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Beearewhyain

(600 posts)
Thu Apr 10, 2014, 12:12 AM Apr 2014

Favorite Athiest and/or Agnostic Song?

Last edited Thu Apr 10, 2014, 03:02 AM - Edit history (1)

As a younger man being raised in a religious household this one really hit home. It was wonderfully liberating in that in those days atheism was not a topic widely discussed except in hushed or hissed whispers. We have come a long way since then. What is a favorite of yours?




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Favorite Athiest and/or Agnostic Song? (Original Post) Beearewhyain Apr 2014 OP
Either Red Red wine, or Sweet Jane by that Canadian gal ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2014 #1
Did not know either of those songs Beearewhyain Apr 2014 #2
Don't know any songs about A&A. Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2014 #3
I prefer "42" as said by the prophet Douglas Adams Beearewhyain Apr 2014 #4
Mose Allison-Modest Proposal skepticscott Apr 2014 #5
I likely Shelley Segal's "My Morality" TxDemChem Apr 2014 #6
Nine Inch Nails - Heresy Act_of_Reparation Apr 2014 #7
I remember back when I was 8 or 9 or 10, a couple of lines from Sweet Baby James kinda struck me. Iggo Apr 2014 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author Bryce Butler Apr 2014 #9
I like that one. LostOne4Ever Apr 2014 #28
another little bit of musical history I'd never heard RussBLib Apr 2016 #57
God Will Fuck You Up frogmarch Apr 2014 #10
One of mine because it made me spit coffee Duppers Apr 2016 #53
Dead Kennedys, "Religious Vomit" onager Apr 2014 #11
I also a bad religion fan LostOne4Ever Apr 2014 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author bananasplitbaby Apr 2014 #12
One of my top faves... bananasplitbaby Apr 2014 #13
white wine in the sun Rainforestgoddess Apr 2014 #14
Arrghhh! That made me cry! PassingFair Apr 2014 #22
Oops, sorry n/t Rainforestgoddess Apr 2014 #24
"Dear God" is my favorite, but here are two new ones getting airplay: Arugula Latte Apr 2014 #15
liked that Portugal. The Man song. progressoid Apr 2014 #18
"I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground" greendog Apr 2014 #16
You just had to ask... Warpy Apr 2014 #17
Praise the Lord! ... eom Kolesar Aug 2017 #60
I don't know that this is atheist, Curmudgeoness Apr 2014 #19
Imagine edhopper Apr 2014 #20
Lennon, nuff said. AlbertCat Apr 2014 #35
Great as well. edhopper Apr 2014 #39
Yes, " Imagine" for the win! n/t oppressedproletarian Sep 2017 #61
"Dear God" is my favorite, deucemagnet Apr 2014 #21
Don't know if this song counts, but the lyrics seem atheistic to me.... PassingFair Apr 2014 #23
Freewill by Rush Rainforestgoddess Apr 2014 #25
Vatican Rag - Ton Lehrer intaglio Apr 2014 #26
Finally, one I've heard of! Jgarrick Apr 2014 #27
Sorrow by Bad Religion LostOne4Ever Apr 2014 #30
A recent lounge thread asked for protest songs OriginalGeek Apr 2014 #31
Frank Turner - Glory Hallelujah AtheistCrusader Apr 2014 #32
A little tune called "Atheists Don't Have No Songs"... NeoGreen Apr 2014 #33
"Hallelujah"... NeoGreen Apr 2014 #34
Wait.... No one likes...? AlbertCat Apr 2014 #36
Because there's bugger all down here an Earth... uriel1972 Apr 2014 #38
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life... NeoGreen Apr 2014 #37
My namesake, as it were.. opiate69 Apr 2014 #40
Hymn Number 43, Jethro Tull iwillalwayswonderwhy Apr 2014 #41
Old Time Religion (Pete Seeger) NeoGreen Apr 2014 #42
"Nietzsche" by The Dandy Warhols wavesofeuphoria Apr 2014 #43
Also "Where The Birds Always Sing" by The Cure wavesofeuphoria Apr 2014 #44
Die Gedanken Sind Frei (Thoughts are Free) NeoGreen May 2014 #45
O Lord, please don't burn us, NeoGreen May 2014 #46
Question - Moody Blues NeoGreen Jun 2014 #47
Ain't It The Truth NeoGreen Jul 2014 #48
Jerry Falwell's God NeoGreen Jul 2014 #49
200 Atheist Songs NeoGreen Apr 2016 #50
Excellent list! nt mr blur Apr 2016 #54
Yep! Found the list after following your link to the "rebuttal" article... NeoGreen Apr 2016 #56
In the Name of God – Ziggy Marley pokerfan Apr 2016 #51
Cathedral – Crosby Stills and Nash pokerfan Apr 2016 #52
“Fuck the creationists” by MC Hawking mr blur Apr 2016 #55
Eagles - The Last Resort drm604 Apr 2016 #58
St. Peter's Cathedral - Death Cab for Cutie progressoid Apr 2016 #59
Imagine no religion...... LakeArenal Sep 2017 #62
God Isn't Real-Robbie Fulks utopian Sep 2017 #63

Beearewhyain

(600 posts)
2. Did not know either of those songs
Thu Apr 10, 2014, 12:29 AM
Apr 2014

were about atheism and/or agnosticism. Not a lot of context to work with there or maybe I'm slow...which is not that unusual.

 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
3. Don't know any songs about A&A.
Thu Apr 10, 2014, 02:57 AM
Apr 2014

However, if you dig the wonders of space, there's always "The Galaxy Song" from The Meaning of Life, and "39" by Brian May, about time dilation.

Beearewhyain

(600 posts)
4. I prefer "42" as said by the prophet Douglas Adams
Thu Apr 10, 2014, 03:20 AM
Apr 2014

It's in the Kabalah so it must be true. And BTW, I didn't eat the salmon mousse.

TxDemChem

(1,918 posts)
6. I likely Shelley Segal's "My Morality"
Thu Apr 10, 2014, 06:47 AM
Apr 2014

But you all have mentioned songs and artists I've never heard of. Looks like I'll be on YouTube this weekend getting A&A music on.

Iggo

(48,271 posts)
8. I remember back when I was 8 or 9 or 10, a couple of lines from Sweet Baby James kinda struck me.
Thu Apr 10, 2014, 09:39 AM
Apr 2014

There's a song that they sing
When they take to the highway.
A song that they sing
When they take to the sea.
A song that they sing
Of their home in the sky.
Maybe you can believe it
If it helps you to sleep.
But singing works just fine for me.

I remember the first time I heard it, looking around and thinking "Ummmmm! He's gonna be in trouble!"

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Duppers

(28,246 posts)
53. One of mine because it made me spit coffee
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 09:33 PM
Apr 2016

about 12 yrs ago when I first heard it.

Here's another funny someone just sent me...



onager

(9,356 posts)
11. Dead Kennedys, "Religious Vomit"
Thu Apr 10, 2014, 10:29 AM
Apr 2014

Released at the height of Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority Mania. From the opening lyrics - "Religion makes me sick" - the whole album was a giant "up yours" to American Xianity.

DK member Jello Biafra later teamed up with Mojo Nixon to make the album "Prairie Home Invasion," which was also great. They took the old Carter Family song "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?" and turned it into: "Will The Fetus Be Aborted?" ROFL...

Bad Religion is a whole band of atheists and I like just about everything they've done. My favorite on-topic song is probably "American Jesus."

Another fave, which made me think Bad Thoughts as a child, came from George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess:"

The things that you're liable,
To read in the Bible,
They ain't necessarlly so...

LostOne4Ever

(9,597 posts)
29. I also a bad religion fan
Sun Apr 13, 2014, 11:56 PM
Apr 2014

I especially love their lyrics. They have a great vocabulary and are not afriad to use it. Some of their songs have even forced me to get out my dictionary from time to time

My favorite is Broken but that doesn't really fit the topic though >_<

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Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
15. "Dear God" is my favorite, but here are two new ones getting airplay:
Thu Apr 10, 2014, 11:54 AM
Apr 2014

Portugal. The Man -- Modern Jesus



Come on in
Take a seat next to me
You know we got
We got what you need
We may be liars preaching to choirs
But we can
We can sell your dreams

You don't need sympathy
They got a pill for everything
Just take that dark cloud
Ring it out to wash it down, but

Don't pray for us
We don't need no modern Jesus
To roll with us
The only rule we need is never
Giving up
The only faith we have is faith in us

We're the ones who start little fires
Yet they burn out
But when they're on the rise
They can't help but shine

And when the wave approaches
Take our ashes to the ocean
Who cares if hell awaits?
We're having drinks at heaven's gate

Don't pray for us
We don't need no modern Jesus
To roll with us
The only rule we need is never
Giving up
The only faith we have is faith in us

We know that we're helpless
At least we always assume
But we don't need to prove nothing to you
Let's keep the cool
You don't need to feel blue
Cause we won't sell you nothing
You can't use

Don't pray for us
We don't need no modern Jesus
To roll with us
The only rule we need is never
Giving up
The only faith we have is faith in us


*

Vampire Weekend -- Unbelievers



Got a little soul
The world is a cold, cold place to be
Want a little warmth
But who’s gonna save a little warmth for me?

We know the fire awaits unbelievers
All of the sinners the same
Girl, you and I will die unbelievers
Bound to the tracks of the train

If I’m born again I know that the world will disagree
Want a little grace but who’s gonna say a little grace for me?

We know the fire awaits unbelievers
All of the sinners the same
Girl, you and I will die unbelievers
Bound to the tracks of the train

I’m not excited, but should I be?
Is this the fate that half of the world has planned for me?

I know I love you
And you love the sea
But what holy water contains a little drop, little drop for me?

See the sun go down
It’s going on down, and the night is deep
Want a little light
But who’s gonna save a little light for me?

We know the fire awaits unbelievers
All of the sinners the same
Girl, you and I will die unbelievers
Bound to the tracks of the train

I’m not excited, but should I be?
Is this the fate that half of the world has planned for me?

I know I love you
And you love the sea
But what holy water contains a little drop, little drop for me?

I’m not excited, but should I be?
Is this the fate that half of the world has planned for me?

I know I love you
And you love the sea
But what holy water contains a little drop, little drop for me?




greendog

(3,127 posts)
16. "I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground"
Thu Apr 10, 2014, 01:11 PM
Apr 2014

It's one of those old traditional banjo tunes from the American South. If I wasn't on my phone I'd post the lyrics.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
19. I don't know that this is atheist,
Thu Apr 10, 2014, 07:16 PM
Apr 2014

but it so sad/so amusing, and so accurate in explaining belief. But making fun of god is definitely a no-no.



Depeche Mode---Blasphemous Rumours


 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
35. Lennon, nuff said.
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 08:14 PM
Apr 2014

"God" is better IMHO....

"God is a concept by which we measure our pain."

Both are great songs.

edhopper

(34,836 posts)
39. Great as well.
Tue Apr 15, 2014, 08:05 AM
Apr 2014

And let's not forget when he was explaining his "Bigger than Jesus" comment:

"Well, originally I pointed out that fact in reference to England. That we meant more to kids than Jesus did, or religion at that time. I wasn't knocking it or putting it down. I was just saying it as a fact and it's true more for England than here. I'm not saying that we're better or greater, or comparing us with Jesus Christ as a person or God as a thing or whatever it is. I just said what I said and it was wrong. Or it was taken wrong. And now it's all this".

"Jesus Christ as a person or God as a thing or whatever it is."

That is the statement of a agnostic.

deucemagnet

(4,549 posts)
21. "Dear God" is my favorite,
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 08:51 AM
Apr 2014

but I like the message in pretty much everything by Bad Religion.

From their Wiki page:

Religion

Faith in your partner, your fellow men, your friends, is very important, because without it there's no mutual component to your relationship, and relationships are important. So, faith plays an important role, but faith in people you don't know, faith in religious or political leaders or even people on stages, people who are popular in the public eye, you shouldn't have faith in those people. You should listen to what they have to say and use it.

— Greg Graffin[78]

Despite the name of the band, or the band's logo, the members do not consider themselves antitheist. Singer Greg Graffin states that more often than not, the band prefers to use religion as a metaphor for anything that does not allow for an individual's freedom to think or express themselves as they choose. In this way, their songs are more about anti-conformity than anti-religion.[79] Contrary to popular belief, Greg Graffin does not identify himself as an atheist, but chooses to identify as a naturalist.

Wired Magazine came out with a big exposé of "the new atheists". I was interviewed for it—and yet I think I was included as a sidebar but not as a main feature and I think the main reason they did that was because they noticed that I wasn't that happy billing myself as an atheist. To me it just doesn't say that much; it doesn't say much about you. Instead I bill myself as a naturalist, which I think says a lot more. Because a naturalist is someone who... first of all—they study natural science, and they have a hopeful message—I think—to send to the world, which is... we can agree on what the truth is... and it has to be through experimentation, verification, and new discoveries, followed by more verification. So... if we can agree on those terms, we can agree that the truth changes, based on new discoveries, and the structure of science is such that you can never be so sure of something, because a new discovery can rework the framework—it can reconstruct the framework of your science and you have to look at the world differently. That makes it a very dynamic and exciting place to be. And if you say "you're an atheist", it's not really saying much about how you came to that conclusion. But if you say "you're a naturalist", I think it says something. You've reached that point because you've studied science, because you believe there's a fundamental way of looking at the world that is part of a long tradition. And so, I prefer naturalist.

— Greg Graffin[80]

Despite this, he did co-author the book Is Belief in God Good, Bad or Irrelevant?, which is based on a series of lengthy debates about science and religion between Graffin and historian Preston Jones.[81] In 2010, Graffin released Anarchy Evolution, in which he promotes his naturalist worldview.[82]

The band's bassist Jay Bentley has stated that he has spiritual beliefs.[83] Brett Gurewitz is a "provisional deist."

On March 24, 2012 Bad Religion headlined the Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., sharing the stage with the likes of Eddie Izzard, Richard Dawkins, Tim Minchin and James Randi.[84]

PassingFair

(22,437 posts)
23. Don't know if this song counts, but the lyrics seem atheistic to me....
Sat Apr 12, 2014, 10:57 AM
Apr 2014



I could feel at the time
There was no way of knowing
Fallen leaves in the night
Who can say where they're blowing
As free as the wind
Hopefully learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning

More than this you know there's nothing
More than this tell me one thing
More than this ooh there is nothing

It was fun for a while
There was no way of knowing
Like a dream in the night
Who can say where we're going
No care in the world
Maybe I'm learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning

More than this you know there's nothing
More than this tell me one thing
More than this no, there's nothing

More than this nothing
More than this
More than this nothing
Songwriters: Ferry, Bryan

LostOne4Ever

(9,597 posts)
30. Sorrow by Bad Religion
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 12:00 AM
Apr 2014


Father can you hear me?
How have I let you down?
I curse the day that I was born
and all the sorrow in this world

Let me take you to the herding ground
where all good men are trampled down
Just to settle a bet that could not be won
between a prideful father and his son

Will you guide me now for I can't see a reason
for the suffering and this long misery
What if every living soul could be upright and strong?
Well then I do imagine

There will be (sorrow)
Yeah there will be (sorrow)
And there will be sorrow no more

When all soldiers lay their weapons down
or when all kings and all queens relinquish their crowns
Or when the only true messiah rescues us
from ourselves it's easy to imagine

There will be (sorrow)
Yeah there will be (sorrow)
And there will be sorrow no more

There will be (sorrow)
Yeah there will be (sorrow)
And there will be sorrow no more

Yeah there will be (sorrow)
Yeah there will be (sorrow)
And there will be sorrow no more

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
31. A recent lounge thread asked for protest songs
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 02:15 AM
Apr 2014

and I posted up a Napalm Death song and remarked that nearly all of Napalm Death's songs were protest songs.

One of the main things they protest is religion.



Your unflappable conceptions
Moralistic views
Never open to criticism
Your overpowering ruse

Promise of sanctuary
In eternal bliss
With starry eyes and cash in hand
Pledge all to the master plan

Just face the truth or fund the farce

At one with your god
Your sole intent
Your treasured place assured
For a substantial rent

Global lunacy
Death threats for supposed blasphemy
No room for free thought
All non believers pushed to the floor

Aggressive tyrants
Supposed saints for the cause
Judgement through force
Faith a fuel for pointless wars

When all is done
Who shall benefit? Who is the one?
Not those who pass on
But those dictators divine waving their deceitful wands

NeoGreen

(4,033 posts)
33. A little tune called "Atheists Don't Have No Songs"...
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 05:56 PM
Apr 2014

...
Disclaimer #1: Please let me know if I have violated any DU rules on Intellectual Content (nicely).
Disclaimer #2: This is only one of many "Atheist Songs" I enjoy.
Disclaimer #3: I'm surprised no one else posted this first.

Please Enjoy:



"Atheists Don't Have No Songs"
by Steve Martin

[Lyrics]

(Christians have)
Christians have their hymns and pages.
(Hymns and pages)
Hava Nagila's for the Jews.
(For the Jews)
Baptists have the rock of ages.
(Rock of ages)
Atheists just sing the blues.

(Romantics play)
Romantics play Claire de Lune.
(Claire de Lune)
Born agains sing He is risen.
But no one ever wrote a tune.
(Wrote a tune)
For godless existentialism.
(For godless existentialism)

For Atheists,
There's no good news.
They'll never sing,
A song of faith.

In their songs,
They have a rule.
The "he" is always lowercase.
The "he" is always lowercase.

(Some folks sing)
Some folks sing a Bach cantata.
(Bach cantata)
Lutherans get Christmas trees.
Atheist songs add up to nada.
(Up to nada)
But they do have Sundays free.
(Have Sundays free)

(Pentecostals sing)
Pentecostals sing, sing to heaven,
(Sing to heaven)
Gothics had the books of scrolls,
(Numerologists count)
Numerologists count, count to seven,
(Count to seven)
Atheists have rock and roll.

For Atheists,
There's no good news.
They'll never sing,
A song of faith.

In their songs,
They have a rule.
The "he" is always lowercase.
The "he" is always lowercase.

Atheists
... Atheists
... Atheists
Don't Have No SONGS!

(Christians have)
Christians have their hymns and pages.
(Hymns and pages)
Hava Nagila's for the Jews.
(For the Jews)
Baptists have the rock of ages.
(Rock of ages)
Atheists just sing the blues.

Catholics,
Dress up for Mass.
And listen to,
Gregorian chants.

Atheists,
Just take a pass.
Watch football in their underpants.
Watch football in their underpants.

Atheists
... Atheists
... Atheists
Don't Have No SONGS!
(Don't Have No Songs)

NeoGreen

(4,033 posts)
34. "Hallelujah"...
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 06:24 PM
Apr 2014

... I always hear it from an Atheist point of view with slightly varied lyrics (in my ear)...
(Apologies if I was supposed to be limited to just one?)



"Hallelujah"
by Leonard Cohen
Performed by Rufus Wrainright

I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe I have been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time you let me know
What's real and going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you?
The holy dark was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there's a god above
And all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
And it's not a cry you can hear at night,
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
36. Wait.... No one likes...?
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 08:20 PM
Apr 2014



(of course I suppose it's only atheist because religious folk keep denying science.)

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)
38. Because there's bugger all down here an Earth...
Tue Apr 15, 2014, 01:08 AM
Apr 2014

Always cracks me up.

It's a great song for getting a grip on our place in the universe. Here's to perspective!

NeoGreen

(4,033 posts)
37. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life...
Mon Apr 14, 2014, 09:04 PM
Apr 2014


by Eric Idle of Monty Python

Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear
And curse
When you're chewing on
Life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best...
And...

...always look on the bright side
Of life...
(Whistle)

Always look on the light side
Of life...
(Whistle)

If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and
Dance and sing
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle
- that's the thing.
And...always look on the bright
Side of life...
(Whistle)

Come on.

Always look on the bright side
Of life...
(Whistle)

For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain
With a bow
Forget about your sin - give the
Audience a grin
Enjoy it - it's your last chance
Anyhow.
So always look on the bright side
Of death
Just before you draw your
Terminal breath
Life's a piece of shit
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke
It's true
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh
Is on you
And always look on the bright side
Of life...
(Whistle)

Always look on the right side
Of life...
(Whistle)

Come on Brian, cheer up.

Always look on the bright side
Of life...

Always look on the bright side
Of life...

Worse things happen at sea you know.

Always look on the bright side
Of life...

I mean - what have you got to lose?
You know, you come from nothing
- you're going back to nothing.
What have you lost? Nothing.

Always look on the right side
Of life...

iwillalwayswonderwhy

(2,661 posts)
41. Hymn Number 43, Jethro Tull
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 07:40 AM
Apr 2014

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=GbfmYLFTpsY


Oh father high in heaven -- smile down upon your son
whose busy with his money games -- his women and his gun.
Oh Jesus save me!
And the unsung Western hero killed an Indian or three
and made his name in Hollywood
to set the white man free.
Oh Jesus save me!
If Jesus saves -- well, He'd better save Himself
from the gory glory seekers who use His name in death.
Oh Jesus save me!
I saw him in the city and on the mountains of the moon --
His cross was rather bloody --
He could hardly roll His stone.
Oh Jesus save me!

NeoGreen

(4,033 posts)
42. Old Time Religion (Pete Seeger)
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 05:23 PM
Apr 2014


Old Time Religion
(Pete Seeger)

Give me that old time religion
Give me that old time religion
Give me that old time religion
It's good enough for me.

We will pray with Aphrodite,
We will pray with Aphrodite,
She wears that see-through nightie,
And it's good enough for me.

We will pray with Zarathustra,
We'll pray just like we use ta,
I'm a Zarathustra booster,
And it's good enough for me.

We will pray with those Egyptians,
Build pyramids to put our crypts in,
Cover subways with inscriptions,
And it's good enough for me.

We will pray with those old druids,
They drink fermented fluids,
Waltzing naked though the woo-ids,
And it's good enough for me.

We do dances to bring water,
Prepare animals for slaughter,
Sacrifice our sons and daughters,
And it's good enough for me.

I'll arise at early morning,
When my Lord gives me the warning,
That the solar age is dawning,
And it's good enough for me

wavesofeuphoria

(525 posts)
44. Also "Where The Birds Always Sing" by The Cure
Tue Apr 29, 2014, 03:12 PM
Apr 2014

The world is neither fair nor unfair
The idea is just a way for us to understand
But the world is neither fair nor unfair
So one survives
The others die
And you always want a reason why

But the world is neither just nor unjust
It's just us trying to feel that there's some sense in it
No, the world is neither just nor unjust
And though going young
So much undone
Is a tragedy for everyone

It doesn't speak a plan or any secret thing
No unseen sign or untold truth in anything...
But living on in others, in memories and dreams
Is not enough
You want everything
Another world where the sun always shines
And the birds always sing
Always sing...

The world is neither fair nor unfair
The idea is just a way for us to understand
No the world is neither fair nor unfair
So some survive
And others die
And you always want a reason why

But the world is neither just nor unjust
It's just us trying to feel that there's some sense in it
No, the world is neither just nor unjust
And though going young
So much undone
Is a tragedy for everyone

It doesn't mean there has to be a way of things
No special sense that hidden hands are pulling strings
But living on in others, in memories and dreams
Is not enough
And it never is
You always want so much more than this...

An endless sense of soul and an eternity of love
A sweet mother down below and a just father above
For living on in others, in memories and dreams
Is not enough
You want everything
Another world
Where the birds always sing
Another world
Where the sun always shines
Another world
Where nothing ever dies...

NeoGreen

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45. Die Gedanken Sind Frei (Thoughts are Free)
Fri May 2, 2014, 11:04 AM
May 2014

or



Die Gedanken Sind Frei (Thoughts are Free)

Thoughts are free, who can guess them?
They fly by like nocturnal shadows.
No man can know them, no hunter can shoot them
with powder and lead: Thoughts are free!

I think what I want, and what delights me,
still always reticent, and as it is suitable.
My wish and desire, no one can deny me
and so it will always be: Thoughts are free!

And if I am thrown into the darkest dungeon,
all these are futile works,
because my thoughts tear all gates
and walls apart: Thoughts are free!

So I will renounce my sorrows forever,
and never again will torture myself with whimsies.
In one's heart, one can always laugh and joke
and think at the same time: Thoughts are free!

I love wine, and my girl even more,
Only her I like best of all.
I'm not alone with my glass of wine,
my girl is with me: Thoughts are free!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Gedanken_sind_frei

NeoGreen

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46. O Lord, please don't burn us,
Fri May 2, 2014, 11:07 AM
May 2014



O Lord, please don't burn us
by Monty (Python)

O Lord, please don't burn us,
Don't grill us or toast your flock,
Don't put us on a barbecue,
Or simmer us in stock,
Don't braise us or bake or boil us,
Or stir-fry us in a wok.
Oh please don't lightly poach us,
Or baste us with hot fat,
Don't fricassee or roast us,
Or boil us in a vat,
And please don't stick thy servants, Lord,
In a Rotissomat.

NeoGreen

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47. Question - Moody Blues
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 07:52 PM
Jun 2014


"Question"

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door
With a thousand million questions
About hate and death and war?

'cause when we stop and look around us
There is nothing that we need.
In a world of persecution that is burning in its greed.

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?
Because the truth is hard to swallow
That's what the war of love is for.

It's not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me.
It's more the way that you mean it
When you tell me what will be.

And when you stop and think about it
You won't believe it's true.
That all the love you've been giving
Has all been meant for you.

I'm looking for someone to change my life.
I'm looking for a miracle in my life.
And if you could see what it's done to me
To lose the love I knew
Could safely lead me through.

Between the silence of the mountains
And the crashing of the sea
There lies a land I once lived in
And she's waiting there for me.

But in the grey of the morning
My mind becomes confused
Between the dead and the sleeping
And the road that I must choose.

I'm looking for someone to change my life.
I'm looking for a miracle in my life.
And if you could see what it's done to me
To lose the love I knew
Could safely lead me to
The land that I once knew.
To learn as we grow old
The secrets of our souls.

It's not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me.
It's more the way you really mean it
When you tell me what will be.

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door
With a thousand million questions
About hate and death and war?

When we stop and look around us
There is nothing that we need.
In a world of persecution that is burning in its greed.

NeoGreen

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48. Ain't It The Truth
Fri Jul 18, 2014, 06:02 PM
Jul 2014


Ain't It The Truth
Lyrics by: Yip Harburg
Performed by: Lena Horne

Refrain 1
Life is short, short, brother,
(Ain't it the truth!)
And there is no other,
(Ain't it the truth!)
You got to rock that rainbow
While you still got your youth,
Ain't it the solid truth!

Was a guy called Adam,
(Ain't it the truth!)
He said: "Look here, madam..."
(Ain't it the truth!)
"You got to bite that apple
While you still got your tooth."
Ain't it the mellow truth!

Lord gave you wine and gin
To drown your troubles in,
What's all this talk of sin?
Rise and shine
And fall in line.

Get that new religion
(Ain't it the truth!)
'Fore you is dead pigeon
(Ain't it the truth!)
'Cause when you layin' horizontal
In that telephone booth,
There'll be no breathin' spell,
That's only naturell,
Ain't it the gos-a-pel truth!

Refrain 2

Life is short, short, brother,
(Ain't it the truth!)
And there is no other,
(Ain't it the truth!)
So if you don't love livin'
Then you're slightly uncouth,
Ain't it the visible truth!

Said that gal DuBarry,
(Ain't it the truth!)
"Love is cash and carry."
(Ain't it the truth!)
"You got to shake it down
Or stir it up with vermouth."
Ain't it the dignified truth!

Life is a ripplin' brook,
Man is a fish to cook,
You got to bait your hook,
Rise and shine
And cast your line.

Got to get your possum
(Ain't it the truth!)
While you still in blossom
(Ain't it the truth!)
That went for Delilah,
Cleopatra and Ruth:
Them babes did mighty swell,
They rang that Jeze-bell,
Ain't it the gos-a-pel truth!
It's the truth,
The truth,
It's the solid mellow truth!

NeoGreen

(4,033 posts)
49. Jerry Falwell's God
Fri Jul 18, 2014, 06:26 PM
Jul 2014


Jerry Falwell's God
words and music by Roy Zimmerman

Jerry Falwell's god was standing by the elevator while we were talking about the party, so we had to invite him.

Secretly, we were all wishing that he wouldn't come, because he's vengeful and jealous and he tends to smite people.

And, of course, he knew we were thinking that, so it made him all the more determined to show up and punish us.

And I wanted to invite my god, but I couldn't find him.

But, Jerry Falwell's god is hard to miss... the gossamer robe and the beard down to here, and the button that says, "What would Jesus do?"

And sure enough, day of the party, there he was at the door.

And he spoke, spaketh he, saying, "I AM COME."

And I knew there was a joke there... but Jerry Falwell's god will not be mocked.

So I said, "Come in."

Jerry Falwell's god
Jerry Falwell's god
Huh!

Now, I'm no heavenly host, but I throw a decent party, and there were people of all kinds there — black, white, Swedish, Norwegian, the whole human spectrum.

And right away, Jerry Falwell's god found the two people who would listen to him and began spaking in a voice so loud, it made the Beastie Boys sound like the Vienna Boys Choir.

And he made the lame to walk.

And these were my friends, so they were still lame, but they could walk.

And he turned the loaves to fishes, and the Oreos to Hydrox.

And he divided up the room, divided he, saying "Gays here, lesbians here, pagans here, abortionists, feminists, civil libertarians, People for the American Way," and frankly, some of us did not know where to stand.

I went with the lesbians.

Jerry Falwell's god
Jerry Falwell's god
Huh!

And he pointed his huge finger at each group in turn, saying, "I blame you, and you, and you, who have secularized society and cast me out of the town square," and I thought, "Man you are the town square."

He said, "Lo, I have lifted the Veil of Protection, for the end days are here, and the judgment is nigh, where I will draw the faithful to heaven and will leave the unrepentant to walk a desolate earth." And I thought, "More polyester for the rest of us."

And he spat fire, and he rained toads, and he brought forth seven bowls of seven plagues, and finally I just said, "Look, I'll tell you one thing Jesus would not do.

Jesus would not wreck a guy's party.

And Jesus would not preach hate.

And Jesus would not stand in the rubble and say, 'I told you so.'

And Jesus would not use an international catastrophe to score points for some misogynistic, narrow, homophobic, anti-Semitic interpretation of his life and teaching.

And if people are jealous and judgmental and vengeful and violent, maybe it's because you made them in your image.

And if people have cast you out of the town square, maybe it's because you are a finger-pointing, moralizing, rageaholic, stone drag who gives deities a bad name!

And if people have turned away from your word, maybe it's because you have spinach in your teeth!"

And he smote me.

Jerry Falwell's god
Jerry Falwell's god
Huh!

NeoGreen

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56. Yep! Found the list after following your link to the "rebuttal" article...
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 08:08 AM
Apr 2016

...networking works.

Thanks for the initial find and post.

NG

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
51. In the Name of God – Ziggy Marley
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 03:19 PM
Apr 2016

In the name of god you kill in the name of your god
In the name of god you conquered in the name of your god
All religion should be wiped out
So that people may just live
What divides us is an illusion
Made up by men in their confusion

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
52. Cathedral – Crosby Stills and Nash
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 03:20 PM
Apr 2016

Open up the gates of the church and let me out of here
Too many people have lied in the name of Christ
For anyone to heed the call
So many people have died in the name of Christ
That I can't believe it all
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