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.
I can see your mind is overworked, boo (yeah)
Tension in your body when I touch you (yeah)
Girl, you deserve it
I'm gon' make every second of this worth it
Love how you do everything, you do with a purpose, babe
Focus, babe, oh-oh
Temperature keeps rising like Poseidon when you ride my wave
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Whisper your desires, I'll provide 'em, will you say you'll stay tonight?
'Cause when we done making love, clean it up
And I wanted to wrap you in
My warm embrace
And make it last forever
Girl, I catch a glimpse of heaven
When you let me wrap you in (wrap you in)
My warm embrace (my warm embrace)
Visions of my hands in places
My warm embrace
Take my chance and dive into your ocean, yeah
Tried my best to give you all that you want
Girl, before you leave, let me love every part of your anatomy
And I want you to pour your pain on me, oh yeah
Temperature keeps rising
Like Poseidon when you ride my wave (ride my wave, oh)
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah (oh-oh), yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah (yeah-yeah)
Whisper your desires
I'll provide 'em, will you say you'll stay tonight? (Yeah, yeah)
'Cause when we done making love (when we done), clean it up
And I wanted to wrap you in (ooh)
My warm embrace (my warm, my warm)
And make it last forever
Girl, I catch a glimpse of heaven
When you let me wrap you in (ooh)
My warm embrace (my warm embrace)
Visions of my hands in places (yeah)
My warm embrace
Let me make it right
Take my time inside
I know you're way past due
Give my all to you (huh)
Tonight gon' be about you, baby
Give you somethin' that'll drive you crazy
Will you say that you'll stay?
'Cause when we done making love, clean it up
And I wanted to wrap you in (oh, no-no)
My warm embrace (my warm embrace)
And make it last forever
Girl, I catch a glimpse of heaven (ooh)
When you let me wrap you in (let me wrap you in)
My warm embrace (oh-oh-oh)
Visions of my hands in places
My warm embrace
Wrap you in
My warm embrace
Make it last forever, baby
Uh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
My warm embrace
(My warm embrace, my warm embrace)
(My warm embrace, my warm embrace)
Tension in your body when I touch you (yeah)
Girl, you deserve it
I'm gon' make every second of this worth it
Love how you do everything, you do with a purpose, babe
Focus, babe, oh-oh
Temperature keeps rising like Poseidon when you ride my wave
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Whisper your desires, I'll provide 'em, will you say you'll stay tonight?
'Cause when we done making love, clean it up
And I wanted to wrap you in
My warm embrace
And make it last forever
Girl, I catch a glimpse of heaven
When you let me wrap you in (wrap you in)
My warm embrace (my warm embrace)
Visions of my hands in places
My warm embrace
Take my chance and dive into your ocean, yeah
Tried my best to give you all that you want
Girl, before you leave, let me love every part of your anatomy
And I want you to pour your pain on me, oh yeah
Temperature keeps rising
Like Poseidon when you ride my wave (ride my wave, oh)
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah (oh-oh), yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah (yeah-yeah)
Whisper your desires
I'll provide 'em, will you say you'll stay tonight? (Yeah, yeah)
'Cause when we done making love (when we done), clean it up
And I wanted to wrap you in (ooh)
My warm embrace (my warm, my warm)
And make it last forever
Girl, I catch a glimpse of heaven
When you let me wrap you in (ooh)
My warm embrace (my warm embrace)
Visions of my hands in places (yeah)
My warm embrace
Let me make it right
Take my time inside
I know you're way past due
Give my all to you (huh)
Tonight gon' be about you, baby
Give you somethin' that'll drive you crazy
Will you say that you'll stay?
'Cause when we done making love, clean it up
And I wanted to wrap you in (oh, no-no)
My warm embrace (my warm embrace)
And make it last forever
Girl, I catch a glimpse of heaven (ooh)
When you let me wrap you in (let me wrap you in)
My warm embrace (oh-oh-oh)
Visions of my hands in places
My warm embrace
Wrap you in
My warm embrace
Make it last forever, baby
Uh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
My warm embrace
(My warm embrace, my warm embrace)
(My warm embrace, my warm embrace)
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