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.
[Intro]
Hey yuh know seh a fool yuh tek mi fah!
a who name Michelle? a who name Renee?
a who fah picture this inna yuh phone?
Yuh know seh dat I gwine call dem gal mek dem know who is wife round here!
Kippo! Seh sum'n!
[Verse 1]
Mi put a lock pon mi phone and nah tell yuh my pin numba
Cau weh nuh see nuh hurt
Yuh tell mi yuh beg mi a call weh yuh gone search di phone fah
Now a tear off mi shirt
Afta mi dun tell yuh seh yuh a di woman a di yard
And yuh know seh every man flirt
So why di hell yuh a stress mi when yuh fi a caress mi
Tell mi weh di cussin worth yuh nuh see it seh
[Chorus]
Telephone ting mash up mi life
It mek matey a call mi wife yuh nuh see it seh
Telephone ting mash up mi life
It mek mi girl run gone fi knife, a yuh nuh see it seh
Telephone ting mash up mi life
Hey a it a cause fuss and fight yuh nuh see it seh
Telephone ting mash up mi life
It mek mi caan sleep good at night
Verse 2
Cho! Look how yuh deh yah when mi could a neva vex
Until yuh go read to mi waan sex yuh text
Deh yah and a laff then tun inna monsta
To a girl seh hello then hang up when yuh ansa
Mi caan believe a so a fool yuh a act
a write dung people numba and a call people back
When mi a talk pon mi phone yuh a listen
When your ? do missin', yuh nuh see it seh
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Look how yuh go out yuh wey to break yuh own heart
And now yuh shouldn't follow friends should have yuh own thought
Yuh neva used to argue now yuh start
And all these tings weh a happen just tear us apart
Weh yuh nuh see inna yuh face yuh search yuh found
Nuh mek yuh friend dem boost yuh up and feed dem dutty mind
Dem carry go so mi come then dem tink dem free fi join
a this weh mi see everytime, yuh know mi seh
[Chorus]
[Verse 1: Repeats]
[Chorus: Repeats]
Hey yuh know seh a fool yuh tek mi fah!
a who name Michelle? a who name Renee?
a who fah picture this inna yuh phone?
Yuh know seh dat I gwine call dem gal mek dem know who is wife round here!
Kippo! Seh sum'n!
[Verse 1]
Mi put a lock pon mi phone and nah tell yuh my pin numba
Cau weh nuh see nuh hurt
Yuh tell mi yuh beg mi a call weh yuh gone search di phone fah
Now a tear off mi shirt
Afta mi dun tell yuh seh yuh a di woman a di yard
And yuh know seh every man flirt
So why di hell yuh a stress mi when yuh fi a caress mi
Tell mi weh di cussin worth yuh nuh see it seh
[Chorus]
Telephone ting mash up mi life
It mek matey a call mi wife yuh nuh see it seh
Telephone ting mash up mi life
It mek mi girl run gone fi knife, a yuh nuh see it seh
Telephone ting mash up mi life
Hey a it a cause fuss and fight yuh nuh see it seh
Telephone ting mash up mi life
It mek mi caan sleep good at night
Verse 2
Cho! Look how yuh deh yah when mi could a neva vex
Until yuh go read to mi waan sex yuh text
Deh yah and a laff then tun inna monsta
To a girl seh hello then hang up when yuh ansa
Mi caan believe a so a fool yuh a act
a write dung people numba and a call people back
When mi a talk pon mi phone yuh a listen
When your ? do missin', yuh nuh see it seh
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Look how yuh go out yuh wey to break yuh own heart
And now yuh shouldn't follow friends should have yuh own thought
Yuh neva used to argue now yuh start
And all these tings weh a happen just tear us apart
Weh yuh nuh see inna yuh face yuh search yuh found
Nuh mek yuh friend dem boost yuh up and feed dem dutty mind
Dem carry go so mi come then dem tink dem free fi join
a this weh mi see everytime, yuh know mi seh
[Chorus]
[Verse 1: Repeats]
[Chorus: Repeats]
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Telephone Ting Lyrics as written by Robert Livingston Marlon Plunkett
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