Osama bin Laden as the Crucified Christ Lyrics
You're gonna hang like Benito from the Esso rafters
Hang like Clara with her skull caved in
Hang like a cross around my neck
You're gonna hang, you're gonna hang
You're gonna hang like Benito from the Esso rafters
Hang like Clara with her skull caved in
Hang like a cross around my neck
You're gonna hang, you're gonna hang
[Verse 1]
What's the best end you can hope for?
Pity fucks and table scraps
Subterfuge and detachment
A bullet in the head and a bullet in the chest
Na na na na
[Chorus]
You're gonna hang like Benito from the Esso rafters
Hang like Clara with her skull caved in
Hang like a cross around my neck
You're gonna hang, you're gonna hang
You're gonna hang like Benito from the Esso rafters
Hang like Clara with her skull caved in
Hang like a cross around my neck
You're gonna hang, you're gonna hang
What's the best thing you can hope for?
A blindfold and a ball gag
Burned-out eyes, grotesque beauty
A nail through the feet and a nail through the hands
Na na na na
[Outro]
You're gonna hang like Benito from the Esso rafters
Hang like Clara with her skull caved in
Hang like a cross around my neck
You're gonna hang, you're gonna hang
You're gonna hang, you're gonna hang
“Osama Bin Laden As The Crucified Christ” is the fifth track from Against Me!’s 2014 album Transgender Dysphoria Blues.
The song is about anti-transgender violence, though the metaphor of martyrdom and vigilantism. The chorus describes the murder of Benito Mussolini and his wife, with the implication that this sort of violence is experienced by transgender people.
The verses talk about the hopelessness of being trans, that trans women are seen as deceptive, that a trans woman can only expect “pity fucks”, and to end up dead and mutilated- “burned-out eyes, grotesque beauty”; “A bullet in the head and a bullet in the chest”; “A nail through the feet and a nail through the hands”.
Mussolini, Bin Laden, and Jesus, people who were killed for what they believed, are metaphors for the violence against transgender people.
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Clara Petacci was the girlfriend of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. They were both hanged by Communist partisans in 1945.
This song is about learning perspective, persective based truths. Don’t ever let anyone dictate to you what the truth is, you know?
- 6.New Wave
- 13.Don’t Lose Touch
- 14.Miami
- 15.White Crosses
- 16.Osama bin Laden as the Crucified Christ
- 17.How Low
- 18.Black Me Out
- 19.Thrash Unreal
- 21.The Ocean
