Woman with the Tattooed Hands

 I recently discovered the song Woman with the Tattooed Hands by Atmosphere.  I feel that this song could be interpreted in multiple ways. Although the listener might at first see the song as strictly sexual or even graphic, I feel that it has a much more in-depth meaning behind it. I believe that this song is talking about religion and good and evil. "On the right hand she had a tattoo of a nude girl. She claimed it is what God resembled. But on the left she had a mirrored image of the same female and this one she explained looked like the devil", this line in the song mentions how this woman had two tattoos that are opposite from one another which I believe represents how good and evil are simply part of humanity and mirror one another.
 "A glimpse of religion a piece of coming closer to understanding more about what intrigues me most. I didn't get turned on I just got turned. I wasn't as aroused as I was concerned", while analyzing this verse, I feel as though he is describing how he was not aroused mentally or spiritually by this woman and her religious beliefs, but concerned that she was blinded by her religion in a sense. He uses sexual metaphors to describe good and evil within an individual and how religions can be interpreted. Instead of using crude language to describe the sexuality within the song, he describes it poetically and almost beautifully.
   "There's good and evil in each individual fire. Identifies needs and feeds our desire. As long as we keep our spirit inspired. She can bite her bottom lip all she wants", this is straightforward when speaking of the good and evil within all of us. When he mentions keeping ones' spirit inspired, I believe that he means as long as each of us stay inspired and aware of the world around us, then it is okay to believe in whatever drives you. When mentioning the lip-biting, I feel that he is saying as long as this woman's beliefs drives her to something positive and as long as she does not force it upon others, should continue her religious path.
  This is my person view of the song and it could easily be interpreted in several ways. The moment I heard the first minute of the song I knew that it had much deeper meaning than a woman with tattoos being sexual. I highly recommend everyone listening to this song. I would also find it interesting to see what it means to you and what you got out of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-9nbwHQPKA