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.
Ooh
Come on, right on, now
Ooh, oh, c'mon, stay
I feel alright
Yeah, I feel alright
Ooh
Uh, lemme in
Hey, lemme in
Hey, bring it down
Uh
Callin' from the fun house with my song
We been separated, baby, far too long
Callin' all you whoop-dee
Pretty things
Shinin' in your freedom, come and be my rings
Hold me tight
Callin' from the fun house
Hold me tight
Callin' from the fun house, yeah
Yeah, I came to play and I mean to play around
Yeah, I came to play and I mean to play real good
Yeah, I came to play
Oh
Alright, hey, lemme in
Uh
Take it down
I feel alright
Take it down, uh
Hoo
Little baby girlie, little baby boy
Cover me with lovin' in a bundle o'joy
Do I care to show you what I'm dreamin' of?
Do I dare to whoop ya with my love?
Every little baby knows just what I mean
Livin' in division in a shiftin' scene
Hold me tight
Callin' from the fun house
Hold me tight
Callin' from the fun house
Blow
Yeah, I came to play
Came to play
Blow, Steve!
Hoo
Uh
Hey
Hey, now
Uh, lemme in
One more
Time
Take it down
Take it down
A-takin' it down
We been separated
We been separated
A little too long
I said alright, alright, alright, alright, oh no!
Said alright, alright, alright, alright, oh no!
Said alright, alright, alright, no, no, no!
Said alright, alright, alright, blow, blow!
Blow!
Yeah, I came to play
Yeah, fun house boy will steal your heart away
Yeah, fun house boy will steal heart away
Will steal
Yeah
I came to play, I came to play
Came to play
Yeah baby
This is it
Baby
Yeah, I came to play
I came to play
Ooh-ooh
Ooh
Wow!
Come on, right on, now
Ooh, oh, c'mon, stay
I feel alright
Yeah, I feel alright
Ooh
Uh, lemme in
Hey, lemme in
Hey, bring it down
Uh
Callin' from the fun house with my song
We been separated, baby, far too long
Callin' all you whoop-dee
Pretty things
Shinin' in your freedom, come and be my rings
Hold me tight
Callin' from the fun house
Hold me tight
Callin' from the fun house, yeah
Yeah, I came to play and I mean to play around
Yeah, I came to play and I mean to play real good
Yeah, I came to play
Oh
Alright, hey, lemme in
Uh
Take it down
I feel alright
Take it down, uh
Hoo
Little baby girlie, little baby boy
Cover me with lovin' in a bundle o'joy
Do I care to show you what I'm dreamin' of?
Do I dare to whoop ya with my love?
Every little baby knows just what I mean
Livin' in division in a shiftin' scene
Hold me tight
Callin' from the fun house
Hold me tight
Callin' from the fun house
Blow
Yeah, I came to play
Came to play
Blow, Steve!
Hoo
Uh
Hey
Hey, now
Uh, lemme in
One more
Time
Take it down
Take it down
A-takin' it down
We been separated
We been separated
A little too long
I said alright, alright, alright, alright, oh no!
Said alright, alright, alright, alright, oh no!
Said alright, alright, alright, no, no, no!
Said alright, alright, alright, blow, blow!
Blow!
Yeah, I came to play
Yeah, fun house boy will steal your heart away
Yeah, fun house boy will steal heart away
Will steal
Yeah
I came to play, I came to play
Came to play
Yeah baby
This is it
Baby
Yeah, I came to play
I came to play
Ooh-ooh
Ooh
Wow!
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I always heard it as: "ALL MANKIND - callin' from the FUN HOUSE..."
rather than "Hold on tight..."
I guess only James Osterberg knows for sure...