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.
Where is he?
The man who is just like me
I heard he was hiding somewhere I can't see
Where is he?
The man who is just like me
Heard he was hiding somewhere I can't see
And I'm alone, and I realize that when I get home
I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
Yes, I'm alone, and I realize when I get home
I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
I want someone who like the champagne I like
My a-alike, someone to talk me off the bridge any day or night
She teach me how to live, she ain't afraid of life
Not easily impressed with the rich and famous life
'Cause she done been there and heard all the rumors before
She love art, she ride out with me on my music tour
She like the herbs, natural medicine, she cooking good
She tell me everything is cool when it ain't looking good
For real, the world so ill, yo, I want a girl so real
Who not after material wealth, but get dough still
Or maybe an educator, a lady with etiquette
Who can be from out the hood or even work for the president
As long as there's no selfishness
Yes, as long as her love for the people is deep rooted and evident
You can be easily recruited, you're Heaven-sent
Your smile put me at ease
You're the woman I need, but where is she?
Where is he?
The man who is just like me
I heard he was hiding somewhere I can't see
Where is he?
The man who is just like me
Heard he was hiding somewhere I can't see
And I'm alone, and I realize that when I get home
I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
Yes, I'm alone, and I realize when I get home
I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
I hate when people write me hostile texts
On account of my lifestyle's perception
Invade my personal life? Out of the question, what are they expecting?
I be trying to reply and they never suppose I get my quiet time in
They think forever I'm rolling in dough, swimming in a pool of cash
God, wouldn't they know, or am I a fool to ask?
I'm well known, got people coming at me mad
I had to tell homes, I don't keep a cell phone, my bad
I drag off the L and try to silence it
The noise in my head, the curse of the talented
Strong communicator, vagabond, I gallivant around the equator
And that would get me off the radar
It's so intense, I'm on my Lilo & Stitch
Pour my Pino Grigio and Cris' with some lime what is this?
An immaculate version of Me and My Bitch by Biggie
With all respect 'cause you the only one who gets me
Where is he?
The man who is just like me
I heard he was hiding somewhere I can't see
Where is he?
The man who is just like me
Heard he was hiding somewhere I can't see
And I'm alone, and I realize that when I get home
I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
Yes, I'm alone, and I realize when I get home
I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
Yeah, yeah, let's pour some cherry wine
Everything's good, everything's fine
Yeah, yeah we bring it every time
Yeah, pour a little cherry wine
Yeah, ayo Salaam, yeah, I think they know the time
Everything's good, everything's fine
Yeah, pour a little cherry wine, yeah
Life is good, life is good, yeah
Life is good, no matter what
Life is good, life is good
Life is good, yeah
Life is good
No matter what
Life is good
Now, where is he?
The man who is just like me
I heard he was hiding somewhere I can't see
Where is he?
The man who is just like me
Heard he was hiding somewhere I can't see
And I'm alone, and I realize that when I get home
I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
Yes, I'm alone, and I realize that when I get home
I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
Ohh-oh
Nah-nah-nah-nah-no
Ohh-oh-wah-da-ow-oh
Ah, di-di-di-di-di
Oh-oh-no-no, no-no-no-na-na-na-di-di-di
Ah-ba-boo-di-di-di, ba-boo-di-di-da-boo-di-dow
Dow-dow-dow-dow, oh-oh-oh-no, oh-oh-oh-oh
Ah-na-na-na-no
No-no-no, The man who is just like me
I heard he was hiding somewhere I can't see
And I'm alone and I realize that when I get home
When I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
Yeah, ohh, oh-oh
Mh, The man who is just like me
'Cause I heard he was hidin' somewhere I can't see
And I'm alone, and I realize when I get home
That I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
Life is good
The man who is just like me
I heard he was hiding somewhere I can't see
Where is he?
The man who is just like me
Heard he was hiding somewhere I can't see
And I'm alone, and I realize that when I get home
I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
Yes, I'm alone, and I realize when I get home
I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
I want someone who like the champagne I like
My a-alike, someone to talk me off the bridge any day or night
She teach me how to live, she ain't afraid of life
Not easily impressed with the rich and famous life
'Cause she done been there and heard all the rumors before
She love art, she ride out with me on my music tour
She like the herbs, natural medicine, she cooking good
She tell me everything is cool when it ain't looking good
For real, the world so ill, yo, I want a girl so real
Who not after material wealth, but get dough still
Or maybe an educator, a lady with etiquette
Who can be from out the hood or even work for the president
As long as there's no selfishness
Yes, as long as her love for the people is deep rooted and evident
You can be easily recruited, you're Heaven-sent
Your smile put me at ease
You're the woman I need, but where is she?
Where is he?
The man who is just like me
I heard he was hiding somewhere I can't see
Where is he?
The man who is just like me
Heard he was hiding somewhere I can't see
And I'm alone, and I realize that when I get home
I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
Yes, I'm alone, and I realize when I get home
I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
I hate when people write me hostile texts
On account of my lifestyle's perception
Invade my personal life? Out of the question, what are they expecting?
I be trying to reply and they never suppose I get my quiet time in
They think forever I'm rolling in dough, swimming in a pool of cash
God, wouldn't they know, or am I a fool to ask?
I'm well known, got people coming at me mad
I had to tell homes, I don't keep a cell phone, my bad
I drag off the L and try to silence it
The noise in my head, the curse of the talented
Strong communicator, vagabond, I gallivant around the equator
And that would get me off the radar
It's so intense, I'm on my Lilo & Stitch
Pour my Pino Grigio and Cris' with some lime what is this?
An immaculate version of Me and My Bitch by Biggie
With all respect 'cause you the only one who gets me
Where is he?
The man who is just like me
I heard he was hiding somewhere I can't see
Where is he?
The man who is just like me
Heard he was hiding somewhere I can't see
And I'm alone, and I realize that when I get home
I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
Yes, I'm alone, and I realize when I get home
I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
Yeah, yeah, let's pour some cherry wine
Everything's good, everything's fine
Yeah, yeah we bring it every time
Yeah, pour a little cherry wine
Yeah, ayo Salaam, yeah, I think they know the time
Everything's good, everything's fine
Yeah, pour a little cherry wine, yeah
Life is good, life is good, yeah
Life is good, no matter what
Life is good, life is good
Life is good, yeah
Life is good
No matter what
Life is good
Now, where is he?
The man who is just like me
I heard he was hiding somewhere I can't see
Where is he?
The man who is just like me
Heard he was hiding somewhere I can't see
And I'm alone, and I realize that when I get home
I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
Yes, I'm alone, and I realize that when I get home
I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
Ohh-oh
Nah-nah-nah-nah-no
Ohh-oh-wah-da-ow-oh
Ah, di-di-di-di-di
Oh-oh-no-no, no-no-no-na-na-na-di-di-di
Ah-ba-boo-di-di-di, ba-boo-di-di-da-boo-di-dow
Dow-dow-dow-dow, oh-oh-oh-no, oh-oh-oh-oh
Ah-na-na-na-no
No-no-no, The man who is just like me
I heard he was hiding somewhere I can't see
And I'm alone and I realize that when I get home
When I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
Yeah, ohh, oh-oh
Mh, The man who is just like me
'Cause I heard he was hidin' somewhere I can't see
And I'm alone, and I realize when I get home
That I wanna talk to my red and my cherry
Life is good
Lyrics submitted by un[skill3d
Cherry Wine Lyrics as written by Salaam Remi Nasir Jones
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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'while I love her every sound I don't know how to tune you down you're so thick and my patience thin'
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erm read it again "I'm talking 'bout my new guitar"
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This is one of the greatest songs in Frank but not the best. This song obviously means that the guy that she is with treats her wrong but she doesn't realize it untill she get her brand new guitar (Which is Cherry) as the lyrics say "maybe we could talk 'bout things if you was made of wood and strings" she is wanting to leave her man for the guitar. With Cherry she doesn't want her man to think she is obsessed or crazy says the lyrics "you must think I've gone too far I'm talking 'bout my new guitar"
There's nothing "unconsciously" lesbian about it; it's obviously a tease to the man she's singing to: suggesting that she's found a hot new girlfriend with a pickup that puts his to shame. In the end she comes clean and admits it's her new guitar.
"After eighteen years And you still don't see me Like you ought to do"
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