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 know a little bit about a lot of things
But I don't know enough about you
Just when I think you're mine
You try a different line
And baby what can I do?
I read the latest news
No buttons on my shoes
But baby I'm confused about you
You get me in a spin
Oh what a stew I'm in
'Cause I don't know enough about you
Jack of all trades master of none
And isn't it a shame
I'm so sure that you'd be good for me
If you'd only play my game
You know I went to school
And I'm nobody's fool
That is to say until I met you!
I know a little bit about a lot of things
But I don't know enough about you
You know I went to school
And I'm nobody's fool
That is to say until I met you!
I know a little bit about a lot o' things
But I don't know enough about you
I know a little bit about biology
And a little more about psychology
I'm a little gem in geology
But I don't know enough about you
I guess I'd better get out the encyclopedia
And fresh up on from "shmer" to "shmoo" mmmm
'Cause I don't know enough about you
But I don't know enough about you
Just when I think you're mine
You try a different line
And baby what can I do?
I read the latest news
No buttons on my shoes
But baby I'm confused about you
You get me in a spin
Oh what a stew I'm in
'Cause I don't know enough about you
Jack of all trades master of none
And isn't it a shame
I'm so sure that you'd be good for me
If you'd only play my game
You know I went to school
And I'm nobody's fool
That is to say until I met you!
I know a little bit about a lot of things
But I don't know enough about you
You know I went to school
And I'm nobody's fool
That is to say until I met you!
I know a little bit about a lot o' things
But I don't know enough about you
I know a little bit about biology
And a little more about psychology
I'm a little gem in geology
But I don't know enough about you
I guess I'd better get out the encyclopedia
And fresh up on from "shmer" to "shmoo" mmmm
'Cause I don't know enough about you
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I Don't Know Enough About You Lyrics as written by Peggy Lee David M. Barbour
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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