beggin', beggin' you
Put your lovin' hand out, baby
I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your lovin' hand out, darlin'
I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your lovin' hand out, baby
I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your lovin' hand out, darlin'
I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your lovin' hand out, baby
I'm beggin', beggin' you
So put your lovin' hand out
Lyrics submitted by damienpearse
Beggin' Lyrics as written by Bob Gaudio Peggy Farina
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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