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're looking like first-class
Acting like a cheap date
Honey-dripping smile so stylin'
That you know what you do
Don't you, baby?
Eyes that penetrate
Heat that degenerates
Let's communicate
I can hardly wait to get to you
And show you, baby
If you want to
I can be a-dirty, too
I can spin you around,
Pick you up, and go down
If you want to,
I can feel just like you
And do the dirty things you do!
You walk into a room
Every sec boom boom
Tight shirt, close zoom
When you move it's assumed you feel it too
Don't you, baby?
Ticking like a fuse,
There's an itch I gotta scratch
Ten minutes in the room
Get this monkey off my back
Any talk straight would do
To show you, baby!
If you want to
I can be a-dirty, too
I can spin you around,
Pick you up, and go down
If you want to,
I can feel just like you
And do the dirty things you do!
Why don't you tell me your sign?
I hear we're two of a kind
A Scorpio, I've been told,
You're my most compatible ride
Ooh! Let me tell you again!
You make me want to
Pop pa pop pop pop pop!
Back into the movie inside my brain!
I never want to
Stop sta stop stop stop stop!
Oh! Could ya do that again?
You make me want to
Bam ba bam bam bam bam!
Shut the blinds, baby, let the door slam!
Intergalactic, super-mamatic,
Come from the top, baby don't ever stop
Till I tell you to!
If you want to
I can be a-dirty, too
I can spin you around,
Pick you up, and even go down
If you want to,
I can feel just like you
And do the dirty things you do!
A Scorpio, I've been told,
You're my most compatible ride
Fade to black, commercial break
This is where the censor kicks in
I think you better close your eyes
Block your ears
This could be the gem of the year
Acting like a cheap date
Honey-dripping smile so stylin'
That you know what you do
Don't you, baby?
Eyes that penetrate
Heat that degenerates
Let's communicate
I can hardly wait to get to you
And show you, baby
If you want to
I can be a-dirty, too
I can spin you around,
Pick you up, and go down
If you want to,
I can feel just like you
And do the dirty things you do!
You walk into a room
Every sec boom boom
Tight shirt, close zoom
When you move it's assumed you feel it too
Don't you, baby?
Ticking like a fuse,
There's an itch I gotta scratch
Ten minutes in the room
Get this monkey off my back
Any talk straight would do
To show you, baby!
If you want to
I can be a-dirty, too
I can spin you around,
Pick you up, and go down
If you want to,
I can feel just like you
And do the dirty things you do!
Why don't you tell me your sign?
I hear we're two of a kind
A Scorpio, I've been told,
You're my most compatible ride
Ooh! Let me tell you again!
You make me want to
Pop pa pop pop pop pop!
Back into the movie inside my brain!
I never want to
Stop sta stop stop stop stop!
Oh! Could ya do that again?
You make me want to
Bam ba bam bam bam bam!
Shut the blinds, baby, let the door slam!
Intergalactic, super-mamatic,
Come from the top, baby don't ever stop
Till I tell you to!
If you want to
I can be a-dirty, too
I can spin you around,
Pick you up, and even go down
If you want to,
I can feel just like you
And do the dirty things you do!
A Scorpio, I've been told,
You're my most compatible ride
Fade to black, commercial break
This is where the censor kicks in
I think you better close your eyes
Block your ears
This could be the gem of the year
Lyrics submitted by 8r4m8l3ro53
Dirty Lyrics as written by Darren Hayes Walter Afanasieff
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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That is really interesting, I wasn't aware of that either! I'll have to listen for that next time! I love this song too. Deliciously devious and fabulous! Very yummy.