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.
Baby said you had to be a lover
One way or the other
Nobody wins without once giving in
so don't cry now , don't cry now
Love is just a game you played in high school
Girls know how to be cruel
Most of the time girls are cruel to be kind
so don't cry now , don't cry now
And we try to be cool as we dance in a crowded room
At the end of the day , makin' love to a paper moon
She said , boys do fall in love , they make time
They get love on a Saturday night
And she said , hearts beat as they dance
in the street to a radio , oh
Boys fall in love
Baby knows I like to be excited
No one wants to fight it
It's getting late so I'll just demonstrate
Don't cry now , don't cry now
And we try to be cool as we dance in a crowded room
At the end of the day , makin' love to a paper moon
And she said , boys do fall in love , they make love
They get love on a Saturday night
And she said , hearts beat as they dance
in the street to a radio , oh
Oh , boys do fall in love ,they make time (they make time)
They get love on a Saturday night
And she said , hearts beat as they dance
in the street to a radio
Oh, boys fall in love
Boys, boys , oh , boys , boys , boys , oh
Boys, boys , boys , oh
Boys, boys , boys , boys
Boys do fall in love , etc (fade out)
One way or the other
Nobody wins without once giving in
so don't cry now , don't cry now
Love is just a game you played in high school
Girls know how to be cruel
Most of the time girls are cruel to be kind
so don't cry now , don't cry now
And we try to be cool as we dance in a crowded room
At the end of the day , makin' love to a paper moon
She said , boys do fall in love , they make time
They get love on a Saturday night
And she said , hearts beat as they dance
in the street to a radio , oh
Boys fall in love
Baby knows I like to be excited
No one wants to fight it
It's getting late so I'll just demonstrate
Don't cry now , don't cry now
And we try to be cool as we dance in a crowded room
At the end of the day , makin' love to a paper moon
And she said , boys do fall in love , they make love
They get love on a Saturday night
And she said , hearts beat as they dance
in the street to a radio , oh
Oh , boys do fall in love ,they make time (they make time)
They get love on a Saturday night
And she said , hearts beat as they dance
in the street to a radio
Oh, boys fall in love
Boys, boys , oh , boys , boys , boys , oh
Boys, boys , boys , oh
Boys, boys , boys , boys
Boys do fall in love , etc (fade out)
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Boys Do Fall in Love Lyrics as written by Robin Hugh Gibb Maurice Ernest Gibb
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