You're the fuel to the fire You're the weapons of war
You're the irony of justice And the father of law

I've been waiting for a while to meet you
For the chance to shake your hand
To give you thanks for all the suffering you command
And when all is over and we return to dust
Who will be my judge and which one do I trust?
Angst...

You're the champion of sorrow You're the love and the pain
You're the fighter of evil Yet you're one and the same

I've been waiting for a while to meet you
For the chance to shake your hand
To give you thanks for all the suffering you command
And when all is over and we return to dust
Who will be my judge and which one do I trust?
Angst..



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Track duration: 03:49

"Naked Sunday" as written by Dean Deleo, Robert Emile Deleo, Eric Kretz, Scott Richard Weiland

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    My Interpretation:I honestly believe this song to be the Stone Temple Pilot's stylized reprisal of 'Sympathy for the Devil.' Listen to the similarities in cadence during the bridge of this song. The lyrical subjects are of the same topical nature, only this song addresses the Devil in a second person narrative.

    That which is truly evil often has the awe inspiring charisma to compel others to do wrong even when their own moral judgment may argue with this. Furthermore, this power is often able to convince others that they will be safer disregarding their own morals in favor of committing sins against humanity, hence the 'Who will be my judge and which one do I trust.' 'I've been waiting for a while to meet you, for a chance to shake your hand, to give you thanks for all the suffering you command' expresses an aire of admiration, even gratitude sarcastic or otherwise, going out on a limb beyond mere courtesy and sympathy for the one responsible for everything in our world.

    Governments, institutions, organized religion all provide a spring board for evil to exert itself in this world, Mick Jagger warns us of the same. This song though is still a testament to Weiland on his part for being able to redeliver a fresh interpretation from his internal understanding of a classic.
    Flag CatofNoahon November 01, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Scott was raised Catholic and still goes to mass on Sundays from time to time. He is a practicing Catholic. He believes in God, as A Song for Sleeping can attest to, and he's a huge fan of Notre Dame (Catholic school and catholic history). He also sings in HIG about how his dead brother "always went to mass". He also sings Be Not Afraid in HIG, a traditional Catholic hymn. Scott believes in God and I don't even think he really has an issue with organized religion. I can't speak for how he felt about religion when Core came out though. Naked Sunday definitely has anti God/anti religious lyrics... but remember "Sex Type Thing" off that record was another song not meant to be taken as literal feelings Scott had. He was putting himself in the mind of a macho alpha male pig. He easily could've been putting himself in "Naked Sunday" in the place of a man questioning his faith. That's what I think the song is about, ultimately, a person who had faith at one point but is now questioning it.

    Interesting title, by the way, "Naked Sunday". Mass is on Sunday. We were created naked, but when Adam/Eve betrayed God they were shamed by this nakedness. It's possible Scott was questioning religion at the time he wrote the song, but a lot has changed in his life since then
    Flag rapppsuckson November 15, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:every great band has a "armageddon/end of the world" song
    Flag heartforareindeeron November 14, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:scott weilands finest moment lyrically
    Flag kurtcocain91on June 20, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:every live performance ive seen of this song on youtube theres like a siren thats always going off in scotts bullhorn

    kinda annoying... this song is so good i wish theyd stop using the siren
    Flag onewayticket23on June 15, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:One of the deepest most philosophical songs Scott Weiland has ever written, along with "Sin" that also seems to deal with religion or faith. Still makes no sense to me why the critics were so harsh to STP with their debut album. I see very little parallels with them and Pearl Jam

    Flag spoonman333on June 13, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:scott is a christian now... he may have had some religous doubts in his past but not sure

    i know this bc i heard him at a show in march say himself: " i would like to thank god for helping me stay clean for 9 months"
    Flag STPfanatic500on June 13, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:You guys are all idiots for caring about what other people believe in.
    This is America people can believe whatever the hell they want. The problem is everyone has to have everyone believe what they do. That's the basis of everything from wars to stupid ass arguements like you guys are having here.
    That's what Scott's lyrics are really trying to tell you. Just enjoy the killer bass line and great guitar the Deleo brothers laid down and shut your mouths about religion.
    Flag borat111on June 10, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:anyone remember stp playing live on saturday night live back in 93? saturday night live doesnt let their shit get on youtube which sucks bc its hard to find this perfomance
    Flag redskins99on June 08, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:what stpdoesnt love core? defintly a highlight of the album and possibly best track... they played this song on saturday night live back in 93
    Flag miceandmenon June 07, 2010   Link

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