Courting the maiden

[I AM RALPH]

Our meditation this morning was about Summer, and before it started (and throughout the day now) I've had "Doin Time" by Sublime in my head. I checked out the lyrics, and I had to chuckle - it's about the prostitute!

Now, when I say it's "about the prostitute", I'm saying it's about the archetypical movement that Ra is talking about in the Lovers card with the dynamic of the Matrix and Potentiator. The fact is, the reason I love the Lovers analogy so much is because it is -so ubiquitously understood- 95% of all songs ever written are about love/romance in some way or another, and if you look at the second level, you can see where the lyrics are actually about the archetypical movements and not just about the trials and tribulations of a mated pair.



Summertime and the living's easy
And Bradley's on the microphone with Ras m.g.
All the people in the dance will agree
That we're well qualified to represent the LBC
Me, me and Louie run to the party
Dance to the rhythm it gets harder

Me and my girl we got this relationship
I love her so bad but she treats me like...
On lock down like a penitentiary
She spreads her lovin' all over
And when she gets home there’s none left for me

Oh take this veil from off my eyes
My burning sun will someday rise
So what am I gonna be doin' for a while
Said I'm gonna play with myself
Show them how we come off the shelf
So what?

Evil
I've come to tell you that she's evil most definitely
Evil
Ornery scandalous and evil most definitely
The tension is getting hotter
I'd like to hold her head underwater

Me and my girl we got this relationship
Me and my girl we got this relationship
My girl we got this relationship
And my girl we got this relationship

Take a tip, take a tip, take a tip from me
Bradley's on the microphone with Ras m.g.
All the people in the dance will agree
That we're well qualified to represent the LBC
Me, la la Louie well everybody run to the rhythm it gets harder

So, he's obviously talking about his girlfriend and not a prostitute, although, she "spreads her lovin' all over, and when she gets home there's none left for me". But you also have the water imagery (from a band like Sublime who enjoys talking about shooting people as a means of termination!), and the white dog running with him (actually dalmation, Louie), which is Rider-Waite Fool symbology. There's also the "take a tip from me" line, which is double entrendre for ~penetration~. But ultimately he's crying out for the veil to be removed, because he's unsatisfied with the fruits of the relationship.

Me and my girl, we got a relationship.

Well I for one just smoked two joints before I smoked two joints and I gotta say this makes a lot more sense now. Thanks