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.
You know you are a cute little heart-breaker
You know you are a sweet little love-maker
I want to take you home
I won't do you no harm
You've got to be all mine
All mine . . .
I see you come down on the scene, Foxy
You make me want to get up and scream, Foxy
I've made up my mind
I'm tired of wasting all my precious time
You've got to be all mine
All mine . . .
You know you are a sweet little love-maker
I want to take you home
I won't do you no harm
You've got to be all mine
All mine . . .
I see you come down on the scene, Foxy
You make me want to get up and scream, Foxy
I've made up my mind
I'm tired of wasting all my precious time
You've got to be all mine
All mine . . .
Lyrics submitted by d_lacy, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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Yeah, track 7 on the Three Imaginary Boys album... shares two interesting positions within Cure trivia... only song not sung by Robert Smith (Michael Dempsey was the bass guitarist at the time), and also the only cover on a cure album.
This song is not considered one of The Cure's best... 'Never Enough', the 2005 biography, referred to the song as an atrocity, pretty much, and apparently Robert Smith hates it with a passion and never even wanted it on the album in the first place.
Personally, I kinda like it...
Love that biography! so funny! I've unfortunately never heard the original, but I'm sure it's much better. I still strangely like this, though.