I could very well be wrong...probably am. I do some trouble fitting in my theory within the context of the first verse. However, "Don't you ever turn it off" was the line that made me infer that he might be referring to something non-human.
Superficially, the "smile" of course could refer to a simple smile, but could in a creepy sense refer to the protagonist's sexual fantasy ("i'm smilin' too")....and although "I see myself in you" could very well the innocent words of somebody seeing their reflection through the eyes of a loved one, it could also interpreted as sexual.
I took the song to be a sort of inner struggle of protagonist, possibly an addiction to pornography. He seems to recognize and regret it ("I don't even know why", "Don't you ever turn it off", "I am with it, "I am wired") but yet cannot control and resist the very primal urges ("Feeling high on my human needs") that you referred to ("Oohhhh this feeling is wonderful"). The fact that the song is dark and Jim's voice is almost remorseful, especially in that second verse seems to the contradict the cheery/lovey-dubeyness of the superficial interpretation of the lyrics.
I definitely exaggerated the context and got a little carried away, but hey Jim James is single (as far as I know), seemed kinda lonely (according to the Spin interview)....he has made allusions to masturbation before and he has a penchant for writing cryptic lyrics. Remember, the album is called EVIL URGES. Sexual gratification is certainly an urge that humans possess and there are people out there who view masturbation as objectionable.
I don't know you.....maybe you don't want to believe that that's what the song is about, but hey unless Jim tells us nobody will ever know. However, I don't think that my "hypothesis" is that unreasonable.
I could very well be wrong...probably am. I do some trouble fitting in my theory within the context of the first verse. However, "Don't you ever turn it off" was the line that made me infer that he might be referring to something non-human.
Superficially, the "smile" of course could refer to a simple smile, but could in a creepy sense refer to the protagonist's sexual fantasy ("i'm smilin' too")....and although "I see myself in you" could very well the innocent words of somebody seeing their reflection through the eyes of a loved one, it could also interpreted as sexual.
I took the song to be a sort of inner struggle of protagonist, possibly an addiction to pornography. He seems to recognize and regret it ("I don't even know why", "Don't you ever turn it off", "I am with it, "I am wired") but yet cannot control and resist the very primal urges ("Feeling high on my human needs") that you referred to ("Oohhhh this feeling is wonderful"). The fact that the song is dark and Jim's voice is almost remorseful, especially in that second verse seems to the contradict the cheery/lovey-dubeyness of the superficial interpretation of the lyrics.
I definitely exaggerated the context and got a little carried away, but hey Jim James is single (as far as I know), seemed kinda lonely (according to the Spin interview)....he has made allusions to masturbation before and he has a penchant for writing cryptic lyrics. Remember, the album is called EVIL URGES. Sexual gratification is certainly an urge that humans possess and there are people out there who view masturbation as objectionable.
I don't know you.....maybe you don't want to believe that that's what the song is about, but hey unless Jim tells us nobody will ever know. However, I don't think that my "hypothesis" is that unreasonable.