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 when the sun falls I'm that one the one you can call
We can make love 'til you climb the walls
I can make you wet as a waterfall
Best believe I got everything that you want and everything that you need
So baby when you in need don't you hesitate to see me
Baby when the sun falls I'm that one the one you can call
We can make love 'til you climb the walls
I can make you wet as a waterfall
Best believe I got everything that you want and everything that you need
So baby when you in need don't you hesitate to see me
Baby you can get it any which way that you like
Mami its cool there's no need to fight
I'm the urge you feel from dusk to dawn
When you think of me when you're all alone
From the shower to the bed to the flo'
You can get it I can give it we can go
In the night time, at your place or mine
When you want me baby ring my line
Baby when the sun falls I'm that one the one you can call
We can make love 'til you climb the walls
I can make you wet as a waterfall
Best believe I got everything that you want and everything that you need
So baby when you in need don't you hesitate to see me
You can take a rest when the sun lights the sky
Sun comes down baby you and I
Can go at it again, when you call me again, when you want it again
Baby just say when
When you want it and you need it and I'm there
See you at work late at night I don't care
I'm down to get next to you
Hit me around one or two
Don't hesitate and wait
It's never too late
For you to come, come around so I can lay you down
Any night girl it's cool for a midnight rendez-vous
So when your shift is through here's what you can do
Baby when the sun falls I'm that one the one you can call
We can make love 'til you climb the walls
I can make you wet as a waterfall
Best believe I got everything that you want and everything that you need
So baby when you in need don't you hesitate to see me
Baby when the sun falls I'm that one the one you can call
We can make love 'til you climb the walls
I can make you wet as a waterfall
Best believe I got everything that you want and everything that you need
So baby when you in need don't you hesitate to see me
Baby you can come and see me don't you hesitate to see me
I've got all the love that you need baby you can come and see me
Baby you can come and see me, don't you hesitate to see me
I've got all the love that you need baby you can come and see me
Baby when the sun falls I'm that one the one you can call
We can make love 'til you climb the walls
I can make you wet as a waterfall
Best believe I got everything that you want and everything that you need
So baby when you in need don't you hesitate to see me
Baby when the sun falls I'm that one the one you can call
We can make love 'til you climb the walls
I can make you wet as a waterfall
Best believe I got everything that you want and everything that you need
So baby when you in need don't you hesitate to see me
Baby when the sun falls I'm that one the one you can call
We can make love 'til you climb the walls
I can make you wet as a waterfall
Best believe I got everything that you want and everything that you need
So baby when you in need don't you hesitate to see me
We can make love 'til you climb the walls
I can make you wet as a waterfall
Best believe I got everything that you want and everything that you need
So baby when you in need don't you hesitate to see me
Baby when the sun falls I'm that one the one you can call
We can make love 'til you climb the walls
I can make you wet as a waterfall
Best believe I got everything that you want and everything that you need
So baby when you in need don't you hesitate to see me
Baby you can get it any which way that you like
Mami its cool there's no need to fight
I'm the urge you feel from dusk to dawn
When you think of me when you're all alone
From the shower to the bed to the flo'
You can get it I can give it we can go
In the night time, at your place or mine
When you want me baby ring my line
Baby when the sun falls I'm that one the one you can call
We can make love 'til you climb the walls
I can make you wet as a waterfall
Best believe I got everything that you want and everything that you need
So baby when you in need don't you hesitate to see me
You can take a rest when the sun lights the sky
Sun comes down baby you and I
Can go at it again, when you call me again, when you want it again
Baby just say when
When you want it and you need it and I'm there
See you at work late at night I don't care
I'm down to get next to you
Hit me around one or two
Don't hesitate and wait
It's never too late
For you to come, come around so I can lay you down
Any night girl it's cool for a midnight rendez-vous
So when your shift is through here's what you can do
Baby when the sun falls I'm that one the one you can call
We can make love 'til you climb the walls
I can make you wet as a waterfall
Best believe I got everything that you want and everything that you need
So baby when you in need don't you hesitate to see me
Baby when the sun falls I'm that one the one you can call
We can make love 'til you climb the walls
I can make you wet as a waterfall
Best believe I got everything that you want and everything that you need
So baby when you in need don't you hesitate to see me
Baby you can come and see me don't you hesitate to see me
I've got all the love that you need baby you can come and see me
Baby you can come and see me, don't you hesitate to see me
I've got all the love that you need baby you can come and see me
Baby when the sun falls I'm that one the one you can call
We can make love 'til you climb the walls
I can make you wet as a waterfall
Best believe I got everything that you want and everything that you need
So baby when you in need don't you hesitate to see me
Baby when the sun falls I'm that one the one you can call
We can make love 'til you climb the walls
I can make you wet as a waterfall
Best believe I got everything that you want and everything that you need
So baby when you in need don't you hesitate to see me
Baby when the sun falls I'm that one the one you can call
We can make love 'til you climb the walls
I can make you wet as a waterfall
Best believe I got everything that you want and everything that you need
So baby when you in need don't you hesitate to see me
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Waterfalls Lyrics as written by Raheem Davaughn David Lindsey
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