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.
All over the world high school girls
Take to the ropes and turn them slow
Starts a beat and a loop
They skip and jump through the hoop
They might break and they might fall
About the gals from New York City
They just start again
Start again
Heh ebo ebonettes
Heh
Ebo ebonettes
Heh ebo
Ebo ebo ebonettes
Heh ebo
Ebo ebo ebonettes
Heh ebo
Ebo ebo ebonettes
Hmm
The golden angels aah
The Ford green angels
The five town diamond skippers
The pleasure of rope rippers
Those dark and lovely skippers
Those five town diamond skippers
Skip they do's the double Dutch
That's them dancing
Skip they do's the double Dutch
That's them dancing
Skip they do's the double Dutch
That's them dancing
Skip they do's the double Dutch
That's them dancing
Swing those ropes round and around
All the teams change your partners now
Somersault through the hoop, leap to beat the clicks
That keep on coming
Heh
Watch your feet to win the double Dutch
stay jumping
Heh ebo ebonettes
Heh
Ebo ebo ebonettes
Etc
The mighty motion skippers
The pleasure of rope rippers
Aah
The dark and lovely skippers
Hmm
Mighty motion skippers
The skip they do's the double Dutch
That's them dancing
The skip they do's the double Dutch
That's them dancing
Heh girls
How many skips can you do?
Take to the ropes and turn them slow
Starts a beat and a loop
They skip and jump through the hoop
They might break and they might fall
About the gals from New York City
They just start again
Start again
Heh ebo ebonettes
Heh
Ebo ebonettes
Heh ebo
Ebo ebo ebonettes
Heh ebo
Ebo ebo ebonettes
Heh ebo
Ebo ebo ebonettes
Hmm
The golden angels aah
The Ford green angels
The five town diamond skippers
The pleasure of rope rippers
Those dark and lovely skippers
Those five town diamond skippers
Skip they do's the double Dutch
That's them dancing
Skip they do's the double Dutch
That's them dancing
Skip they do's the double Dutch
That's them dancing
Skip they do's the double Dutch
That's them dancing
Swing those ropes round and around
All the teams change your partners now
Somersault through the hoop, leap to beat the clicks
That keep on coming
Heh
Watch your feet to win the double Dutch
stay jumping
Heh ebo ebonettes
Heh
Ebo ebo ebonettes
Etc
The mighty motion skippers
The pleasure of rope rippers
Aah
The dark and lovely skippers
Hmm
Mighty motion skippers
The skip they do's the double Dutch
That's them dancing
The skip they do's the double Dutch
That's them dancing
Heh girls
How many skips can you do?
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I have been searching the web for lyrics to "Punk it Up" from this same album - great song... but no luck. Malcolm slurs so much it is hard to make out what he is saying.
youtube.com/watch
The part I like best: "oh no you can't change the world sorry forever - then you get up and go..."