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.
Cherry Cherry, Boom Boom
Gaga
Boy, we've had a real good time
And I wish you the best on your way, eh
I didn't mean to hurt you
I never thought we'd fall out of place, eh, hey
I have something that I love long, long
But my friends keep a-tellin' me that something's wrong
Then I met someone
And eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh, eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh, eh
I wish he never looked at me that way
Eh, eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh, hey
Not that I don't care about you
Just that things got so compliquées, eh
I met somebody cute and funny
Got each other and that's funny, eh, eh, hey
I have something that I love long, long
But my friends keepa' tellin' me that something's wrong
Then I met someone
And eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh, eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh, eh
I wish he never looked at me that way
Eh, eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh, hey
(Eh, eh, eh, eh)
(Eh, eh, hey, yeah)
I have something that I love long, long
But my friends keep a-tellin' me that something's wrong
Then I met someone
And eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh, eh
Eh, eh, eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh, eh
Wish he never looked at me that way
Eh, hey (ooh, yeah)
There's nothing else I can say (eh-eh)
Eh (eh-eh), eh (eh-eh)
Wish he never looked at me that way (eh-eh)
Eh (eh-eh), eh (eh-eh)
There's nothing else I can say (eh-eh)
Eh (eh-eh), eh (hey)
Cherry Cherry, Boom Boom
Eh, hey
Oh yeah
All I can say is, "Eh-eh"
Gaga
Boy, we've had a real good time
And I wish you the best on your way, eh
I didn't mean to hurt you
I never thought we'd fall out of place, eh, hey
I have something that I love long, long
But my friends keep a-tellin' me that something's wrong
Then I met someone
And eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh, eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh, eh
I wish he never looked at me that way
Eh, eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh, hey
Not that I don't care about you
Just that things got so compliquées, eh
I met somebody cute and funny
Got each other and that's funny, eh, eh, hey
I have something that I love long, long
But my friends keepa' tellin' me that something's wrong
Then I met someone
And eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh, eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh, eh
I wish he never looked at me that way
Eh, eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh, hey
(Eh, eh, eh, eh)
(Eh, eh, hey, yeah)
I have something that I love long, long
But my friends keep a-tellin' me that something's wrong
Then I met someone
And eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh, eh
Eh, eh, eh
There's nothing else I can say
Eh, eh
Wish he never looked at me that way
Eh, hey (ooh, yeah)
There's nothing else I can say (eh-eh)
Eh (eh-eh), eh (eh-eh)
Wish he never looked at me that way (eh-eh)
Eh (eh-eh), eh (eh-eh)
There's nothing else I can say (eh-eh)
Eh (eh-eh), eh (hey)
Cherry Cherry, Boom Boom
Eh, hey
Oh yeah
All I can say is, "Eh-eh"
Lyrics submitted by Yumi, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) Lyrics as written by Stefani J. Germanotta Martin Kierszenbaum
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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