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.
Ah chocolate girl, well you're looking like somethin' I want
(finding out true love is blind)
Ah your little Asian friend well, she can come if she wants
(finding out true love is blind)
I want all those self-conscious girls who try to hide who they are with make-up
(finding out true love is blind)
You know it's the girl with the frown with the tight pants i really want to shake up
(finding out true love is blind)
Hey carrot juice, I want to squeeze you the way until you bleed
(finding out true love is blind)
And your vanilla friend well she looks like something i need
(finding out true love is blind)
I want miss little smart girl with your glasses and all your books
(finding out true love is blind)
And i want the stupid girl who gives me all those dirty looks
(finding out true love is blind)
wind you up and make you crawl to me
Tie you up until you call to me
Wind you up and make you crawl to me
Tie you up until you call to me
Oh brown girl with your hot pants shakin' that thing on the street
(finding out true love is blind)
Yeah the short girls with the way they crawl knocks me off my feet
(finding out true love is blind)
And all the tough girls who never want me to see them cry
(finding out true love is blind)
And the girls who say treat me like a dog until the day i die
(finding out true love is blind)
Ah chocolate girl, well you're looking like somethin' I want
Ah your little asian friend well, she can come if she wants
I want all those self-conscious girls who try to hide who they are with make-up
You know it's the girl with the frown with the tight pants i really want to shake up
Hey carrot juice, I want to squeeze you the way until you bleed
(finding out true love is blind)
And your vanilla friend well she looks like something i need
(finding out true love is blind)
I want miss little smart girl with your glasses and all your books
(finding out true love is blind)
And i want the stupid girl who gives me all those dirty looks
(finding out true love is blind)
Wind me up and make me crawl to you
Tie me up and make me call to you
Wind you up and make you crawl to me
Tie me up until you call to me
ah
(finding out true love is blind)
ah
(finding out true love is blind)
ah
(finding out true love is blind)
ah
(finding out true love is blind)
Ah your little Asian friend well, she can come if she wants
(finding out true love is blind)
I want all those self-conscious girls who try to hide who they are with make-up
(finding out true love is blind)
You know it's the girl with the frown with the tight pants i really want to shake up
(finding out true love is blind)
Hey carrot juice, I want to squeeze you the way until you bleed
(finding out true love is blind)
And your vanilla friend well she looks like something i need
(finding out true love is blind)
I want miss little smart girl with your glasses and all your books
(finding out true love is blind)
And i want the stupid girl who gives me all those dirty looks
(finding out true love is blind)
wind you up and make you crawl to me
Tie you up until you call to me
Wind you up and make you crawl to me
Tie you up until you call to me
Oh brown girl with your hot pants shakin' that thing on the street
(finding out true love is blind)
Yeah the short girls with the way they crawl knocks me off my feet
(finding out true love is blind)
And all the tough girls who never want me to see them cry
(finding out true love is blind)
And the girls who say treat me like a dog until the day i die
(finding out true love is blind)
Ah chocolate girl, well you're looking like somethin' I want
Ah your little asian friend well, she can come if she wants
I want all those self-conscious girls who try to hide who they are with make-up
You know it's the girl with the frown with the tight pants i really want to shake up
Hey carrot juice, I want to squeeze you the way until you bleed
(finding out true love is blind)
And your vanilla friend well she looks like something i need
(finding out true love is blind)
I want miss little smart girl with your glasses and all your books
(finding out true love is blind)
And i want the stupid girl who gives me all those dirty looks
(finding out true love is blind)
Wind me up and make me crawl to you
Tie me up and make me call to you
Wind you up and make you crawl to me
Tie me up until you call to me
ah
(finding out true love is blind)
ah
(finding out true love is blind)
ah
(finding out true love is blind)
ah
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Finding Out True Love Is Blind Lyrics as written by Jason Staehler Hill Brian Joseph Karscig
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I've had to listen to this song countless times (anybody who has played MVP Baseball 2005, as it is on the soundtrack, knows what I mean). I really don't like this song a lot. The sound to me is just blech. I agree definitely with the Queen influence, but Queen was original and excellent. It just seems to me that they are trying to hard. I mean, I'm not gonna come on to a board of a band I don't like and just say "omg this band sucks". I know I don't like that for my favorite bands. I just want to give my honest opinion on here. The lyrics to me just sound sexist. I know there have been mentions of sarcasm and such but I think that the lyrical combination with the music just produces an overly sexual tone. If you are trying to get people to view your lyrics as a sarcastic hit on society shouldn't there be some sort of metaphorical comparison? Instead it just sounds straight up like another womanizing song.
The Variable, I definitely see where you get that point, however shouldn't "True Love" be about love and not lust? I don't get that vibe from the song. I've had to listen to this song enough that I was just thinking all this and I figured I would run it by some others who obviously have heard the song and have an opinion. (And one final thing, it isn't that I don't like the song cause I've heard it too much, I really didn't like the song much from the get go, and the repetition has not made it grow on me.)