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.
Some people call me the space cowboy..
Some call me the gangser of love..
Some people call him Paulie..
Cuz I speak of the compitice of love...
People talk about me baby..
saying Im doing you wrong, doing you wrong..
Dont you worry baby.. dont worry..
cuz Im right here , right here, right here, right here at home...
Cuz Im a picker, Im a criter, Im a lover and Im a sinner..
I play my music in the sun..
Im a joker, Im a smoker, Im a midnight toker..
I give my loving on the run..
Your the cutest thing that I ever did see..
Really love your peaches for the shake your tree..
Lovey dovey, lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time..
I'll sh.. show you a good time.. Cuz Im a picker.. Im a criter,
Im a lover and Im a sinner..
I play my music in the sun..
Im a joker, Im a smoker, Im a midnight toker..
I give my loving on the run..
People keep talking about me baby..
saying Im doing you wrong..
Well dont you worry, dont worry, no dont worry mamma' ,
cuz Im right here at home..
Cuz Im a picker, Im a criter, Im a lover and Im a sinner..
I play my music in the sun..
Im a joker, Im a smoker, Im a midnight toker..
I give my loving on the run..
Some call me the gangser of love..
Some people call him Paulie..
Cuz I speak of the compitice of love...
People talk about me baby..
saying Im doing you wrong, doing you wrong..
Dont you worry baby.. dont worry..
cuz Im right here , right here, right here, right here at home...
Cuz Im a picker, Im a criter, Im a lover and Im a sinner..
I play my music in the sun..
Im a joker, Im a smoker, Im a midnight toker..
I give my loving on the run..
Your the cutest thing that I ever did see..
Really love your peaches for the shake your tree..
Lovey dovey, lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time..
I'll sh.. show you a good time.. Cuz Im a picker.. Im a criter,
Im a lover and Im a sinner..
I play my music in the sun..
Im a joker, Im a smoker, Im a midnight toker..
I give my loving on the run..
People keep talking about me baby..
saying Im doing you wrong..
Well dont you worry, dont worry, no dont worry mamma' ,
cuz Im right here at home..
Cuz Im a picker, Im a criter, Im a lover and Im a sinner..
I play my music in the sun..
Im a joker, Im a smoker, Im a midnight toker..
I give my loving on the run..
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I think this song was originally done by Tom Petty, but it might have been someone else. I just know this isn't an original Twiztid song.