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.
Is this the in place to be?
What am I doing here?
Watching the girls go by, spending money on
Sleep all day
It's the only way
I'm a parasite
I creep about at night
(Nite klub) is this the in place to be?
(Nite klub) what am I doing here?
(Nite klub) watching the girls go by, spending money on
Hey, hey, I don't work
'Cause I don't have to
I don't have to work
There's no, no work to do
(Nite klub) I'm a member of the nite klub, oh, oh
(Nite klub) a fully paid-up member of the nite klub
I won't dance in a club like this
All the girls are slags
And the beer tastes just like piss
I'm a parasite (nite klub)
I creep about at night (nite klub)
Yes, I'm a member of the Nite Klub
A fully paid-up member of the Nite Klub
(Nite klub) is this the in place to be?
(Nite klub) what am I doing here?
(Nite klub) watching the girls go by, spending money on beer
What am I doing here?
Watching the girls go by, spending money on
Sleep all day
It's the only way
I'm a parasite
I creep about at night
(Nite klub) is this the in place to be?
(Nite klub) what am I doing here?
(Nite klub) watching the girls go by, spending money on
Hey, hey, I don't work
'Cause I don't have to
I don't have to work
There's no, no work to do
(Nite klub) I'm a member of the nite klub, oh, oh
(Nite klub) a fully paid-up member of the nite klub
I won't dance in a club like this
All the girls are slags
And the beer tastes just like piss
I'm a parasite (nite klub)
I creep about at night (nite klub)
Yes, I'm a member of the Nite Klub
A fully paid-up member of the Nite Klub
(Nite klub) is this the in place to be?
(Nite klub) what am I doing here?
(Nite klub) watching the girls go by, spending money on beer
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Nite Klub Lyrics as written by John Edward Bradbury Jerry Dammers
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Hmm...now I've actually read the lyrics, I think it might be about students.
I've always tried to decipher what 's being shouted at the beginning of the song? It's audible on the live versions too.
Goldfiner covered this song and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones make a reference to this song (I won't dance in a club like this/All the girls are slags/and the beer tastes just like piss) in their song, "Aint Talkin' 'Bout Love."
"I won't dance in a club like this All the girls are slags and the beer tastes just like piss"
Love it.
Best bassline ever
From what I have read, there was a span of unemployment during the 70s in the U.K.
"Hey, hey, I don't work Cos I don't have to I don't have to work There's no work to do"