Bukkhead
05-13-2006, 10:10 PM
I searched the forums for a similar topic, couldn't find one. Please flame if I am mistaken and this has been discussed already.
Would love to see discussion on all the religious imagery in this song. Long shots, weak interpetations, "making a stretch" and just plain silliness welcome.
Possible interpretations:
Eyeballs deep in muddy water: baptism (the irony being that baptisms performed in actual lakes or streams, and indeed the baptism of Jesus himself, are in dirty or muddy water. Also, since he is only eyeball deep, the baptism isn't even completed.)
Practically raised the dead: could be a sarcastic reference to Lazerus, or a sarcastic reference to the subjects self-described sanctimony.
Rob the grave: Lazerus, or even Jesus's own tomb, empty after three days.
Snow, the cradle: the "alleged" winter-time birth of Christ.
Weep in shades of chosen indigo: John 11:35. Tears of (sacrificial) blood, also indigo = purple, the color of royalty/divinity
Liar, Lawyer: Pharisees. Jewish "Rules" lawyers, those who "tried" Jesus in the Kangeroo court.
Kangeroo done hung the guilty with the innocent: Jesus was innocent of sin, but was found "guilty" of his crimes.
So, here is what the song is "about" : It seeks to lambast those who would judge, especially if said judgement is based in some kind of religious self-righteousness, since 1) to call oneself a Christian is to admit one adheres to tenets that include considering one a sinner (for everyone is born in sin) and in this way condeming someone else for being a sinner is the pot calling the kettle black, and 2) the man who for whom Christianity is named was himself tried and executed, so to use that act to try and execute others is hypocritical.
And how about this: the "real' Kangeroo court was held in Heaven, since Jesus was sent specifically to be sacrificed. I like how the singer avoids the word crucifixion, but uses "stoned" and "hung" to describe execution.
Okay, flames on. Remember to wave your fingers when telling me I'm wrong.
JE
Would love to see discussion on all the religious imagery in this song. Long shots, weak interpetations, "making a stretch" and just plain silliness welcome.
Possible interpretations:
Eyeballs deep in muddy water: baptism (the irony being that baptisms performed in actual lakes or streams, and indeed the baptism of Jesus himself, are in dirty or muddy water. Also, since he is only eyeball deep, the baptism isn't even completed.)
Practically raised the dead: could be a sarcastic reference to Lazerus, or a sarcastic reference to the subjects self-described sanctimony.
Rob the grave: Lazerus, or even Jesus's own tomb, empty after three days.
Snow, the cradle: the "alleged" winter-time birth of Christ.
Weep in shades of chosen indigo: John 11:35. Tears of (sacrificial) blood, also indigo = purple, the color of royalty/divinity
Liar, Lawyer: Pharisees. Jewish "Rules" lawyers, those who "tried" Jesus in the Kangeroo court.
Kangeroo done hung the guilty with the innocent: Jesus was innocent of sin, but was found "guilty" of his crimes.
So, here is what the song is "about" : It seeks to lambast those who would judge, especially if said judgement is based in some kind of religious self-righteousness, since 1) to call oneself a Christian is to admit one adheres to tenets that include considering one a sinner (for everyone is born in sin) and in this way condeming someone else for being a sinner is the pot calling the kettle black, and 2) the man who for whom Christianity is named was himself tried and executed, so to use that act to try and execute others is hypocritical.
And how about this: the "real' Kangeroo court was held in Heaven, since Jesus was sent specifically to be sacrificed. I like how the singer avoids the word crucifixion, but uses "stoned" and "hung" to describe execution.
Okay, flames on. Remember to wave your fingers when telling me I'm wrong.
JE