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 need cooling
Baby, I'm not fooling
I'm gonna send ya
Back to schooling
Way down inside
A-honey you need it
I'm gonna give you my love
I'm gonna give you my love, oh
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
You've been learning
Um baby, I been learning
All them good times baby, baby
I've been yea-yearning
A-way, way down inside
A-honey you need-ah
I'm gonna give you my love, ah
I'm gonna give you my love, ah oh
Whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
You've been cooling
And baby I've been drooling
All the good times, baby
I've been misusing
A-way, way down inside
I'm gonna give ya my love
I'm gonna give ya every inch of my love
I'm gonna give ya my love
Yeah!
Alright! Let's go!
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Way down inside
Woman, you need, yeah
Love
My, my, my, my
My, my, my, my
Lord
Shake for me girl
I wanna be your backdoor man
Hey, oh
Hey, oh, hey, oh
Ooh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Who my, my baby?
Keep it cooling, baby
A-keep it cooling, baby-baby
Ah-keep it cooling, baby
Ah-keep it cooling, baby
Ah-ah-oh
Baby, I'm not fooling
I'm gonna send ya
Back to schooling
Way down inside
A-honey you need it
I'm gonna give you my love
I'm gonna give you my love, oh
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
You've been learning
Um baby, I been learning
All them good times baby, baby
I've been yea-yearning
A-way, way down inside
A-honey you need-ah
I'm gonna give you my love, ah
I'm gonna give you my love, ah oh
Whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
You've been cooling
And baby I've been drooling
All the good times, baby
I've been misusing
A-way, way down inside
I'm gonna give ya my love
I'm gonna give ya every inch of my love
I'm gonna give ya my love
Yeah!
Alright! Let's go!
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Want a whole lotta love
Way down inside
Woman, you need, yeah
Love
My, my, my, my
My, my, my, my
Lord
Shake for me girl
I wanna be your backdoor man
Hey, oh
Hey, oh, hey, oh
Ooh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Who my, my baby?
Keep it cooling, baby
A-keep it cooling, baby-baby
Ah-keep it cooling, baby
Ah-keep it cooling, baby
Ah-ah-oh
Lyrics submitted by kevin, edited by LedZeppelin31, LHGL
Whole Lotta Love Lyrics as written by John Bonham Robert Anthony Plant
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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