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.
Oh heli, oh heli
I'm crouching here with a telescope in hand
Looking across our lego land
I really think it's about time that she came down
She a laughing giggly whirlybird
She got to be obscene to be obheard
I really think its about time that she came down
And I object to all the air male that she pick up
The air male that she pick up
The air male that she pick up, oh oh oh
When she's up there twirling round
Just like a helicopter, copter
She's landing on the town
It's about time that I stopped her, stopped her
When she's up there twirling round, round, round
Just like a helicopter, copter
Oh heli, oh heli
Now she's away from convent she's gone wild
She's grown from a nice young lady to a child
I really think its about time that she came down
She a laughing giggly whirlybird
She got to be obscene to be obheard
I really think it's about time that she came down
And I object to all the air male that she pick up
The air male that she pick up
The air male that she pick up, oh oh oh
When she's up there twirling round
Just like a helicopter, copter
She's landing on the town
It's about time that I stop her, stop her
When she's up there twirling round, round, round
Just like a helicopter, copter
Oh heli, oh heli
Oh heli, oh heli
When she's up there twirling round
Just like a helicopter, copter
She's landing on the town
It's about time that I stop her, stop her
When she's up there twirling round, round, round
Just like a helicopter, copter
Oh heli, oh heli, oh heli, awh
When she's up there twirling round, round, round, round, round, round
Like a helicopter, copter
She's landing on the town, look out town
It's about time that I stop her, stop her
When she's up there floating round, round, round
Round, round, round, round, round, round, round
Round, round, round, round, round, round, r, r, r, r, r
Oh heli, oh heli
I'm crouching here with a telescope in hand
Looking across our lego land
I really think it's about time that she came down
She a laughing giggly whirlybird
She got to be obscene to be obheard
I really think its about time that she came down
And I object to all the air male that she pick up
The air male that she pick up
The air male that she pick up, oh oh oh
When she's up there twirling round
Just like a helicopter, copter
She's landing on the town
It's about time that I stopped her, stopped her
When she's up there twirling round, round, round
Just like a helicopter, copter
Oh heli, oh heli
Now she's away from convent she's gone wild
She's grown from a nice young lady to a child
I really think its about time that she came down
She a laughing giggly whirlybird
She got to be obscene to be obheard
I really think it's about time that she came down
And I object to all the air male that she pick up
The air male that she pick up
The air male that she pick up, oh oh oh
When she's up there twirling round
Just like a helicopter, copter
She's landing on the town
It's about time that I stop her, stop her
When she's up there twirling round, round, round
Just like a helicopter, copter
Oh heli, oh heli
Oh heli, oh heli
When she's up there twirling round
Just like a helicopter, copter
She's landing on the town
It's about time that I stop her, stop her
When she's up there twirling round, round, round
Just like a helicopter, copter
Oh heli, oh heli, oh heli, awh
When she's up there twirling round, round, round, round, round, round
Like a helicopter, copter
She's landing on the town, look out town
It's about time that I stop her, stop her
When she's up there floating round, round, round
Round, round, round, round, round, round, round
Round, round, round, round, round, round, r, r, r, r, r
Oh heli, oh heli
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Helicopter Lyrics as written by A. Partridge
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Parents being appalled by their daughter's deportment on visiting them from boarding school. She seemed to forget the rules of manners and behavior she learned at her Catholic boarding school and is acting wild, laughing, dancing, going out with just about every Tom, Dick, and Francisco regardless of whether Mum and Dad think the boy is a "suitable partner" for their girl or not
@CuteSparkina Andy used to introduce this song on stage as "Your girl's playing around, she's just a helicopter." Between that and the "landing on the town" lyric, you got it spot on.