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.
Early morning, as she wakes from her sleep
9 to 5 is the day that she'll keep
Ties her hair up and her blouse buttoned tight
Gets her work done as she waits for the night...
All the people, tell me what would they say
If they knew her, how she hides it away
Locked inside, there's the start of a flame
And the feelings that she never will tame
Ooh as she's walking around like a mystery
Ooh there's a woman that nobody sees livin' inside
[Chorus:]
Thrills in the night, far from the light, passion taking over
Prices she pays, all through the days, no on really knows her
In the evening when she takes to the street
She goes hunting with a body in heat
And desires she's kept hidden inside make her tingle
And she knows why she lies
Ooh as she's walking around like a mystery
Ooh there's a woman that nobody sees living inside
Thrills in the night, far from the light, passion taking over
Prices she pays, all through the days, no on really knows her
Thrills in the night, far from the light, passion taking over
Prices she pays, all through the days, no on really knows her
See the stranger that she's pushing away
As she dresses for the start of a day
And desires she's kept hidden inside make her tingle
Yeah she knows why she lies
Thrills in the night, far from the light, passion taking over
Prices she pays, all through the days, no on really knows her
9 to 5 is the day that she'll keep
Ties her hair up and her blouse buttoned tight
Gets her work done as she waits for the night...
All the people, tell me what would they say
If they knew her, how she hides it away
Locked inside, there's the start of a flame
And the feelings that she never will tame
Ooh as she's walking around like a mystery
Ooh there's a woman that nobody sees livin' inside
[Chorus:]
Thrills in the night, far from the light, passion taking over
Prices she pays, all through the days, no on really knows her
In the evening when she takes to the street
She goes hunting with a body in heat
And desires she's kept hidden inside make her tingle
And she knows why she lies
Ooh as she's walking around like a mystery
Ooh there's a woman that nobody sees living inside
Thrills in the night, far from the light, passion taking over
Prices she pays, all through the days, no on really knows her
Thrills in the night, far from the light, passion taking over
Prices she pays, all through the days, no on really knows her
See the stranger that she's pushing away
As she dresses for the start of a day
And desires she's kept hidden inside make her tingle
Yeah she knows why she lies
Thrills in the night, far from the light, passion taking over
Prices she pays, all through the days, no on really knows her
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae
Thrills in the Night Lyrics as written by Paul Stanley Jean Beauvoir
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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It's about a lady of the night who leads a double life. She keeps her secret well during the day but the excitement and thrills of the night continue to bring her back each night.