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.
She's a very kinky girl
The kind you don't take home to mother
She will never let your spirits down
Once you get her off the street, oh girl
She likes the boys in the band
She says that I'm her all time favorite
When I make my move to her room
It's the right time, she's never hard to please, oh no
That girl is pretty wild now
The girl's a super freak
The kind of girl you read about
In new-wave magazines
That girl is pretty kinky
The girl's a super freak
I'd really love to taste her
Every time we meet
She's all right, she's all right
That girl's all right with me, yeah
Hey, hey, hey, hey
She's a super freak, super freak
She's super freaky, yow
Everybody sing
Super freak, super freak
She's a very special girl (the kind of girl you want around)
From her head down to her toenails (down to her feet, yeah)
And she'll wait for me at backstage with her girlfriends
In a limousine (long and black and shiny, now)
Three's not a crowd to her, she said (ménage à trois, oh my God)
"Room 714, I'll be waiting"
When I get there she's got incense, wine and candles
It's such a freaky scene
That girl is pretty kinky
The girl's a super freak
The kind of girl you read about
In new-wave magazines
That girl is pretty wild now
The girl's a super freak
I'd really like to taste her
Every time we meet
She's all right, she's all right
That girl's all right with me, yeah
Hey, hey, hey, hey
She's a super freak, super freak
She's super freaky, yow
Temptations sing
Ohh
Super freak, super freak
That girl's a super freak
Ohh
She's a very kinky girl
The kind you won't take home to mother
And she will never let your spirits down
Once you get her off the street
Blow Danny
Ow, girl
Ow, girl
The kind you don't take home to mother
She will never let your spirits down
Once you get her off the street, oh girl
She likes the boys in the band
She says that I'm her all time favorite
When I make my move to her room
It's the right time, she's never hard to please, oh no
That girl is pretty wild now
The girl's a super freak
The kind of girl you read about
In new-wave magazines
That girl is pretty kinky
The girl's a super freak
I'd really love to taste her
Every time we meet
She's all right, she's all right
That girl's all right with me, yeah
Hey, hey, hey, hey
She's a super freak, super freak
She's super freaky, yow
Everybody sing
Super freak, super freak
She's a very special girl (the kind of girl you want around)
From her head down to her toenails (down to her feet, yeah)
And she'll wait for me at backstage with her girlfriends
In a limousine (long and black and shiny, now)
Three's not a crowd to her, she said (ménage à trois, oh my God)
"Room 714, I'll be waiting"
When I get there she's got incense, wine and candles
It's such a freaky scene
That girl is pretty kinky
The girl's a super freak
The kind of girl you read about
In new-wave magazines
That girl is pretty wild now
The girl's a super freak
I'd really like to taste her
Every time we meet
She's all right, she's all right
That girl's all right with me, yeah
Hey, hey, hey, hey
She's a super freak, super freak
She's super freaky, yow
Temptations sing
Ohh
Super freak, super freak
That girl's a super freak
Ohh
She's a very kinky girl
The kind you won't take home to mother
And she will never let your spirits down
Once you get her off the street
Blow Danny
Ow, girl
Ow, girl
Lyrics submitted by maggotbrain
Super Freak Lyrics as written by Rick James Alonzo Miller
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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exactly, it's rather insulting