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.
I don't care just where you go
As long, as long as it's with me
And I don't mind just what you do
As long, as long as it's with me too
Well, I get told to never get old
But the way it unfolds
I'm a little garçon in my head
With a little fille that's stuck in bed
Well, I get told to never get old
But the way it unfolds
I'm a little garçon in my head
With a little fille that's stuck in bed
Well, I get told to never get old
But the way it unfolds
I'm a little garçon in my head
With a little fille that's stuck in bed
Oh, I get told to never get old
But the way it unfolds
I'm a little garçon in my head
With a little fille that's stuck in bed
Oh, I get told to never get old
But the way it unfolds
I'm a little garçon in my head
With a little fille that's stuck in bed
Whoa, I get told to never get old
But the way it unfolds
I'm a little garçon in my head
With a little fille that's stuck in bed
As long, as long as it's with me
And I don't mind just what you do
As long, as long as it's with me too
Well, I get told to never get old
But the way it unfolds
I'm a little garçon in my head
With a little fille that's stuck in bed
Well, I get told to never get old
But the way it unfolds
I'm a little garçon in my head
With a little fille that's stuck in bed
Well, I get told to never get old
But the way it unfolds
I'm a little garçon in my head
With a little fille that's stuck in bed
Oh, I get told to never get old
But the way it unfolds
I'm a little garçon in my head
With a little fille that's stuck in bed
Oh, I get told to never get old
But the way it unfolds
I'm a little garçon in my head
With a little fille that's stuck in bed
Whoa, I get told to never get old
But the way it unfolds
I'm a little garçon in my head
With a little fille that's stuck in bed
Lyrics submitted by chickenflicker
Little Garçon Lyrics as written by Mitchell Derosier Luke Michael Charles Lalonde
Lyrics © WARP MUSIC LIMITED
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It's about being young and carefree. Very well played out. The attitude of the song screams out simplicity and freedom. A poppy, loose melody.