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
Lyrics submitted by AntiSocialoO
Finding Out True Love Is Blind Lyrics as written by Jason Staehler Hill Brian Joseph Karscig
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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