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.
I'm on my second drink
But I've had a few before
I'm tryin' hard to think
And I think that I want you on the floor
Uh huh, yeah on the floor!
[Chorus]
Go on and take it off
Take it off!
Shake it off baby, for me
C'mon and break me off
Break me off!
Cause I get what I want and I like what I see
Need your love one, two, three
Stop starin' at my D cup
Don't waste time, just give it to me
C'mon baby, just feel me up
C'mon, just give it up
[Chorus]
Forget the application
You're the right guy for the task
Let me take you on vacation
Just do it, you don't have to ask!
Go on and take it off
Take it off!
Shake it off baby, for me
C'mon and break me off
Break me off!
Cause I get what I want and I like what I see
Take it off
Take it off!
Take it off baby, for me
Take it off
Take it off!
Take it off baby, for me.
But I've had a few before
I'm tryin' hard to think
And I think that I want you on the floor
Uh huh, yeah on the floor!
[Chorus]
Go on and take it off
Take it off!
Shake it off baby, for me
C'mon and break me off
Break me off!
Cause I get what I want and I like what I see
Need your love one, two, three
Stop starin' at my D cup
Don't waste time, just give it to me
C'mon baby, just feel me up
C'mon, just give it up
[Chorus]
Forget the application
You're the right guy for the task
Let me take you on vacation
Just do it, you don't have to ask!
Go on and take it off
Take it off!
Shake it off baby, for me
C'mon and break me off
Break me off!
Cause I get what I want and I like what I see
Take it off
Take it off!
Take it off baby, for me
Take it off
Take it off!
Take it off baby, for me.
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one of my favorites of them. And I don't understand why is this song offensive for guys...I mean, for guys girls are always sexual object...so let's change the roles a little bit :-)