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.
Baby, I like it when it feels this good
You always seem to make me smile
Can't nobody do what you do
When you love me just a little while
I, I know you got somewhere to go
And I've got somewhere to be right now
We can wait all day long
If you want to get a little while
I don't want to be a distraction to you
No, no, no
So maybe I'll just lay around
Play by myself
While touching on my favorite fruit, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Can't stop thinkin' bout the things we do
And how it feels makin' love to you
I'm ready to get it, baby
If you've got it to dish out, yeah
Just love me for a little while
I wanna make it like a dream for you
Turn every fantasy into the truth
You know, I'll take it anywhere
That you want to go right now, right now
Just to love you for a little while
I, I like sleeping in your clothes
To smell you makes it all come down
When I think about me and you
Sometimes I get a little loud
Baby, I know we did it all night long
And I didn't want to burn you out
'Cause you know how much I like to do it
In the morning, it's another round
I don't know if you have other things to do
No, no, no
So maybe I'll just lay around, play by myself
While touching on my favorite fruit, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Can't stop thinkin' 'bout the things we do
And how it feels makin' love to you
I'm ready to get it, baby
If you've got it to dish out, yeah
Just love me for a little while
I wanna make it like a dream for you
And turn every fantasy into the truth
You know, I'll take it anywhere
That you want to go right now, right now
Just to love you for a little while
My passion flows like a river that has no end
I wanna know everything you'll let me do to you, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Tell me what you like, baby
You want to play with my strawberry
Sometimes when I think about me and you
I can get real loud
Can't stop thinkin' 'bout the things we do
And how it feels makin' love to you
I'm ready to get it, baby
If you've got it to dish out, yeah
Just love me for a little while
I wanna make it like a dream for you
And turn every fantasy into the truth
You know, I'll take it anywhere
That you want to go right now
Just to love you for a little while
Just love me
Just love me for a little while
I'll take it anywhere for you
Just love me for a little while
You make my juices flow
Just love me for a little while
Tell me everything you'll let me do to you
Just love me for a little while
You always seem to make me smile
Can't nobody do what you do
When you love me just a little while
I, I know you got somewhere to go
And I've got somewhere to be right now
We can wait all day long
If you want to get a little while
I don't want to be a distraction to you
No, no, no
So maybe I'll just lay around
Play by myself
While touching on my favorite fruit, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Can't stop thinkin' bout the things we do
And how it feels makin' love to you
I'm ready to get it, baby
If you've got it to dish out, yeah
Just love me for a little while
I wanna make it like a dream for you
Turn every fantasy into the truth
You know, I'll take it anywhere
That you want to go right now, right now
Just to love you for a little while
I, I like sleeping in your clothes
To smell you makes it all come down
When I think about me and you
Sometimes I get a little loud
Baby, I know we did it all night long
And I didn't want to burn you out
'Cause you know how much I like to do it
In the morning, it's another round
I don't know if you have other things to do
No, no, no
So maybe I'll just lay around, play by myself
While touching on my favorite fruit, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Can't stop thinkin' 'bout the things we do
And how it feels makin' love to you
I'm ready to get it, baby
If you've got it to dish out, yeah
Just love me for a little while
I wanna make it like a dream for you
And turn every fantasy into the truth
You know, I'll take it anywhere
That you want to go right now, right now
Just to love you for a little while
My passion flows like a river that has no end
I wanna know everything you'll let me do to you, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Tell me what you like, baby
You want to play with my strawberry
Sometimes when I think about me and you
I can get real loud
Can't stop thinkin' 'bout the things we do
And how it feels makin' love to you
I'm ready to get it, baby
If you've got it to dish out, yeah
Just love me for a little while
I wanna make it like a dream for you
And turn every fantasy into the truth
You know, I'll take it anywhere
That you want to go right now
Just to love you for a little while
Just love me
Just love me for a little while
I'll take it anywhere for you
Just love me for a little while
You make my juices flow
Just love me for a little while
Tell me everything you'll let me do to you
Just love me for a little while
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Just a Little While Lyrics as written by Janet Damita Jo Jackson Dallas L Austin
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