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.
Under my thumb
A girl who once had me down
Under my thumb, oh yeah
A girl who once pushed me around
It's down to me, oh, what I say
The difference in the clothes she wears
To me, here she come,
Under my thumb
Under my thumb
The squirmin' dog who's just had her day
Under my thumb, oh
A poor dog, yeah yeah, She just changed her ways
It's down to me, oh, what I say
The difference in the clothes she wears
To me, here she come,
Under my thumb
Under my thumb
A siamese cat of a girl
Under my thumb
She's the sweetest, oh yeah, pet in the world
It's down to me, oh yeah
The difference when she's spoken to
To me, here she come,
Under my thumb
Under my thumb
Her eyes are just kept to herself
Under my thumb, well I
I can still fool around with somebody else
It's down to me, oh that's what I say
The difference when she's spoken to
To me, here she come, she come
Under my thumb
Take it easy baby and do you go
Take it easy baby and do you go
Under my thumb
Under my thumb
Under my thumb,
(I think I love ya, I think I love ya)
Under my thumb,
(I think I love ya, I think I love ya)
Under my thumb,
(I think I love ya, I think I love ya)
Under my thumb,
(I think I love ya, I think I love ya)
Under my thumb,
(I think I love ya, I think I love ya)
Under my thumb,
(I think I love ya, I think I love ya)
A girl who once had me down
Under my thumb, oh yeah
A girl who once pushed me around
It's down to me, oh, what I say
The difference in the clothes she wears
To me, here she come,
Under my thumb
Under my thumb
The squirmin' dog who's just had her day
Under my thumb, oh
A poor dog, yeah yeah, She just changed her ways
It's down to me, oh, what I say
The difference in the clothes she wears
To me, here she come,
Under my thumb
Under my thumb
A siamese cat of a girl
Under my thumb
She's the sweetest, oh yeah, pet in the world
It's down to me, oh yeah
The difference when she's spoken to
To me, here she come,
Under my thumb
Under my thumb
Her eyes are just kept to herself
Under my thumb, well I
I can still fool around with somebody else
It's down to me, oh that's what I say
The difference when she's spoken to
To me, here she come, she come
Under my thumb
Take it easy baby and do you go
Take it easy baby and do you go
Under my thumb
Under my thumb
Under my thumb,
(I think I love ya, I think I love ya)
Under my thumb,
(I think I love ya, I think I love ya)
Under my thumb,
(I think I love ya, I think I love ya)
Under my thumb,
(I think I love ya, I think I love ya)
Under my thumb,
(I think I love ya, I think I love ya)
Under my thumb,
(I think I love ya, I think I love ya)
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Under My Thumb Lyrics as written by Mick Jagger Keith Richards
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Mick Jagger allegedly said that he prefers this cover to the Rolling Stones original. Even though I like the Rolling Stones version, the may well be the best improvement of a cover over the original