Jesus Online

I'd venture this interpretation of the song:

It sorta strikes me as decrying our commercial society... sorta an anti-yuppie thing. If you replace the word "she" with the basic concept of our modern producer/consumerist society, you can get a better understand of what I mean. It's basically saying you're married to your job exobrably. I especially like the refrain:

Jesus online Wires around the world Feel invincible Computer car and girl

"Jesus Online" I interpret to be the casual disregard for religion that alot of yuppies have. It's somewhat like that now they have all these material possessions and modern technology (computer car and girl) they feel "invincible", like they don't need a God, they're their own personal God. Don't pidgeonhole me as one of the conservative religious types, longing for the good old days when all you needed was the Chruch to keep the peons in line, this is just how I see the song objectively.

i really like this song. First time i heard it, i thought it was a horrible song. But now i like it . JOL!

um i like the song but what the HELL is it about?

yeah...its a good song.... theres no way im following that one.

This is one of my favourite Bush songs. And I think it´s message is clearer than any other songs gavin had wrote. Targeter is quite right. Every line makes much sense that rossdale is speaking about our post-modern way of life, with the huge consumist exitence that fill our lives:

Verse 1 is about letting this big machine enter your head and starting to control you, hence "I let the monster through"

Verse 2 is just about the same as verse 1 but more detailed, like perfect black dress, perfect grave. Even in death, the glamour, the big companies wantsyour money.

Chorus is such more clear: "feel invincible, computer, car anf girl", all the things that makes you a perfect citizen, a fucking yuppie that reduces his life on to this sort of materialism thinking lines like "pretend we´re great" or "dress my apathy" is like, no matter who you really are and what you feel, whar really matters is how society looks you, how they conceive, and you have to be a cool fucking bastard.

Finally, the reference to "jesus" is that everything is for sale, you want something, you buy it, it doesn´t matter, if you got the money, you have it. "She" is the huge system that controls everything. Well, that is my interpretation, maybe not correct.

To me, Jesus online speaks about internet addiction. Its a fantasy world where everything is perfect. It's becoming someone else online, where you are perfect, invincible. So much so that it is your religion, your only faith. Jesus Online. This site rules btw. I'm stoked to see so many thoughtful interpretations.

I really like the internet addiction interpretation of this song.

It makes me think of this person who's trying and failing to keep a stranglehold on functionality. Hiding behind this illusion of stability and happiness all day, when in reality the only time when they feel alright is when they're alone at their computer, talking to people all over the world and feeling like this is the only place where they can be seen as a good person.

A lot of the lines seem to speak of the role technology would have for this person. "Jesus online" is how they see it as a sort of savior for them. "Computer, car, and girl" -In addition to just being a useful machine like it would be for anyone else, their computer is a way to see the outside world and a source of companionship (both through talking to people online and by interacting with the machine itself).

Sort of speaking from experience here. :P I'm not as far gone as the person in the song is, but I know that feeling well. I'm very shy in the "real world," but I have a conflicting desire to be part of the world. The internet is my way of reconciling that. The song sort of captures the numbing feeling of those long hours online in the darkest hours of night.

'Dress up my apathy-pretend we're great'... awesome!

wow... it's actually a really good interpretation of addiction because it captures both the compelling side (wires around the world/feel invincible) and the agony (what can I do/I can't help myself/I let the monster through). So the Internet is like a lover that has complete control over the guy (1st & 2nd verse) and lets him play at feeling complete.