The song is about three ways of looking at the world:
1) religious
Moses / Egypt / St. Peter's
2) scientific, maybe "flat" reality
Newton / Darwin, maybe the truck stop
3) Stipe's preference; Kaufmaneque irony--the game--goofin' on Elvis
We know that men landed on the moon & that Elvis & Andy are dead. But it's sometimes fun to pretend they aren't. Kinda like pro wrestling, no?
The song is about three ways of looking at the world:
1) religious
Moses / Egypt / St. Peter's
2) scientific, maybe "flat" reality
Newton / Darwin, maybe the truck stop
3) Stipe's preference; Kaufmaneque irony--the game--goofin' on Elvis
We know that men landed on the moon & that Elvis & Andy are dead. But it's sometimes fun to pretend they aren't. Kinda like pro wrestling, no?