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.
Look at these stars, just you and me
Living our lives like Sandra D
It's enough sights on the Hollywood sign
All-night parties filled with alkaline
Shopping all day on Rodeo Drive
Out all night just to stay alive
People working hard, making dreams come true
Palm trees lined up the avenue
Everyone is someone
Everyone is someone in L.A.
In L.A.
Movies and the scandals
Stories and the vandals
In L.A.
In L.A.
Reality is in the mirror in a costume
Thrown out of the front door of The Viper Room
Cruisin' past the cars on the Sunset Strip
All the famous friends and their ego trips
Cocktail parties at Stanton Hotel
Sucking down clams on a half-shell
All-day record shopping on Melrose
Dancing all night in our prettiest clothes
Everyone is someone
Everyone is someone in L.A.
In L.A.
Movies and the scandals
Stories and the vandals
In L.A.
In L.A.
Big scores
Fast steels
Lost souls
Hot wheels
Night drive
Neon lights
Strip clubs
Gang fights
Hustlers makeup
Half-year breakups
Tattoos
Satin shawls
Pornstars
Kilos
Everyone is someone
Everyone is someone in L.A.
In L.A.
Movies and the scandals
Stories and the vandals
In L.A.
In L.A.
Stopping for a drink at the Troubadour
Redudant earthquakes on Mulholland Drive
Seems like the world is for me and you
Three-day afterparties at the Rumba Room
Out on the horizon, all you see is smog
Speeding on the freeway just to get out of the fog
Going to spend the day on Venice Beach
Seems as everything is within our reach
Everyone is someone
Everyone is someone in L.A.
In L.A.
Movies and the scandals
Stories and the vandals
In L.A.
In L.A.
Everyone is someone
Everyone is someone in L.A.
Living our lives like Sandra D
It's enough sights on the Hollywood sign
All-night parties filled with alkaline
Shopping all day on Rodeo Drive
Out all night just to stay alive
People working hard, making dreams come true
Palm trees lined up the avenue
Everyone is someone
Everyone is someone in L.A.
In L.A.
Movies and the scandals
Stories and the vandals
In L.A.
In L.A.
Reality is in the mirror in a costume
Thrown out of the front door of The Viper Room
Cruisin' past the cars on the Sunset Strip
All the famous friends and their ego trips
Cocktail parties at Stanton Hotel
Sucking down clams on a half-shell
All-day record shopping on Melrose
Dancing all night in our prettiest clothes
Everyone is someone
Everyone is someone in L.A.
In L.A.
Movies and the scandals
Stories and the vandals
In L.A.
In L.A.
Big scores
Fast steels
Lost souls
Hot wheels
Night drive
Neon lights
Strip clubs
Gang fights
Hustlers makeup
Half-year breakups
Tattoos
Satin shawls
Pornstars
Kilos
Everyone is someone
Everyone is someone in L.A.
In L.A.
Movies and the scandals
Stories and the vandals
In L.A.
In L.A.
Stopping for a drink at the Troubadour
Redudant earthquakes on Mulholland Drive
Seems like the world is for me and you
Three-day afterparties at the Rumba Room
Out on the horizon, all you see is smog
Speeding on the freeway just to get out of the fog
Going to spend the day on Venice Beach
Seems as everything is within our reach
Everyone is someone
Everyone is someone in L.A.
In L.A.
Movies and the scandals
Stories and the vandals
In L.A.
In L.A.
Everyone is someone
Everyone is someone in L.A.
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first! and dude these lyrics are shit. i recommend hearing aids. correct lyrics:
We could be stars Just you and me Livin' our lives like Sandra D Fixin' our sights on the Hollywood sign All night parties filled with alkaline Shopping all day on Rodeo Drive Out all night just to stay alive People working hard making things come true Palm trees line every avenue Everyone is someone, Everyone is someone in L.A., in L.A. Movies and the scandals Stories and the vandals in L.A., in L.A. 3 hours in the mirror on a costume Thrown out of the front door of the Viper Room Cruisin' in our cars on the Sunset Strip All our famous friends and the ego trips Cocktail parties at Stanton Hotel Suckin' down clams on a half shell All day record shoppin' on Melrose Dancin' all night in our prettiest clothes Everyone is someone, Everyone is someone in L.A., in L.A. Movies and the scandals Stories and the vandals in L.A., in L.A. Big Scores Fast Steels Lost Souls Hot Wheels Nighttime Neon Lights Strip Clubs Gang Fights Hustlers Make-up Half-Year Breakups Tattoos Sex Shows Pornstars Kilos Everyone is someone in L.A., in L.A. Movies and the scandals Stories and the vandals in L.A., in L.A. Stoppin' for a drink at the corner dive Redundant earthquakes on Mulholland Drive Seems like the world is for me and you 3-day after-parties in Malibu Out on the horizon all you see is smog Speedin' on the freeway to get out of the fog Gonna spend the day in Venice Beach Seems as if everything is in our reach Everyone is someone in L.A., in L.A. Movies and the scandals in L.A., in L.A. ...
HHMM.. IDK THIS SONG ISNT.. HIS BESTEST... ITS KINDA BLEH.. EH
they said stopping for a drink at the troubadour lol