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.
If I could make a livin' from walking in the woods
You could bet I'd be sitting pretty good
High on a hill looking at a field downwind
If I could make a nickel off a turnin' in bass
Never worry about the price of gas
I'd be wheeling and dealing and sitting there reeling 'em in
Huntin', fishin', lovin' every day
That's the prayer that a country boy prays
Thank God He made me this way
Huntin' and fishin' and lovin' every day
Early in the morning, late in the evening
I'm getting red dirt rich and Flint River paid
Huntin', fishin' and lovin' every day
I'd get a little farm-pond bus
Sound of gravel when I'm backing up
Pulling the string on a nine-point-nine-two stroke Mercury
I love it when my baby wants to roll with me
Throws her boots on, climbs in a tree
Tucking her hair in my hat and she's ready to go
And we get to huntin', fishin', lovin' every day
That's the prayer that a country boy prays
Thank God He made me this way
Huntin' and fishin' and lovin' every day
Early in the morning, late in the evening
I'm getting red dirt rich and Flint River paid
Huntin' and fishin' and lovin' every day, yeah
Woo
So while y'all are up there
Breathin' in that ol' dirty air
I'll be down here knee deep in the Muckalee
A huntin' and fishin', lovin' every day
I wanna see them tall pines sway
Y'all close them eyes
Let's go there in our minds
A huntin' and fishin' and lovin' every day
That's the prayer this country boy prays
Thank God He made me this way
Huntin' and fishin' and lovin' every day
Black coffee in the morning, dark whiskey in the evening
I get red dirt rich and Flint River paid
Huntin' and fishin' and lovin' every day, woo
Come on
Won't you come along with me?
Won't you come along with me?
I know you'll wanna see
A huntin' and fishin' and lovin' every day
Yeah
You could bet I'd be sitting pretty good
High on a hill looking at a field downwind
If I could make a nickel off a turnin' in bass
Never worry about the price of gas
I'd be wheeling and dealing and sitting there reeling 'em in
Huntin', fishin', lovin' every day
That's the prayer that a country boy prays
Thank God He made me this way
Huntin' and fishin' and lovin' every day
Early in the morning, late in the evening
I'm getting red dirt rich and Flint River paid
Huntin', fishin' and lovin' every day
I'd get a little farm-pond bus
Sound of gravel when I'm backing up
Pulling the string on a nine-point-nine-two stroke Mercury
I love it when my baby wants to roll with me
Throws her boots on, climbs in a tree
Tucking her hair in my hat and she's ready to go
And we get to huntin', fishin', lovin' every day
That's the prayer that a country boy prays
Thank God He made me this way
Huntin' and fishin' and lovin' every day
Early in the morning, late in the evening
I'm getting red dirt rich and Flint River paid
Huntin' and fishin' and lovin' every day, yeah
Woo
So while y'all are up there
Breathin' in that ol' dirty air
I'll be down here knee deep in the Muckalee
A huntin' and fishin', lovin' every day
I wanna see them tall pines sway
Y'all close them eyes
Let's go there in our minds
A huntin' and fishin' and lovin' every day
That's the prayer this country boy prays
Thank God He made me this way
Huntin' and fishin' and lovin' every day
Black coffee in the morning, dark whiskey in the evening
I get red dirt rich and Flint River paid
Huntin' and fishin' and lovin' every day, woo
Come on
Won't you come along with me?
Won't you come along with me?
I know you'll wanna see
A huntin' and fishin' and lovin' every day
Yeah
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day Lyrics as written by Dallas Davidson Luke Bryan
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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