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.
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
I was born to serve justice
But I don't sermonize
Good is good
Bad is bad
And I never compromise
They lock me in a rocket
Made of flesh and bone
I'll meet you in the war zone
With my fists of stone
I'm a super cop
I'm a super cop
My body's a machine
Made to synchronize
Every time I'm called to action
Make me recognize
When the forces of corruption
Do the tyrannize
Then I shift to overdrive
And start to pulverize
I'm a super cop
Eliminate the foe
With karate chops
I'm a super cop
I'm a super charged cop
And I can't be stopped.
I'm a super cop
I was born to serve justice
Get my name
I'm a super cop
Kung fu action is my game
I'm a cop now
A super cop now
He drives around in a world turned upside down
I'm a cop now
A super cop now
He's gotta round up all the evil clowns
I'm a cop now
A super cop now
What he sees just makes him want to cry
I'm a cop now
A super cop now
He works alone 'cause if he don't he'll die
(spoken) the truth and protect
The motto I ascribe to
With equal justice
For the down and out or well to do
I'm a super cop
A gangster's worst nightmare
One man demolition team
I'll send them into disrepair
He's been fighting,
Fighting for so long
I'm a super cop
He's been righting,
Righting every wrong
I'm a super cop
Now he's hiding
From the long arm of the law
I'm a cop now
A super cop now
He gets up and tries to save the world
I'm a cop now
A super cop now
He goes out and tries to find a girl
I'm a cop now
A super cop now
If you're a punk he'll aim straight for your belt
I'm a cop now
A super cop now
He makes the news every time he kicks some butt
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
I was born to serve justice
But I don't sermonize
Good is good
Bad is bad
And I never compromise
They lock me in a rocket
Made of flesh and bone
I'll meet you in the war zone
With my fists of stone
I'm a super cop
I'm a super cop
My body's a machine
Made to synchronize
Every time I'm called to action
Make me recognize
When the forces of corruption
Do the tyrannize
Then I shift to overdrive
And start to pulverize
I'm a super cop
Eliminate the foe
With karate chops
I'm a super cop
I'm a super charged cop
And I can't be stopped.
I'm a super cop
I was born to serve justice
Get my name
I'm a super cop
Kung fu action is my game
I'm a cop now
A super cop now
He drives around in a world turned upside down
I'm a cop now
A super cop now
He's gotta round up all the evil clowns
I'm a cop now
A super cop now
What he sees just makes him want to cry
I'm a cop now
A super cop now
He works alone 'cause if he don't he'll die
(spoken) the truth and protect
The motto I ascribe to
With equal justice
For the down and out or well to do
I'm a super cop
A gangster's worst nightmare
One man demolition team
I'll send them into disrepair
He's been fighting,
Fighting for so long
I'm a super cop
He's been righting,
Righting every wrong
I'm a super cop
Now he's hiding
From the long arm of the law
I'm a cop now
A super cop now
He gets up and tries to save the world
I'm a cop now
A super cop now
He goes out and tries to find a girl
I'm a cop now
A super cop now
If you're a punk he'll aim straight for your belt
I'm a cop now
A super cop now
He makes the news every time he kicks some butt
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Super cop
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
Supercop Lyrics as written by Mark Allen Mothersbaugh Gerald V. Casale
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Or, it's about Supercop, the Jackie Chan movie...yeah.