What is the meaning of Arakawa Under the Bridge's opening theme song?


I'm kinda wondering what the opening theme song of Arakawa Under the Bridge,
**_Venus and Jesus_** lyrics mean.

On the third stanza,

> _A neighbor of Venus  
>  Why? During that interval that we don't know  
>  Jesus lives across the hall  
>  I'm hearing something bad _

It mentions the name, _Jesus_. What does that stanza imply? Does it have
something to do with the Christian religion?

> _A neighbor of Venus_

Maybe, Earth?

> _Why? During that interval that we don't know_

Interval we don't know? Maybe, before the concept of time existed?

There are also other lines that I don't quite understand.

Lyrics taken from [**Lyrics Translate**](http://lyricstranslate.com/en/venus-
jesus-venus-and-jesus.html).




In an English fan dub of the OP
[here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDy0pvuxTKo), they use "Jesus" as a
curse word, but I haven't found anything on Japanese people doing that, so I
would assume they could not decipher the meaning and just went with what
sounded good. Jesus is also mentioned in the title so it seems to refer to a
person.

Another thing to think about is the "I'm in hell again" line. Is that meant to
tie in? Well, the Japanese word used "地獄" can refer to either the Buddhist
hell or the Christian one. (Used in Mark 9:43-44.) It doesn't seem to refer
specifically to the Christian hell. As the full word was "生き地獄", I think a
more accurate translation may be "hell on earth".

It may just be another instance of "use Christian themes to sound cool" thing.
Random Christian stuff like crosses and such are added in to Japanese media a
lot because it is exotic and strange to them. Using "Jesus" in a song is an
example of that I have seen before.

As _Arakawa Under the Bridge_ is very random, it's hard to tell. The
perspective of the song appears to change between the stanza and the person
who translated it is actually French, and from what I can gather, some bits
may not be entirely accurate. However, the French version seems to take some
liberties that are not in the Japanese for some reason. I also looked at [this
translation](http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/arakawa/venusandjesus.htm) which
varies slightly.

Basically: The song is random like the series, and the use of "Jesus" is just
to make it sound cool.

Coincidentally, Hikaru Nakamura, the mangaka of _Arakawa Under the Bridge_
also writes another great series called _Saint☆Oniisan_ , which is a slice-of-
life about Jesus and the Buddha on holiday living in an apartment in Tokyo.
Probably nothing to do with it, but it's pretty interesting.

