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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I read in an interview that it's about yuppie's, so I guess that answers Mr.Me's question 'So who are these young people?'
Yuppie is short for 'young urban professional' and are executives etc in their 20s and 30s who have been so busy job-hopping that they've never developed their skills (i've actually almost literally copied this from wikipedia btw cause my english isn't that good) and this term was mostly used in the 80's so I guess that also matched the years Mr.Me mentioned as well.