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.
The love between the two of us was dying
And it got so bad I knew I had to leave
But halfway down that highway when I turned around I saw
My little daughter running after me
Crying
Daddy, don't you walk so fast
Daddy, don't you walk so fast (my daughter cried)
Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're makin' me run
Daddy, don't you walk so fast
Now, it broke my heart to tell my little daughter
That her daddy had to run to catch a train
She had no way of knowin' I was leavin' home for good
I turned around and there she was again
As she said to me
Daddy, don't you walk so fast
Daddy, don't you walk so fast
Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're makin' me run
Daddy, don't you walk so fast
If only for the sake of my sweet daughter
I just had to turn back home right there and then
And try to start a new life with the mother of my child
I couldn't bear to hear those words again
She cried and said
Daddy, don't you walk so fast (my daughter cried)
Daddy, don't you walk so fast
Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're makin' me run, oh
Daddy, don't you walk so fast
(Daddy, don't you walk so fas) (my daughter cried)
(Daddy, don't you walk so fast)
Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're makin' me run, oh
Daddy, don't you walk so fast
And it got so bad I knew I had to leave
But halfway down that highway when I turned around I saw
My little daughter running after me
Crying
Daddy, don't you walk so fast
Daddy, don't you walk so fast (my daughter cried)
Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're makin' me run
Daddy, don't you walk so fast
Now, it broke my heart to tell my little daughter
That her daddy had to run to catch a train
She had no way of knowin' I was leavin' home for good
I turned around and there she was again
As she said to me
Daddy, don't you walk so fast
Daddy, don't you walk so fast
Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're makin' me run
Daddy, don't you walk so fast
If only for the sake of my sweet daughter
I just had to turn back home right there and then
And try to start a new life with the mother of my child
I couldn't bear to hear those words again
She cried and said
Daddy, don't you walk so fast (my daughter cried)
Daddy, don't you walk so fast
Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're makin' me run, oh
Daddy, don't you walk so fast
(Daddy, don't you walk so fas) (my daughter cried)
(Daddy, don't you walk so fast)
Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're makin' me run, oh
Daddy, don't you walk so fast
Lyrics submitted by SurfingHobo
Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast Lyrics as written by Peter Callander Geoffrey Stephens
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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What - No love for Wayne Newton ???
This may not be his most well known song - but it is classic 70s story song. I heard it again today on a replay of America's Top 40 from 1972 with Casey Kasem on Sirius on 7 - and I had to stop and look it up.
One of the ultimate cheezy song of the 70s - but the way Wayne delivers it gets me every time.