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 wake up in the morning
Put on my face
The one that's gonna get me
Through another day
Doesn't really matter
How I feel inside
'Cause life is like a game sometimes
But then you came around me
The walls just disappeared
Nothing to surround me
And keep me from my fears
I'm unprotected
See how I've opened up
Oh, you've made me trust
Because I've never felt like this before
I'm naked
Around you
Does it show?
You see right through me
And I can't hide
I'm naked
Around you
And it feels so right
I'm trying to remember
Why I was afraid
To be myself and let the
Covers fall away
I guess I never had someone like you
To help me, to help me fit
In my skin
I never felt like this before
I'm naked
Around you
Does it show?
You see right through me
And I can't hide
I'm naked
Around you
And it feels so right
I'm naked
Oh oh yeah
Does it show?
Yeah, I'm naked
Oh oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh oh
I'm naked around you
Does it show?
I'm so naked around you
And I can't hide
You're gonna, you're gonna see right through, baby
You're gonna see right through (you're gonna see right through and I can't hide)
(I'm so naked around you)
I'm so naked around you
And I can't hide
You're gonna see right through, baby
Put on my face
The one that's gonna get me
Through another day
Doesn't really matter
How I feel inside
'Cause life is like a game sometimes
But then you came around me
The walls just disappeared
Nothing to surround me
And keep me from my fears
I'm unprotected
See how I've opened up
Oh, you've made me trust
Because I've never felt like this before
I'm naked
Around you
Does it show?
You see right through me
And I can't hide
I'm naked
Around you
And it feels so right
I'm trying to remember
Why I was afraid
To be myself and let the
Covers fall away
I guess I never had someone like you
To help me, to help me fit
In my skin
I never felt like this before
I'm naked
Around you
Does it show?
You see right through me
And I can't hide
I'm naked
Around you
And it feels so right
I'm naked
Oh oh yeah
Does it show?
Yeah, I'm naked
Oh oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh oh
I'm naked around you
Does it show?
I'm so naked around you
And I can't hide
You're gonna, you're gonna see right through, baby
You're gonna see right through (you're gonna see right through and I can't hide)
(I'm so naked around you)
I'm so naked around you
And I can't hide
You're gonna see right through, baby
Lyrics submitted by punkrockprincesss
Naked Lyrics as written by Sabelle Breer Curtis J. Frasca
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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uhhh when i listened to the song i interpreted it in a diff way as in.. when ppl are naked they are vulnerable and self concious, scared, unsure, they worry about wot others think about them blah blah blah etc. and when avrils sayin 'im naked around you' shes tryin to say that shes feelin vulnerable / her defences are down, but she has a good feeling about it coz the person shes talkin about knows her inside+outside, which makes avril feel safe, unconerned and happy about it. iduno thats jus my take on it