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.
[Verse 1]
So I heard you found somebody else
And at first, I thought it was a lie
I took all my things that make sounds
The rest I can do without
[Chorus]
I don't want your body
But I hate to think about you with somebody else
Our love has gone cold
You're intertwining your soul with somebody else
I'm looking through you
While you're looking through your phone
And then leaving with somebody else
No, I don't want your body
But I'm picturing your body with somebody else
[Verse 2]
And c'mon baby, I know
And this ain't the last time that I'll see your face
And c'mon baby, I know
You said you'd find someone to take my place
[Pre-Chorus]
I just don't believe that you have got it in you
Cause we are just gonna keep "doin' it" and every time
I start to believe in anything you're saying
I'm reminded that I should be getting over it
[Chorus]
I don't want your body
But I hate to think about you with somebody else
Our love has gone cold
You're intertwining your soul with somebody else
I'm looking through you
While you're looking through your phone
And then leaving with somebody else
No, I don't want your body
But I'm picturing your body with somebody else
[Bridge]
Get someone you love?
Get someone you need?
Oh, fuck that, get money
Oh, I can't give you my soul cause we're never alone
Get someone you love?
Get someone you need?
Oh, fuck that, get money
Oh, I can't give you my soul cause we're never alone
Get someone you love?
Get someone you need?
Oh, fuck that, get money
Oh, I can't give you my soul cause we're never alone
Get someone you love?
Get someone you need?
Oh, fuck that, get money
Oh, I can't give you my soul cause we're never alone
[Chorus]
I don't want your body
But I hate to think about you with somebody else
Our love has gone cold
You're intertwining your soul with somebody else
Oh, I'm looking through you
While you're looking through your phone
And then leaving with somebody else
No, I don't want your body
But I'm picturing your body with somebody else
[Outro]
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
So I heard you found somebody else
And at first, I thought it was a lie
I took all my things that make sounds
The rest I can do without
[Chorus]
I don't want your body
But I hate to think about you with somebody else
Our love has gone cold
You're intertwining your soul with somebody else
I'm looking through you
While you're looking through your phone
And then leaving with somebody else
No, I don't want your body
But I'm picturing your body with somebody else
[Verse 2]
And c'mon baby, I know
And this ain't the last time that I'll see your face
And c'mon baby, I know
You said you'd find someone to take my place
[Pre-Chorus]
I just don't believe that you have got it in you
Cause we are just gonna keep "doin' it" and every time
I start to believe in anything you're saying
I'm reminded that I should be getting over it
[Chorus]
I don't want your body
But I hate to think about you with somebody else
Our love has gone cold
You're intertwining your soul with somebody else
I'm looking through you
While you're looking through your phone
And then leaving with somebody else
No, I don't want your body
But I'm picturing your body with somebody else
[Bridge]
Get someone you love?
Get someone you need?
Oh, fuck that, get money
Oh, I can't give you my soul cause we're never alone
Get someone you love?
Get someone you need?
Oh, fuck that, get money
Oh, I can't give you my soul cause we're never alone
Get someone you love?
Get someone you need?
Oh, fuck that, get money
Oh, I can't give you my soul cause we're never alone
Get someone you love?
Get someone you need?
Oh, fuck that, get money
Oh, I can't give you my soul cause we're never alone
[Chorus]
I don't want your body
But I hate to think about you with somebody else
Our love has gone cold
You're intertwining your soul with somebody else
Oh, I'm looking through you
While you're looking through your phone
And then leaving with somebody else
No, I don't want your body
But I'm picturing your body with somebody else
[Outro]
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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