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.
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Jungle boy don't fear
Jungle boy come near
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
Jungle boy I view
Jungle boy come through
In the jungle, I love to rumble
He's the fat guy, he's the bad guy
When the city turns to rubble
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
In the jungle, I love to rumble
With my boyfriend
He's the fat now, he's the bad now
He understands
When the city turns to rubble
Ooh the trouble
See your lover going crazy
So let your body do the talking
See your lover going crazy
I love jungle boy, I love jungle boy
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
In the jungle, I love the rumble
He's the fat now, he's the bad now
When the city turns to rubble
He's the fat now, he's the bad now
When the city turns to rubble
See your lover going crazy
I love jungle boy, I love jungle boy
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Jungle boy don't fear
Jungle boy come near
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
Jungle boy I view
Jungle boy come through
In the jungle, I love to rumble
He's the fat guy, he's the bad guy
When the city turns to rubble
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
In the jungle, I love to rumble
With my boyfriend
He's the fat now, he's the bad now
He understands
When the city turns to rubble
Ooh the trouble
See your lover going crazy
So let your body do the talking
See your lover going crazy
I love jungle boy, I love jungle boy
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
Sir Jungle, Sir Jungle
Go join your gang, yeah
See your lover going crazy
In the jungle, I love the rumble
He's the fat now, he's the bad now
When the city turns to rubble
He's the fat now, he's the bad now
When the city turns to rubble
See your lover going crazy
I love jungle boy, I love jungle boy
Lyrics submitted by kierra, edited by NomadMonad
See Jungle! (Jungle Boy) Lyrics as written by Matthew James Ashman Malcolm Robert Andrew Mclaren
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave, Peermusic Publishing
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This song is based on a song from the South African group, the Mahotella Queens. The song - Umculo Kawupheli (No End To Music)- can be found on the compilation "Soweto Never Sleeps: Classic Women Zulu Jive." Bow Wow Wow takes the original lyrics and phoentically transposes them (if that makes sense?) into English. This either explains why the lyrics make no sense whatsoever, OR that Bow Wow Wow are complete geniuses.
You are the only one around here making sense. Thank you, sir.<br /> I think the BWW lyrics make little sense. - they are also complete geniuses. <br /> <br /> (BOTH / AND)