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.
Got the heat turned on and the windows down
She's hell on wheels, telling everyone how good it feels
My teethy she-wolf, knocking on my door
She wants to roam the road just to get down on the floor
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up little boy and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up, little boy, and ride
Steering with her knees, she's got both hands free
Using the cruise control, you know, reaching over she likes to tease
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up little boy and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up, little boy, and ride
Just use your body, don't need to hitch-hike
When you ride with me, little boy, take it any way you like
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up little boy and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up, little boy, and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up little boy and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up, little boy, and ride
Creatures and swerves, screwing up my nerves, start flying across the seat
Pulling me close at every curve
Just use your body, she says, don't hitch hike
When you ride with me, little boy, take it any way you like
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up little boy and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up, little boy, and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up little boy and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up, little boy, and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up little boy and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up, little boy, and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up little boy and ride
She said ride
She's hell on wheels, telling everyone how good it feels
My teethy she-wolf, knocking on my door
She wants to roam the road just to get down on the floor
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up little boy and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up, little boy, and ride
Steering with her knees, she's got both hands free
Using the cruise control, you know, reaching over she likes to tease
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up little boy and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up, little boy, and ride
Just use your body, don't need to hitch-hike
When you ride with me, little boy, take it any way you like
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up little boy and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up, little boy, and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up little boy and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up, little boy, and ride
Creatures and swerves, screwing up my nerves, start flying across the seat
Pulling me close at every curve
Just use your body, she says, don't hitch hike
When you ride with me, little boy, take it any way you like
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up little boy and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up, little boy, and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up little boy and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up, little boy, and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up little boy and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up, little boy, and ride
She said let's ride, rev it up, rev it up little boy and ride
She said ride
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awesome song!
Wouldn't that be "Screeches and swerves," not "Creatures and swerves"?<br /> <br /> Also, I have a hunch that this song might possibly be about sex, and yet also about a woman driving a car. Pretty deep!<br />