I'm not interpreting the song. However, I'm going to shed some lights.
At first section he talks about his dreams:
I had a dream, Joe
You were standing in the middle of an open road
Your hands were raised up to the sky
And your mouth was covered in foam
A shadowy Jesus flitted from tree to tree
And a society of whores stuck needles in an image of me
It was Autumn time and thickly fell the leaves
A pimp in seersucker suit sucked a toothpick
And pointed his finger at me"
More than a dream this is a nightmare. In that dream he sees Joe, a shodowy Jesus, Society of whores, And a pimp.
Then he wakes up. And talks about that horrible night which was full of terror.
I think when he says:"And I thought of you and I felt like I was lugging
A body on my back" There are 2 possibilities: 1- it's his own body. 2-it's Joe's body. If it's his own body means that life is very hard to him that he needs energy to carry himself around. If it's Joe's body maybe it means Joe's dead.
In the next section we'll see he asks from Joe that where has he been. And by linking the dream to reality, he reveals that Joe is the same person as the Jesus, and the pimp.
So in lyrics, Joe = That man in the open road = Jesus = the pimp
I'm stil confused about the meaning. But I hope it helps.
I'm not interpreting the song. However, I'm going to shed some lights.
At first section he talks about his dreams:
I had a dream, Joe You were standing in the middle of an open road Your hands were raised up to the sky And your mouth was covered in foam A shadowy Jesus flitted from tree to tree And a society of whores stuck needles in an image of me It was Autumn time and thickly fell the leaves A pimp in seersucker suit sucked a toothpick And pointed his finger at me"
More than a dream this is a nightmare. In that dream he sees Joe, a shodowy Jesus, Society of whores, And a pimp.
Then he wakes up. And talks about that horrible night which was full of terror. I think when he says:"And I thought of you and I felt like I was lugging A body on my back" There are 2 possibilities: 1- it's his own body. 2-it's Joe's body. If it's his own body means that life is very hard to him that he needs energy to carry himself around. If it's Joe's body maybe it means Joe's dead.
In the next section we'll see he asks from Joe that where has he been. And by linking the dream to reality, he reveals that Joe is the same person as the Jesus, and the pimp.
So in lyrics, Joe = That man in the open road = Jesus = the pimp
I'm stil confused about the meaning. But I hope it helps.