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.
As a young girl
Louis Vuitton
With your mother
On a sandy lawn
As a sophomore
With reggaeton
And the linens
You're sittin' on
Is your bed made?
Is your sweater on?
Do you want to fuck?
Like you know I do
Like you know I do
Ooh
But this feels so unnatural
Peter Gabriel, too
But this feels so unnatural
Peter Gabriel
Can you stay up
To see the dawn?
In the colors
Of Benetton
Is your bed made?
Is your sweater on?
Do you want to?
Like you know I do
Like you know I do
Ooh
Feels so unnatural
Peter Gabriel, too
But this feels so unnatural
Peter Gabriel
Is your bed made?
Is your sweater on?
Do you wanna?
Like you know I do
Like you know I do
Ooh
Louis Vuitton
With your mother
On a sandy lawn
As a sophomore
With reggaeton
And the linens
You're sittin' on
Is your bed made?
Is your sweater on?
Do you want to fuck?
Like you know I do
Like you know I do
Ooh
But this feels so unnatural
Peter Gabriel, too
But this feels so unnatural
Peter Gabriel
Can you stay up
To see the dawn?
In the colors
Of Benetton
Is your bed made?
Is your sweater on?
Do you want to?
Like you know I do
Like you know I do
Ooh
Feels so unnatural
Peter Gabriel, too
But this feels so unnatural
Peter Gabriel
Is your bed made?
Is your sweater on?
Do you wanna?
Like you know I do
Like you know I do
Ooh
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Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa Lyrics as written by Ezra Koenig Rostam Batmanglij
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
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"Feels so unnatural, Peter Gabriel" I think this song is about having an orgy with peter gabriel, and coming to terms with being the catcher to his pitcher.
that would explain all the applesauce & crotch references on this site. Something subconscious going on here, I suspect...