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.
Now listen
Oh we're steppin' out
I'm gonna turn around
Gonna turn around once and we'll do the Eagle Rock
Oh momma!
Oh you're rocking swell
Hmm yeah you do it so well
Well we do it so well when we do the Eagle Rock
Now momma
Yeah you're rockin' fine
Why don't you give me a sign?
Hmm just give me a sign and we'll do the Eagle Rock
Hey hey hey, good old Eagle Rock's here to stay
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Oh oh oh come on fast, you can come on slow
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Go momma
Yeah, you're rockin' fine
Why don't you give me a sign?
Just gotta give me a sign and we'll do the Eagle Rock
Oh baby
Well I feel so free
Hmm what you do to me
What you do to me when we do the Eagle Rock
Hey hey hey, good old Eagle Rock's here to stay
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Oh oh oh come on fast, you can come on slow
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Now listen
More we're steppin' out
Yeah, gonna turn around
Gonna turn around once and we'll do the Eagle Rock
Hey hey hey, good old Eagle Rock's here to stay
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Oh oh oh come on fast, you can come on slow
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Oh we're steppin' out
I'm gonna turn around
Gonna turn around once and we'll do the Eagle Rock
Oh momma!
Oh you're rocking swell
Hmm yeah you do it so well
Well we do it so well when we do the Eagle Rock
Now momma
Yeah you're rockin' fine
Why don't you give me a sign?
Hmm just give me a sign and we'll do the Eagle Rock
Hey hey hey, good old Eagle Rock's here to stay
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Oh oh oh come on fast, you can come on slow
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Go momma
Yeah, you're rockin' fine
Why don't you give me a sign?
Just gotta give me a sign and we'll do the Eagle Rock
Oh baby
Well I feel so free
Hmm what you do to me
What you do to me when we do the Eagle Rock
Hey hey hey, good old Eagle Rock's here to stay
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Oh oh oh come on fast, you can come on slow
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Now listen
More we're steppin' out
Yeah, gonna turn around
Gonna turn around once and we'll do the Eagle Rock
Hey hey hey, good old Eagle Rock's here to stay
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Oh oh oh come on fast, you can come on slow
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Doin' the Eagle Rock
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