The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
(Yeah)
God gave me the sunshine
Then showed me my lifeline
I was told it was all mine
Then I got laid on the ley line
What a day, what a day
And your Jesus really died for me
Then Jesus really tried for me
Uk and entropy
I feel like it's fucking me
Wanna feed off the energy
Love living like a deity
One a day, one day
And your Jesus really died for me
I guess Jesus really tried for me
Bodies in the bodhi tree
Bodies making chemistry
Bodies of my family
Bodies in the way of me
Bodies in the cemetery
And that's the way it's gonna be
All we've ever wanted is to look good naked
Hope that someone can take it
God save me rejection from my reflection
I want perfection
Praying for the rapture
'Cause it's stranger getting stranger
And everything's contagious
It's the modern middle ages
All day, every day
And if Jesus really died for me
Then Jesus really tried for me
Bodies in the bodhi tree
Bodies making chemistry
Bodies of my family
Bodies in the way of me
Bodies in the cemetery
And that's the way it's gonna be
All we've ever wanted is to look good naked
Hope that someone can take it
God save me rejection from my reflection
I want perfection
(Yeah)
Bodies in the bodhi tree
Bodies making chemistry
Bodies of my family
Bodies in the way of me
Bodies in the cemetery
Bodies in the bodhi tree
Bodies making chemistry
Bodies of my family
Bodies in the way of me
Bodies in the cemetery
And that's the way it's gonna be
All we've ever wanted is to look good naked
Hope that someone can take it (someone can take it)
God save me rejection from my reflection
I want perfection
Jesus didn't die for you (Jesus didn't die for you)
What are you on? (I want perfection)
Jesus didn't die for you (Jesus didn't die for you)
What are you on? (bodies can die young) oh, Lord
Jesus didn't die for you (oh)
Jesus didn't die for you
Jesus didn't die for you (oh)
God gave me the sunshine
Then showed me my lifeline
I was told it was all mine
Then I got laid on the ley line
What a day, what a day
And your Jesus really died for me
Then Jesus really tried for me
Uk and entropy
I feel like it's fucking me
Wanna feed off the energy
Love living like a deity
One a day, one day
And your Jesus really died for me
I guess Jesus really tried for me
Bodies in the bodhi tree
Bodies making chemistry
Bodies of my family
Bodies in the way of me
Bodies in the cemetery
And that's the way it's gonna be
All we've ever wanted is to look good naked
Hope that someone can take it
God save me rejection from my reflection
I want perfection
Praying for the rapture
'Cause it's stranger getting stranger
And everything's contagious
It's the modern middle ages
All day, every day
And if Jesus really died for me
Then Jesus really tried for me
Bodies in the bodhi tree
Bodies making chemistry
Bodies of my family
Bodies in the way of me
Bodies in the cemetery
And that's the way it's gonna be
All we've ever wanted is to look good naked
Hope that someone can take it
God save me rejection from my reflection
I want perfection
(Yeah)
Bodies in the bodhi tree
Bodies making chemistry
Bodies of my family
Bodies in the way of me
Bodies in the cemetery
Bodies in the bodhi tree
Bodies making chemistry
Bodies of my family
Bodies in the way of me
Bodies in the cemetery
And that's the way it's gonna be
All we've ever wanted is to look good naked
Hope that someone can take it (someone can take it)
God save me rejection from my reflection
I want perfection
Jesus didn't die for you (Jesus didn't die for you)
What are you on? (I want perfection)
Jesus didn't die for you (Jesus didn't die for you)
What are you on? (bodies can die young) oh, Lord
Jesus didn't die for you (oh)
Jesus didn't die for you
Jesus didn't die for you (oh)
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I was also thinking that the song tracks Robbie as he goes through his career, ie in the beginning he feels as if he is 'living like a deity' he has bags of confidence he believes in God and his love for him 'Jesus died for me'. Then as time goes on he starts to doubt himself 'Jesus didn’t die for you' he tells himself, even as the backing singers sing 'Jesus died for you' (maybe his fans still believing in him)but he is still doubting himself. Also the reference to God saving him from his reflection could be that he sees himself as his own worst enemy and the one who keeps putting himself down. The bodies I think refer to every one around him who is present in his life but that he feels no immediate connection to ie the press, his critics and to some extent his fans. Finally I think the reference to looking good naked could mean he hopes that even if he was stripped of every thing he would still be accepted and loved.