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.
This party is old and uninviting
Participants all in black and white
You enter in full-blown technicolor
Nothing is the same after tonight
If the world would fall apart in a fiction worthy wind
I wouldn't change a thing now that you're here
Yeah, love is a verb here in my room
Here in my room, here in my room
Yeah, love is a verb here in my room
Here in my room, here in my room
You enter and close the door behind you
Now show me the world as seen from the stars
If only the lights would dim a little
I'm weary of eyes upon my scars
If the world would fall apart in a fiction worthy wind
I wouldn't change a thing now that you're here
Yeah, love is a verb here in my room
Here in my room, here in my room
Yeah, love is a verb here in my room
Here in my room, here in my room
Pink tractor beam into your incision
Head spinning as free as dervish's whirl
I came here expecting next to nothing
So, thank you for being that kind of girl, kind of girl
That kind of girl
That kind of girl
That kind of girl
That kind of girl
That kind of girl
That kind of girl
That kind of girl
That kind of girl
That kind of girl
Participants all in black and white
You enter in full-blown technicolor
Nothing is the same after tonight
If the world would fall apart in a fiction worthy wind
I wouldn't change a thing now that you're here
Yeah, love is a verb here in my room
Here in my room, here in my room
Yeah, love is a verb here in my room
Here in my room, here in my room
You enter and close the door behind you
Now show me the world as seen from the stars
If only the lights would dim a little
I'm weary of eyes upon my scars
If the world would fall apart in a fiction worthy wind
I wouldn't change a thing now that you're here
Yeah, love is a verb here in my room
Here in my room, here in my room
Yeah, love is a verb here in my room
Here in my room, here in my room
Pink tractor beam into your incision
Head spinning as free as dervish's whirl
I came here expecting next to nothing
So, thank you for being that kind of girl, kind of girl
That kind of girl
That kind of girl
That kind of girl
That kind of girl
That kind of girl
That kind of girl
That kind of girl
That kind of girl
That kind of girl
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Here in My Room Lyrics as written by Michael Aaron Einziger Brandon Charles Boyd
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i've had a lot of talk about the meaning of this song... many say its sex... sex sex sex. i'd be depressed if that's ALL it is. it'sone of the most beautiful songs on earth musically... it's gotta be more!!!! "love is a verb here in my room" verb means action, that's why people think sex, plus "pink tractorbeam into your incision"... but it could also just mean in his room is where he finds his solace with love...
@Jondude11 To be honest, I think the fact that it is one of the most musically pretty songs on the album and on many albums makes it all the more awesome that it is about sex. I look at it like this, one of the reasons I love incubus is because they are so different in many ways, when I first heard this song, I was like WOW this is so beautiful, it makes me melt a bit, and it is such a pretty deceleration of love, but than I paid attention to the lyrics and was like WHOA Hold up... This is totally about a hook up. Now, think about all the ONE NIGHT STAND songs, nothing compares to this, the thing that makes it even more pretty is the fact, that he isn't rubbing it in the face that HEY I GOT LAID, one night hook up yay me notch on the belt, NO he is saying how beautiful it is when the unexpected comes and snatches you off your feet, when you are someplace, so uncomfortable, so out of place, and you connect with someone even for 1 night, how magical it can be. It is to me a song about how amazing the perfect moment can be, and for many, they have had nights where the night just seemed out of place, and the seemingly littlest thing like a one night hook up can make a magical thing out of the mundane.<br /> <br /> Taking something that is somewhat considered taboo like a one nighter and making it so pure and beautiful is what makes incubus so amazing.<br /> <br /> I have experienced a night where I was just not excited about where I was, and felt lost, confused, upset, and out of left field became entangled in a situation with someone that ended up being exhilarating and magical, it doesn't have to be a hook up, but in this case the simplest nature of the one night stand matches with the beauty of the song.<br /> <br /> <br /> Think about it... everything is dull, plain, boring... a technicolor explosion of a person enters the room, and you end up together. It doesn't HAVE to be sex, but that is this story, the sex is what puts it over the top, I came here expecting next to nothing, and this girl came in, and lit up his night, sucked him into her, and showed him the world seen from the stars.... If you have ever had a one night stand, a true one night stand, I mean when you leave the state to return home the next day, with never a chance of meeting again you smile a bit, and say. WOW thanks for being that kind of girl, we have fun, enjoyed one another, and never have to do anything else.... It really is a perfect display of the magic of a intimate connection between 2 strangers who are connected and attracted even if it is 1 night<br />