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.
Mi-i-ine
Guess what's happening now?
Well
Whoa, oh
Well
Now
Relax, don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come
Relax, don't do it
When you want to suck it, chew it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come
When you want to come
Relax, don't do it
When you want to to go to it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come
Relax, don't do it
When you want to suck it, chew it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come
Ah, ah, ah
Come oh, oh, oh
But shoot it in the right direction (hey-hey-hey-yeah)
Make making it your intention (ooh-yeah, ooh-yeah)
Live those dreams
Scheme those schemes
Got to hit me (hit me)
Hit me (hit me)
Hit me with those laser beams
Ow, ow, ow, laser beam me
Ah, ah, ah
One, two
Relax
Don't do it
Relax
When you want to come
Come, ah, woo
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
I'm comin', I'm comin', hey, hey, hey, hey hey
Relax, don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come
Relax, don't do it
When you want to suck it, chew it
Relax, don't do it (love)
When you want to come
When you want to come
When you want to come
Come-huh
Ow, ow
Ow, ow, ow, yeah
You see her, feel it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax, don't do it (oh-oh)
Relax, don't do it
When you want to suck it, chew it
Relax, don't do it
One sound when it's time to come (hey)
Come
Guess what's happening now?
Well
Whoa, oh
Well
Now
Relax, don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come
Relax, don't do it
When you want to suck it, chew it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come
When you want to come
Relax, don't do it
When you want to to go to it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come
Relax, don't do it
When you want to suck it, chew it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come
Ah, ah, ah
Come oh, oh, oh
But shoot it in the right direction (hey-hey-hey-yeah)
Make making it your intention (ooh-yeah, ooh-yeah)
Live those dreams
Scheme those schemes
Got to hit me (hit me)
Hit me (hit me)
Hit me with those laser beams
Ow, ow, ow, laser beam me
Ah, ah, ah
One, two
Relax
Don't do it
Relax
When you want to come
Come, ah, woo
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
I'm comin', I'm comin', hey, hey, hey, hey hey
Relax, don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to come
Relax, don't do it
When you want to suck it, chew it
Relax, don't do it (love)
When you want to come
When you want to come
When you want to come
Come-huh
Ow, ow
Ow, ow, ow, yeah
You see her, feel it
Relax, don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax, don't do it (oh-oh)
Relax, don't do it
When you want to suck it, chew it
Relax, don't do it
One sound when it's time to come (hey)
Come
Lyrics submitted by democracys, edited by markward
Relax Lyrics as written by Peter Gill Mark Otoole
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People who are on here saying this song isn't about sex, please go watch the music video. There is no way this song is not about sex, and there's nothing wrong with writing a song about sex.
More specifically, my guess is this song was about gay bathhouse sex. Since they were a gay group they probably knew a thing or two about bathhouse culture, and there are lots of guys who try not to come with the guy they're with and look for another to play with.
You go to the bathhouse, which probably isn't near your house, then you pay $20 to get in, and now you're so excited that you want to come in like the first 5 minutes but you know that if you do you'll only have played with one guy. I don't have this issue, but I've seen guys just leave for no reason, just smile and say "thanks and goodbye," and I've learned that it's just part of the way bathhouses are.
So that explains the chorus, now the verse:
"But shoot it in the right direction"
When you do come, make sure it's worth it. Like not by yourself in a little room after the guy you're with just left.
"Make making it your intention-ooh yeah"
Think about sex, not orgasm.
"Live those dreams Scheme those schemes"
If you relax, i.e. postpone ejaculation, you can have what you dream of/scheme for, instead of just a few minutes of mindless pleasure.
"Got to hit me Hit me Hit me with those laser beams"
Come on the narrator, probably because he'll enjoy it.
Yeah, funny how such a song became a mainstream hit. It reminds me of The Village People's "YMCA," which we danced to in elementary school and I later found out was about public gay sex in the YMCA showers.