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.
Language: Kanaka maoli from hawaii
CHORUS
Holo e ke kahakai
E me ku’u ipo
E nama I ma hoku
I ka la’I po
E noho I luna pe one
Ho’olohe kani nalu
He ‘ahi welawela wale
I loko i tou mata
Translation: Go to the beach with my lover
Look at the stars in the _____ sky
Sit on top the sand listening to the waves
The fire is very hot inside her eyes
Cruzin on the beach its me and my old lady
The one and only lovely girl Hawaiian baby
Pacific island queen when she arrives on the scene
Yes I met her back a couple years when she was a teen
Yes she knew just what she wanted and she knew just how to get it
The way she smile lighted up the room I can’t forget it
And now she’s by side I don’t what I’d do without her
I just enjoy the moment loving all the things about her
She’s just a Hawaiian girl dancin under the moon
She’s wearing slippas and lavalava loving my tune
She’s gotta flower in da ear and a shaka in the air
Away when the wind comes blowing her hair
Beauty like you never seen it
Only in Hawaii ne
Lady love you yes I mean it
And I’ll never go away
Can we spend the night together
Sitting by the sea
Maoli girl it’s just you and me
RAP:
Me nah I love them girls dem just a fensi ina di city
The island type of woman natural and looking pretty
And I wanna to spend time together with this princess
Arm in arm hand in hand, your sweetness is my weakness
Language: Niugini Pidgin
Turupula toromeri hau bai mi lusim yu
Turupula toromeri ya mi daidai lo yu
Suruk I suruk I kam I kaloftu rarapela nemeri bai no inap lo yu
Translation:
Faithful lover girl how could I leave you
I love you. Come close to me other women
Can’t compare to you.
CHORUS
Holo e ke kahakai
E me ku’u ipo
E nama I ma hoku
I ka la’I po
E noho I luna pe one
Ho’olohe kani nalu
He ‘ahi welawela wale
I loko i tou mata
Translation: Go to the beach with my lover
Look at the stars in the _____ sky
Sit on top the sand listening to the waves
The fire is very hot inside her eyes
Cruzin on the beach its me and my old lady
The one and only lovely girl Hawaiian baby
Pacific island queen when she arrives on the scene
Yes I met her back a couple years when she was a teen
Yes she knew just what she wanted and she knew just how to get it
The way she smile lighted up the room I can’t forget it
And now she’s by side I don’t what I’d do without her
I just enjoy the moment loving all the things about her
She’s just a Hawaiian girl dancin under the moon
She’s wearing slippas and lavalava loving my tune
She’s gotta flower in da ear and a shaka in the air
Away when the wind comes blowing her hair
Beauty like you never seen it
Only in Hawaii ne
Lady love you yes I mean it
And I’ll never go away
Can we spend the night together
Sitting by the sea
Maoli girl it’s just you and me
RAP:
Me nah I love them girls dem just a fensi ina di city
The island type of woman natural and looking pretty
And I wanna to spend time together with this princess
Arm in arm hand in hand, your sweetness is my weakness
Language: Niugini Pidgin
Turupula toromeri hau bai mi lusim yu
Turupula toromeri ya mi daidai lo yu
Suruk I suruk I kam I kaloftu rarapela nemeri bai no inap lo yu
Translation:
Faithful lover girl how could I leave you
I love you. Come close to me other women
Can’t compare to you.
Lyrics submitted by snrecords
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