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.
The future needs a big kiss
Winds blow with a twist
Never seen a moon like this
Can you see it too?
Night is falling everywhere
Rockets hit the fun-fair
Satan loves a bomb scare
But he won't scare you
Hey, sexy boots
Get on your boots yeah!
Free me from a dark dream
Candy floss, ice cream
All the kids are screaming but the ghosts aren't real
Here's what we gotta be
Love and community
Laughter is eternity if joy is real
You don't know how beautiful
You don't know how beautiful you are
You don't know
You don't get it do you?
You don't know how beautiful you are
If some have stuff to blow it up
We're into growing up
Women are the future
All the big revelations
I got a submarine
You've got gasoline
I don't wanna talk about wars between nations
Not right now
Sexy boots
No no no no
Get on your boots yeah
Not right now
Foxy boots
You don't know how beautiful
You don't know how beautiful
You are
You don't know
You don't get it do you?
You don't know how beautiful you are
Sexy boots
I don't wanna talk about wars between the nations
Sexy boots yeah
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound sound
Let me in the sound sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound now
Oh God I'm going down
I don't wanna drown now
Meet me in the sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound sound
Let me in the sound sound
Meet me in the sound
Get on your boots
Get on your boots
Get on your boots
Yeah hey hey!
Get on your boots
Yeah hey hey!
Get on your boots
Yeah hey hey!
Get on your boots
Yeah hey hey!
Winds blow with a twist
Never seen a moon like this
Can you see it too?
Night is falling everywhere
Rockets hit the fun-fair
Satan loves a bomb scare
But he won't scare you
Hey, sexy boots
Get on your boots yeah!
Free me from a dark dream
Candy floss, ice cream
All the kids are screaming but the ghosts aren't real
Here's what we gotta be
Love and community
Laughter is eternity if joy is real
You don't know how beautiful
You don't know how beautiful you are
You don't know
You don't get it do you?
You don't know how beautiful you are
If some have stuff to blow it up
We're into growing up
Women are the future
All the big revelations
I got a submarine
You've got gasoline
I don't wanna talk about wars between nations
Not right now
Sexy boots
No no no no
Get on your boots yeah
Not right now
Foxy boots
You don't know how beautiful
You don't know how beautiful
You are
You don't know
You don't get it do you?
You don't know how beautiful you are
Sexy boots
I don't wanna talk about wars between the nations
Sexy boots yeah
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound sound
Let me in the sound sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound now
Oh God I'm going down
I don't wanna drown now
Meet me in the sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound sound
Let me in the sound sound
Meet me in the sound
Get on your boots
Get on your boots
Get on your boots
Yeah hey hey!
Get on your boots
Yeah hey hey!
Get on your boots
Yeah hey hey!
Get on your boots
Yeah hey hey!
Lyrics submitted by sens_freak_18
Get On Your Boots Lyrics as written by Dave Evans Adam Clayton
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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The lyrics as quoted have a couple of errors. Here's the official set from u2.com:
The future needs a big kiss Winds blows with a twist Never seen a moon like this Can you see it too?
Night is falling everywhere Rockets at the fun fair Satan loves a bomb scare But he won’t scare you
Hey, sexy boots Get on your boots, yeah
You free me from the dark dream Candy floss ice cream All our kids are screaming But the ghosts aren’t real
Here’s where we gotta be Love and community Laughter is eternity If joy is real
You don’t know how beautiful You don’t know how beautiful you are You don’t know, and you don’t get it, do you? You don’t know how beautiful you are
That’s someone’s stuff they’re blowing up We’re into growing up Women of the future Hold the big revelations
I got a submarine You got gasoline I don’t want to talk about wars between nations
Not right now
Hey sexy boots... Get on your boots, yeah Not right now Bossy boots
You don’t know how beautiful You don’t know how beautiful you are You don’t know, and you don’t get it, do you? You don’t know how beautiful you are
Hey sexy boots I don’t want to talk about the wars between the nations Sexy boots, yeah
Let me in the sound Let me in the sound Let me in the sound, sound Let me in the sound, sound Meet me in the sound
Let me in the sound Let me in the sound, now God, I’m going down I don’t wanna drown now Meet me in the sound
Let me in the sound Let me in the sound Let me in the sound, sound Let me in the sound, sound Meet me in the sound
Get on your boots Get on your boots Get on your boots Yeah hey hey