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're my fatal attraction
Oh, no, I can't stop
You're my midnight fantasy
You're my cream of the crop
I'm comin' home, girl
I'm comin' home
You're my soaking wet ecstasy
Like sex on the beach
I want to take you home now, girl
Gonna practice what I preach, dig
I'm comin' home, girl
I'm comin' home now
I can taste your sweet emotion
I can feel it runnin' hot
Our veins of passion pumping so strong
We're like gas and fire got a burnin' desire
Them sparks are gonna fly and we'll be
Shakin', shakin'
Tearin' down the walls
Little by little, inch by inch
Tearin' down the walls
Screamin', scratchin'
Tearin' down the walls
Little by little, inch by inch
Tearin' down the walls
I just want to eat you up
Like a lion in a cage
Just get a little bit closer, girl
And that's all I'll need to say
I'm comin' home, girl
I'm comin' home now
You're like a slave to the rhythm
I'm gonna put you to the test
You turn up the heat, turn on the light
And I'll do the rest
I'm comin' home, girl
I'm comin home now
I can taste your sweet emotion
I can feel it runnin' hot
Our veins of passion pumping so strong
We're like gas and fire got a burnin' desire
Them sparks are gonna fly and we'll be
Shakin', shakin'
Tearin' down the walls
Little by little, inch by inch
Tearin' down the walls
Screamin', scratchin'
Tearin' down the walls
Little by little, inch by inch
Tearin' down the
Shakin', shakin'
Tearin' down the walls
Little by little, inch by inch
Tearin' down the walls
Screamin', scratchin'
Tearin' down the walls
Little by little, inch by inch
Tearin' down the walls
Baby, gonna shakin'
Baby, gonna makin'
Wow, na, na, na, shakin', just tearin' down the walls
Oh, no, I can't stop
You're my midnight fantasy
You're my cream of the crop
I'm comin' home, girl
I'm comin' home
You're my soaking wet ecstasy
Like sex on the beach
I want to take you home now, girl
Gonna practice what I preach, dig
I'm comin' home, girl
I'm comin' home now
I can taste your sweet emotion
I can feel it runnin' hot
Our veins of passion pumping so strong
We're like gas and fire got a burnin' desire
Them sparks are gonna fly and we'll be
Shakin', shakin'
Tearin' down the walls
Little by little, inch by inch
Tearin' down the walls
Screamin', scratchin'
Tearin' down the walls
Little by little, inch by inch
Tearin' down the walls
I just want to eat you up
Like a lion in a cage
Just get a little bit closer, girl
And that's all I'll need to say
I'm comin' home, girl
I'm comin' home now
You're like a slave to the rhythm
I'm gonna put you to the test
You turn up the heat, turn on the light
And I'll do the rest
I'm comin' home, girl
I'm comin home now
I can taste your sweet emotion
I can feel it runnin' hot
Our veins of passion pumping so strong
We're like gas and fire got a burnin' desire
Them sparks are gonna fly and we'll be
Shakin', shakin'
Tearin' down the walls
Little by little, inch by inch
Tearin' down the walls
Screamin', scratchin'
Tearin' down the walls
Little by little, inch by inch
Tearin' down the
Shakin', shakin'
Tearin' down the walls
Little by little, inch by inch
Tearin' down the walls
Screamin', scratchin'
Tearin' down the walls
Little by little, inch by inch
Tearin' down the walls
Baby, gonna shakin'
Baby, gonna makin'
Wow, na, na, na, shakin', just tearin' down the walls
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I'm surprised no one has commented on this one yet. This is, by far, Poison's best song. I love the way the tempo increases to a fervor.