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.
I was dancing with a dirty blond texan
Charming accent but the music's playing too loud for talking
So I showed him
How people in the far east get down
Push it up, push it down
Pull it up, pull it down
Keep it up, keep it down
Now put me down
What a workout!
If you want, you can come
Come get it, get it
If you don't, you may really regret it, 'gret it
Up and down till your knees start shakin', shakin'
Ain't it good to be alive tonight
One life, two-time, three girls, four guys
Five ripples running up and down my spine
6.0 make it sweet, drop another dime
I was talking with a born-again christian
Ah-ah, ah-uh
"So what's it like to start life all over?"
He sad "amen, I feel like I've been rediscovering the tomb of tutankhamen"
Push it up, push it down
Pull it up, pull it down
Baby, don't put me down
What a workout!
What you want, it's a done deal, shake it, shake it
What you don't, you can forget about it, 'bout it
Up and down, feel your brainwaves jumpin' jumpin'
Makes me want to take a dive, oh-oh, yeah
Oh-oh, as we count to five
One life, two-time, three girls, four guys
Five ripples running up and down my spine
Can you hold on, someone's calling on the other line
I'm back
Push it up, push it down
Pull it up, pull it down
Keep it up, keep it down
Now put me down
What a workout!
If you want, you can come, come get it, get it
If you don't you may really regret it, 'gret it
Up and down till your knees start shakin', shakin'
Ain't it good to be alive tonight
One life, two-time, three girls, four guys
Five ripples running up and down my spine
6.0 make it sweet, drop another dime
Charming accent but the music's playing too loud for talking
So I showed him
How people in the far east get down
Push it up, push it down
Pull it up, pull it down
Keep it up, keep it down
Now put me down
What a workout!
If you want, you can come
Come get it, get it
If you don't, you may really regret it, 'gret it
Up and down till your knees start shakin', shakin'
Ain't it good to be alive tonight
One life, two-time, three girls, four guys
Five ripples running up and down my spine
6.0 make it sweet, drop another dime
I was talking with a born-again christian
Ah-ah, ah-uh
"So what's it like to start life all over?"
He sad "amen, I feel like I've been rediscovering the tomb of tutankhamen"
Push it up, push it down
Pull it up, pull it down
Baby, don't put me down
What a workout!
What you want, it's a done deal, shake it, shake it
What you don't, you can forget about it, 'bout it
Up and down, feel your brainwaves jumpin' jumpin'
Makes me want to take a dive, oh-oh, yeah
Oh-oh, as we count to five
One life, two-time, three girls, four guys
Five ripples running up and down my spine
Can you hold on, someone's calling on the other line
I'm back
Push it up, push it down
Pull it up, pull it down
Keep it up, keep it down
Now put me down
What a workout!
If you want, you can come, come get it, get it
If you don't you may really regret it, 'gret it
Up and down till your knees start shakin', shakin'
Ain't it good to be alive tonight
One life, two-time, three girls, four guys
Five ripples running up and down my spine
6.0 make it sweet, drop another dime
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Is Utada really that hard to understand for some people??? Wow...lol