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.
So it was Jeremy in 1983
In his ocean pacific t
Who got a bloody knee
On his skateboard
In the half pipe
In the backyard
That Tuesday night
And I'm only gonna pierce my left ear
And I've been working on this mustache all summer long
And my favorite band will always be tears for fears
And I'm gonna wear a pink tux to the prom
Cutting class through the first floor window
He's driving fast cause he never did a thing slow
And I look up to my big bro
Cause in the 80's all the ladies grabbed his hand and couldn't let go
And I'm only gonna pierce my left ear
And I've been working on this mustache all summer long
And my favorite band will always be tears for fears
And I'm gonna wear a pink tux to the prom (a pink tux to the prom)
Doo doo, a doo doo doo
Pink tux to the prom
Doo doo, a doo doo doo
Pink tux to the prom
I am gonna wear a pink tux to the prom
Live without a care, what could possibly go wrong?
When you're president of the breakfast club
And you're not hesitant to fall in love (to fall in love)
To throw it away to fall in love with the 80's
I am gonna wear a pink tux to the prom
Live without a care, what could possibly go wrong?
I am gonna wear a pink tux to the prom
Live without a care
Cause you threw it away to fall in love with the 80's
Doo doo, a doo doo
Doo doo, a doo doo
Doo doo, a doo doo
In his ocean pacific t
Who got a bloody knee
On his skateboard
In the half pipe
In the backyard
That Tuesday night
And I'm only gonna pierce my left ear
And I've been working on this mustache all summer long
And my favorite band will always be tears for fears
And I'm gonna wear a pink tux to the prom
Cutting class through the first floor window
He's driving fast cause he never did a thing slow
And I look up to my big bro
Cause in the 80's all the ladies grabbed his hand and couldn't let go
And I'm only gonna pierce my left ear
And I've been working on this mustache all summer long
And my favorite band will always be tears for fears
And I'm gonna wear a pink tux to the prom (a pink tux to the prom)
Doo doo, a doo doo doo
Pink tux to the prom
Doo doo, a doo doo doo
Pink tux to the prom
I am gonna wear a pink tux to the prom
Live without a care, what could possibly go wrong?
When you're president of the breakfast club
And you're not hesitant to fall in love (to fall in love)
To throw it away to fall in love with the 80's
I am gonna wear a pink tux to the prom
Live without a care, what could possibly go wrong?
I am gonna wear a pink tux to the prom
Live without a care
Cause you threw it away to fall in love with the 80's
Doo doo, a doo doo
Doo doo, a doo doo
Doo doo, a doo doo
Lyrics submitted by ChancingTomorrow
In Love with the 80's (Pink Tux to the Prom) Lyrics as written by Matthew Thiessen
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing
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this song is great. great.