Man On The Moon

The song is about three ways of looking at the world:

1. religious

Moses / Egypt / St. Peter's

2. scientific, maybe "flat" reality

Newton / Darwin, maybe the truck stop

3. Stipe's preference; Kaufmaneque irony--the game--goofin' on Elvis

We know that men landed on the moon & that Elvis & Andy are dead. But it's sometimes fun to pretend they aren't. Kinda like pro wrestling, no?