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.
Don't that bring you down, down, down [Repeat: x4]
Don't give yourself away
Don't live your life that way
Of course he's gonna say
Anything you want
He'll leave quicker than he came
Now you've got yourself to blame
Don't put yourself back in the fire again
It's the same damn thing, you're so quick to believe
And do it over and over again
And its the same mistakes that I'm watching you make
And do it over and over again
So before they bring you down
(you gotta stand for something or you'll fall for anything)
'Til you fall for anything, 'til you fall for,
You gotta stand for something or you'll fall for anything
('Til you fall for anything, 'til you fall for)
Don't that bring you down, down, down (x4)
Oh
Please don't be so naive
Don't wait 'til your heart bleeds
Love wasn't built for speed
Listen to me girl
He keeps fucking with your head, tryin' to get you into bed
And in the morning you'll just hate yourself
It's the same damn thing, you're so quick to believe
And do it over nd over again
And it's the same mistakes that I'm watching you make
And do it over and over and over again
Before they bring you down,
(you gotta stand for something or you'll fall for anything)
'Til you fall for anything, 'til you fall for
You gotta stand for something or you'll fall for anything
('Til you for anything, 'til you fall for)
Don't that bring you down, down, down [Repeat x4]
Can you give until there's nothing to give until
There's nothing to give until there's nothing to give
Can you give until there's nothing to give until
There's nothing to give until there's nothing to give
Can you give until there's nothing to give until
There's nothing to give until there's nothing to give
Before they bring you down,
(you gotta stand for something or you'll fall for anything)
'Til you fall for anything, 'til you fall for.
You gotta stand for something or you'll fall for anything
('Til you fall for anything, 'til you fall for)
You gotta stand for something or you'll fall for anything
('Til you fall for anything, 'til you fall for)
You gotta stand for something or you'll fall for anything
('Til you fall for anything)
Before they bring you down, down down
Don't that bring you down, down, down [Repeat x4]
Don't give yourself away
Don't live your life that way
Of course he's gonna say
Anything you want
He'll leave quicker than he came
Now you've got yourself to blame
Don't put yourself back in the fire again
It's the same damn thing, you're so quick to believe
And do it over and over again
And its the same mistakes that I'm watching you make
And do it over and over again
So before they bring you down
(you gotta stand for something or you'll fall for anything)
'Til you fall for anything, 'til you fall for,
You gotta stand for something or you'll fall for anything
('Til you fall for anything, 'til you fall for)
Don't that bring you down, down, down (x4)
Oh
Please don't be so naive
Don't wait 'til your heart bleeds
Love wasn't built for speed
Listen to me girl
He keeps fucking with your head, tryin' to get you into bed
And in the morning you'll just hate yourself
It's the same damn thing, you're so quick to believe
And do it over nd over again
And it's the same mistakes that I'm watching you make
And do it over and over and over again
Before they bring you down,
(you gotta stand for something or you'll fall for anything)
'Til you fall for anything, 'til you fall for
You gotta stand for something or you'll fall for anything
('Til you for anything, 'til you fall for)
Don't that bring you down, down, down [Repeat x4]
Can you give until there's nothing to give until
There's nothing to give until there's nothing to give
Can you give until there's nothing to give until
There's nothing to give until there's nothing to give
Can you give until there's nothing to give until
There's nothing to give until there's nothing to give
Before they bring you down,
(you gotta stand for something or you'll fall for anything)
'Til you fall for anything, 'til you fall for.
You gotta stand for something or you'll fall for anything
('Til you fall for anything, 'til you fall for)
You gotta stand for something or you'll fall for anything
('Til you fall for anything, 'til you fall for)
You gotta stand for something or you'll fall for anything
('Til you fall for anything)
Before they bring you down, down down
Don't that bring you down, down, down [Repeat x4]
Lyrics submitted by lauren_6_6_6
Fall for Anything Lyrics as written by Mark Anthony Sheehan Daniel John O'donoghue
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I bought the album today and it says:
"Girl they'll bring you down, down, down"
"Don't 'give' yourself away" (not 'keep')
and in the first verse it's "And it's the same mistakes that I'm watching you 'weave'" - the next chorus is 'make' :)
Anyway, I LOVE this song, maybe my fave from the album :D:D