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.
Maybe I'm just wishful drinkin'
Give my heart somethin' to sink in
Better make it two, nothin' I won't do
For another round of me and you
I know it's a shot in the dark
Lookin' for what's left of a spark
Throwin' 'em back like I got nothin' to lose
It's a slow burn just like you
Everybody says, "Give it time"
But I'm feelin' like I'm stuck on rewind
Throwin' 'em back like I got nothin' to lose
It's a slow burn just like you
When I'm a couple in, I get optimistic
Like you and me are realistic
Maybe I'm just wishful drinkin'
Give my heart somethin' to sink in
Better make it two, nothin' I won't do
For another round of me and you
I get hopeful when I'm tipsy
Thinking you might actually miss me
It's a hundred proof, nothin' I won't do
For another round of me and you
I'm wishful drinkin'
(Ooh, ooh, ooh)
With every sip, I'm gettin' closer
To thinkin' that we ain't really over
I know it ain't right, but baby, just for tonight
I don't wanna have no closure
When I'm a couple in, I get optimistic
Like you and me are realistic
Maybe I'm just wishful drinkin'
Give my heart somethin' to sink in
Better make it two, nothin' I won't do
For another round of me and you
I get hopeful when I'm tipsy
Thinking you might actually miss me
It's a hundred proof, nothin' I won't do
For another round of me and you
I'm wishful drinkin'
Yeah
I'm wishful drinkin'
Wishful drinkin', wishful drinkin', wishful drink-
I'm tracin' your footprints through my memories
Tryna find where we went wrong
Replacin' the space you left with new things
Nothin' I try lasts long, yeah
Maybe I'm just wishful drinkin'
Give my heart somethin' to sink in
Better make it two, nothin' I won't do
For another round of me and you (another round of me and you)
I get hopeful when I'm tipsy
Thinking you might actually miss me
It's a hundred proof, nothin' I won't do
For another round of me and you
I'm wishful drinkin'
Yeah
I'm wishful drinkin'
I'm wishful drinkin'
(Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Give my heart somethin' to sink in
Better make it two, nothin' I won't do
For another round of me and you
I know it's a shot in the dark
Lookin' for what's left of a spark
Throwin' 'em back like I got nothin' to lose
It's a slow burn just like you
Everybody says, "Give it time"
But I'm feelin' like I'm stuck on rewind
Throwin' 'em back like I got nothin' to lose
It's a slow burn just like you
When I'm a couple in, I get optimistic
Like you and me are realistic
Maybe I'm just wishful drinkin'
Give my heart somethin' to sink in
Better make it two, nothin' I won't do
For another round of me and you
I get hopeful when I'm tipsy
Thinking you might actually miss me
It's a hundred proof, nothin' I won't do
For another round of me and you
I'm wishful drinkin'
(Ooh, ooh, ooh)
With every sip, I'm gettin' closer
To thinkin' that we ain't really over
I know it ain't right, but baby, just for tonight
I don't wanna have no closure
When I'm a couple in, I get optimistic
Like you and me are realistic
Maybe I'm just wishful drinkin'
Give my heart somethin' to sink in
Better make it two, nothin' I won't do
For another round of me and you
I get hopeful when I'm tipsy
Thinking you might actually miss me
It's a hundred proof, nothin' I won't do
For another round of me and you
I'm wishful drinkin'
Yeah
I'm wishful drinkin'
Wishful drinkin', wishful drinkin', wishful drink-
I'm tracin' your footprints through my memories
Tryna find where we went wrong
Replacin' the space you left with new things
Nothin' I try lasts long, yeah
Maybe I'm just wishful drinkin'
Give my heart somethin' to sink in
Better make it two, nothin' I won't do
For another round of me and you (another round of me and you)
I get hopeful when I'm tipsy
Thinking you might actually miss me
It's a hundred proof, nothin' I won't do
For another round of me and you
I'm wishful drinkin'
Yeah
I'm wishful drinkin'
I'm wishful drinkin'
(Ooh, ooh, ooh)
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