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.
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
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Now I believe in looking
Like my time on earth is cooking
With a polka-dotted stripe or even checked
With some glamour guaranteeing
Every fiber of my being
Is displayed to quite remarkable effect
From your cradle via trousseau
To your death bed you're on view so
Never compromise accept no substitute
I would rather wear a barrel
Than conservative apparel
Because dress has always been my strongest suit
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Staying in or hitting townwards
From the top and working downwards
I ensure that every stitch is stitched in time
Whether wig or hat or turban
Whether clog, boudoir or urban
Not to strut your stuff outrageously's a crime
And the few who are invited
To my wardrobe are delighted
As they wander through my things to find a route
That in negligee or formal
I am anything but normal
Because dress has always been my strongest suit
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere, ooh
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere, ooh
Now you don't need a recital
Of the reasons why it's vital
That tonight my droppings will not be subdued
That from coronet to sandal
No one else is worth a candle
That I couldn't make more impact in the nude
So bring me out my finest
Most audacious, my divinest
Most revealing, most expensive and to boot
Most arresting, most heart-stopping
Most free-flowing, most eye-popping
Because dress has always been my strongest suit
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Dress has always been!
Dress has always been
(Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere)
(Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere)
Dress has always been my strongest suit!
My strongest suit!
(Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere)
(Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere)
Strongest suit!
Dress has always been my strongest suit!
(Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere)
(Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere)
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere, ooh
Now I believe in looking
Like my time on earth is cooking
With a polka-dotted stripe or even checked
With some glamour guaranteeing
Every fiber of my being
Is displayed to quite remarkable effect
From your cradle via trousseau
To your death bed you're on view so
Never compromise accept no substitute
I would rather wear a barrel
Than conservative apparel
Because dress has always been my strongest suit
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Staying in or hitting townwards
From the top and working downwards
I ensure that every stitch is stitched in time
Whether wig or hat or turban
Whether clog, boudoir or urban
Not to strut your stuff outrageously's a crime
And the few who are invited
To my wardrobe are delighted
As they wander through my things to find a route
That in negligee or formal
I am anything but normal
Because dress has always been my strongest suit
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere, ooh
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere, ooh
Now you don't need a recital
Of the reasons why it's vital
That tonight my droppings will not be subdued
That from coronet to sandal
No one else is worth a candle
That I couldn't make more impact in the nude
So bring me out my finest
Most audacious, my divinest
Most revealing, most expensive and to boot
Most arresting, most heart-stopping
Most free-flowing, most eye-popping
Because dress has always been my strongest suit
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere
Dress has always been!
Dress has always been
(Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere)
(Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere)
Dress has always been my strongest suit!
My strongest suit!
(Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere)
(Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere)
Strongest suit!
Dress has always been my strongest suit!
(Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere)
(Overwear, underwear, anytime, anywhere)
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
My Strongest Suit Lyrics as written by Tim Rice Elton John
Lyrics © Walt Disney Music Company
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Actually, it's not a cover. It's from Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida album. a concept album by Elton John on Aida's Broadway. The song are far more older than the broadway recording, hence the concept album. The album are more Pop record that high profile artists featured on the album. =)