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.
Frida Now there's a shadow falling over our faces
Doubt forever in our hearts
And in a while we'll start to pick up the traces
We won't find the missing parts
Buy me a ticket, I'll go to the Bahamas
I need a rest from our petty little dramas
Yes I really do
Agnetha, Frida Aha, mm
Now look what you've done
I'm missing all the fun
Baby you owe me one
Aha, mm
It's my turn to run
A chance to feel the sun
Baby you owe me one
Frida I wasn't ready for this kind of intrusion
I was taken by surprise
Now both of us are in a state of confusion
Hesitation in our eyes
Something unwanted has entered our existence
I think it's better to view it from a distance
Yes I really do
Agnetha, Frida Aha, mm
Now look what you've done
I'm missing all the fun
Baby you owe me one
Aha, mm
It's my turn to run
A chance to feel the sun
Baby you owe me one
Aha, mm
Now look what you've done
I'm missing all the fun
Baby you owe me one
Aha, mm
It's my turn to run
A chance to feel the sun
Baby you owe me one
Aha, mm
Now look what you've done
I'm missing all the fun
Baby you owe me one
Aha, mm
It's my turn to run
A chance to feel the sun
Baby you owe me one
Aha, mm
Now look what you've done
I'm missing all the fun
Baby you owe me one
Aha, mm
It's my turn to run
A chance to feel the sun
Baby you owe me one
Aha, mm
Now look what you've done
I'm missing all the fun
Baby you owe me one
Aha
Doubt forever in our hearts
And in a while we'll start to pick up the traces
We won't find the missing parts
Buy me a ticket, I'll go to the Bahamas
I need a rest from our petty little dramas
Yes I really do
Agnetha, Frida Aha, mm
Now look what you've done
I'm missing all the fun
Baby you owe me one
Aha, mm
It's my turn to run
A chance to feel the sun
Baby you owe me one
Frida I wasn't ready for this kind of intrusion
I was taken by surprise
Now both of us are in a state of confusion
Hesitation in our eyes
Something unwanted has entered our existence
I think it's better to view it from a distance
Yes I really do
Agnetha, Frida Aha, mm
Now look what you've done
I'm missing all the fun
Baby you owe me one
Aha, mm
It's my turn to run
A chance to feel the sun
Baby you owe me one
Aha, mm
Now look what you've done
I'm missing all the fun
Baby you owe me one
Aha, mm
It's my turn to run
A chance to feel the sun
Baby you owe me one
Aha, mm
Now look what you've done
I'm missing all the fun
Baby you owe me one
Aha, mm
It's my turn to run
A chance to feel the sun
Baby you owe me one
Aha, mm
Now look what you've done
I'm missing all the fun
Baby you owe me one
Aha, mm
It's my turn to run
A chance to feel the sun
Baby you owe me one
Aha, mm
Now look what you've done
I'm missing all the fun
Baby you owe me one
Aha
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae
You Owe Me One Lyrics as written by Bjoern K Ulvaeus Benny Andersson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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