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.
You wanna lift me off my feet, parakeet
You got the crazy cream o' wheat, heatin' up my seat
And everytime you turn to leave, boy it's killin' me
That bonfire that you built in me is throwin' heat
I got a funny feelin' that your underneath my skin
The way your snappin' and zappin' it to my slim and jim
You think you know me forever, like we been next to kin
But we just met me in the bathtub in the basement
You got that boom boom thing that makes my body bang
Got that boom boom thing (I got that fire)
Turn that boom box space right up and in my face
Gimme boom boom bang (I got that f-f-fire)
Boy your boom boom thing, just like a boomerang
Drives the girls insane (I got that fire)
Watch your boom boom base, were runnin' through my veins
Gimme boom boom bang (I got that f-f-fire)
You try to tell that you're babysittin' cousins, brother
But I don't care cause all I wanna makes' an album cover
The promise land that you be tryna land is undiscovered
You smell that fire, baby, that's cause we be burnin' rubbber
Up on the four-five, skiddin' on the one-oh-one
We sixty-ninen' on the sixty-six of Cossacun
Trees and autumn leaves, kneelin' right before the sun
And when the night and moon are ??? another days begun
Boom boom bang, b-boom bang, bang
Boom boom bang, boom
(I got that fire)
You got that boom boom thing that makes my body bang
Got that boom boom thing (I got that fire)
Turn that boom box space right up and in my face
Gimme boom boom bang (I got that f-f-fire)
Boy your boom boom thing, just like a boomerang
Drives the girls insane (I got that fire)
Watch your boom boom base, were runnin' through my veins
Gimme boom boom bang (I got that f-f-fire)
[Rap Solo]
??? shrimp and biscuits
You got a question, ask my mistress
I bought a coat and then you fit this
Swallow the truth and make you shitless
House of the mouse, don't try to flip this
Rolled on the tonsils, eat with quickness
Kesha's the best and you can't touch this
??? bring that ruckess
[Rapper] I know you wanna ride the camel till its pocket wing (me?)
[Kesha] No boy, I'm sharper than a drop inside cactus leaf
[Rapper] You tryna to front and tell me that I don't provide the boom?
[Kesha] Nah boy, I'm sayin' that I bring it hard so make the room
{Chorus}
You got that boom boom thing that makes my body bang
Got that boom boom thing (I got that fire)
Turn that boom box space right up and in my face
Gimme boom boom bang (I got that f-f-fire)
Boy your boom boom thing, just like a boomerang
Drives the girls insane (I got that fire)
Got your boom boom base, were runnin' through my veins
Gimme boom boom bang (I got that fire)
You got that boom boom thing that makes my body bang
Got that boom boom thing (I got that fire)
Turn that boom box space right up and in my face
Gimme boom boom bang (I got that f-f-fire)
Boy your boom boom thing, just like a boomerang
Drives the girls insane (I got that fire)
Got your boom boom base, were runnin' through my veins
Gimme boom boom bang
You got the crazy cream o' wheat, heatin' up my seat
And everytime you turn to leave, boy it's killin' me
That bonfire that you built in me is throwin' heat
I got a funny feelin' that your underneath my skin
The way your snappin' and zappin' it to my slim and jim
You think you know me forever, like we been next to kin
But we just met me in the bathtub in the basement
You got that boom boom thing that makes my body bang
Got that boom boom thing (I got that fire)
Turn that boom box space right up and in my face
Gimme boom boom bang (I got that f-f-fire)
Boy your boom boom thing, just like a boomerang
Drives the girls insane (I got that fire)
Watch your boom boom base, were runnin' through my veins
Gimme boom boom bang (I got that f-f-fire)
You try to tell that you're babysittin' cousins, brother
But I don't care cause all I wanna makes' an album cover
The promise land that you be tryna land is undiscovered
You smell that fire, baby, that's cause we be burnin' rubbber
Up on the four-five, skiddin' on the one-oh-one
We sixty-ninen' on the sixty-six of Cossacun
Trees and autumn leaves, kneelin' right before the sun
And when the night and moon are ??? another days begun
Boom boom bang, b-boom bang, bang
Boom boom bang, boom
(I got that fire)
You got that boom boom thing that makes my body bang
Got that boom boom thing (I got that fire)
Turn that boom box space right up and in my face
Gimme boom boom bang (I got that f-f-fire)
Boy your boom boom thing, just like a boomerang
Drives the girls insane (I got that fire)
Watch your boom boom base, were runnin' through my veins
Gimme boom boom bang (I got that f-f-fire)
[Rap Solo]
??? shrimp and biscuits
You got a question, ask my mistress
I bought a coat and then you fit this
Swallow the truth and make you shitless
House of the mouse, don't try to flip this
Rolled on the tonsils, eat with quickness
Kesha's the best and you can't touch this
??? bring that ruckess
[Rapper] I know you wanna ride the camel till its pocket wing (me?)
[Kesha] No boy, I'm sharper than a drop inside cactus leaf
[Rapper] You tryna to front and tell me that I don't provide the boom?
[Kesha] Nah boy, I'm sayin' that I bring it hard so make the room
{Chorus}
You got that boom boom thing that makes my body bang
Got that boom boom thing (I got that fire)
Turn that boom box space right up and in my face
Gimme boom boom bang (I got that f-f-fire)
Boy your boom boom thing, just like a boomerang
Drives the girls insane (I got that fire)
Got your boom boom base, were runnin' through my veins
Gimme boom boom bang (I got that fire)
You got that boom boom thing that makes my body bang
Got that boom boom thing (I got that fire)
Turn that boom box space right up and in my face
Gimme boom boom bang (I got that f-f-fire)
Boy your boom boom thing, just like a boomerang
Drives the girls insane (I got that fire)
Got your boom boom base, were runnin' through my veins
Gimme boom boom bang
Lyrics submitted by thrwmyhrtawy.
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these lyrics aren't totally correct. these are the correct lyrics for the most part:
You wanna lift me off my feet, parakeet You got the crazy cream o' wheat, heatin' up my seat And every time you turn to leave, boy it's killin' me That bonfire that you built in me is throwin' heat I got a funny feelin' that you're underneath my skin The way your snappin' and tappin' it to my slim and jim You think you know me forever, like we been next of kin But we just met me in the bathtub in the basement
You got that boom boom thing that makes my body bang Got that boom boom thing (I got that fire) Turn that boom box bass right up and in my face Gimme boom boom bang (I got that f-f-fire) Boy your boom boom thing, just like a boomerang Drives the girls insane (I got that fire) Want your boom boom bass, r-runnin' through my veins Gimme boom boom bang (I got that f-f-fire)
You try to tell that you're Biggie's second cousin's brother But I don't care cause all I wanna makes' an album cover The promise land that you be tryna land is undiscovered You smell that fire, baby, that's cause we be burnin' rubber Up on the 405, skiddin' on the 101 We sixty-ninen' on the sixty-six across the countr- Trees and autumn leaves, kneelin' right before the sun And when the night and moon O.D. another day's begun
Boom boom bang, b-boom bang, bang Boom boom bang, boom (I got that fire)
You got that boom boom thing that makes my body bang Got that boom boom thing (I got that fire) Turn that boom box bass right up and in my face Gimme boom boom bang (I got that f-f-fire) Boy your boom boom thing, just like a boomerang Drives the girls insane (I got that fire) Want your boom boom bass, r-runnin' through my veins Gimme boom boom bang (I got that f-f-fire)
[Busbee] Steaks with a shake and shrimp and biscuits You got a question, ask my mistress I bought a coat and then you fit this Swallow the truth and make you shit this House of the mouse, don't try to flip this Rolled on the tonsils, eat with quickness Kesha's the best and you can't touch this Cam of the wutang (?) bring that ruckus
[Rapper] I know you wanna ride the camel til its pocket leak [Kesha] No boy, I'm sharper than a drop inside cactus leaf [Rapper] You tryna to front and tell me that I don't provide the boom? [Kesha] Nah boy, I'm sayin' that I bring it hard so make the room
{Chorus} You got that boom boom thing that makes my body bang Got that boom boom thing (I got that fire) Turn that boom box bass right up and in my face Gimme boom boom bang (I got that f-f-fire) Boy your boom boom thing, just like a boomerang Drives the girls insane (I got that fire) Want your boom boom bass, r-runnin' through my veins Gimme boom boom bang (I got that f-f-fire)
You got that boom boom thing that makes my body bang Got that boom boom thing (I got that fire) Turn that boom box bass right up and in my face Gimme boom boom bang (I got that f-f-fire) Boy your boom boom thing, just like a boomerang Drives the girls insane (I got that fire) Want your boom boom bass, r-runnin' through my veins Gimme boom boom bang
I love this song. it's so different and the beat's great.
Awesome