ApologetiX- Song Lyrics: Back Intact

Chart History
From the album Back in Black, Back in Black was a #37 hit for AC/DC in 1980.

Songwriter:
Brian Johnson, Angus Young & Malcolm Young

J's Journal:
A look at how Jesus fulfilled the prophecy of Psalm 34:20 This parody had been in the vaults since 1995 or '96, but it got an overhaul when we finally recorded it. I hesitated at first to write the lyrics to "Back Intact" from Christ's perspective, because I don't like to put words into His mouth. But these words are basically paraphrases of what He told the disciples after rising from the dead. And to sing it from the third person rather than the first person made the rhymes clunky, and it didn't parallel the original song as well. In the original song, AC/DC's new lead singer Brian Johnson tried lyrically and vocally to make it sound like the band's old lead singer Bon Scott, who died after the previous album, was back from the grave and singing in the first person. Johnson sounded a lot like Scott, and the seeing as the previous album had been "Highway to Hell," it was like an unholy resurrection, albeit a false one ... it was just somebody pretending to be somebody else. But Christ's resurrection was real, and He came back intact -- without any bones broken Psalm 34:20 prophesied -- and it was in His original (albeit now glorified) fleshly body with the scars to prove it! We thought to have Christ singing it from the first person made a powerful statement and was a startling contrast to the original. Then there was the problem of singing like Brian Johnson of AC/DC, which is hard enough to do, but we didn't know if people would have problems with Jesus singing in a voice like that. But his voice is described as being loud like a trumpet in Revelation 1:10 and as the sound of many waters in 1:15. And when God speaks from Heaven to Jesus in John 12: 28-29, it says the people thought it had thundered. Also, 2 Samuel 22:14 also describes God's voice like thunder: "The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded." Furthermore, God speaks to people in whatever language they understand, no matter how strange or even rough that language may sound to a person who doesn't speak it.

Stats:
Genre: Heavy Metal
Length: 4:10

Back Intact
Parody of "Back in Black" by AC/DC
(Luke 24:37-43; John 20:27; Psalm 34:20, Mark 10:38, Luke 12:50)

aBack intact, yes, it’s a fact
And not a bone was fractured or cracked
Yes, sir, spread the news, it’s Gospel truth
Nail-scarred feet, hands are the proof
And a spear went in My side, come and check with your eyes
I kept the scars, now I’ll never die, I got Sonrised, baptized
Keepin’ every bone like David prophesied
‘Cause I’m back, yes, I’m back, well, I’m back, yes, I’m back
Well, I’m ba-a-a-ack, ba-a-a-ack
Well, I’m back intact, yes, I’m back intact
Oh, back as a man, I’m alive again
Not a ghost, I can prove I’m not a charlatan
Yes, I’m in the flesh, here’s a test
You guys can watch Me eat a couple of fish
‘Cause I’m back off the rack, where I was beaten and smacked
Nobody’s gonna get me now I’m over that
Take a look at the Psalms; they predicted my fate
Psalm 34, verse 20, said I’ll never break
‘Cause I’m back, yes, I’m back, well, I’m back, yes, I’m back
Well, I’m ba-a-a-ack, ba-a-a-ack
Well, I’m back intact, yes, I’m back intact
Out of the black!

Psalm 34:20
he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.