Atheist music

[T'ai Chi]

Um. Here's some.

http://www.ffrf.org/music.html

[Upchurch]

Atheist music. Christian music. It all sucks.

When will people learn that music based on philosophy really doesn't work well?

[T'ai Chi]

Oh, I disagree. My feminist Irish African American lesbian Republican Buddhist gangsta' rap music is quite good!

[Nyarlathotep]

Originally posted by Upchurch
Atheist music. Christian music. It all sucks.

When will people learn that music based on philosophy really doesn't work well?

You hit it right on the head. Even "mainstream music" begins to blow when it gets too preachy about some message or other.

[Upchurch]

My freshman year college roommate would play Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith all the frelling time. 9 years later, I still have zero tolerance for the stuff.

Another rule of thumb (that's for zakur) is Music First, Then Philosophy.

Take Gospal. That is damn good stuff that would stand on its own musically regardless of the lyrics.

[c4ts]

Originally posted by Upchurch
Atheist music. Christian music. It all sucks.

When will people learn that music based on philosophy really doesn't work well?

Hey, even classical music is based on philosophy.

[Lord Emsworth]

Originally posted by Upchurch
Another rule of thumb (that's for zakur) is Music First, Then Philosophy.


Yes! I would add political opinion

[elliotfc]

Originally posted by Upchurch
My freshman year college roommate would play Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith all the frelling time. 9 years later, I still have zero tolerance for the stuff.

Another rule of thumb (that's for zakur) is Music First, Then Philosophy.

Take Gospal. That is damn good stuff that would stand on its own musically regardless of the lyrics.

I agree completely. Christian *music* blows, forget about the lyrics. I'm talking about the cheesy Protestant radio stuff. Since I am an accompaniast at a Catholic Church I do admit I have many songs that I like, but they aren't anything like Christian pop.

Ever see that Time/Life commercial devoted to contemporary Christian music? You figure Jesus has to be rolling over in his grave when he hears that stuff.

:)

-Elliot

[Ossai]

For some good religious music.

The Dagon Tabernacle Choir

"The Carol of the Old Ones" (http://www.cthulhulives.org/solsticecarol.html)

:cool:

Ossai

[Yahweh]

Originally posted by Upchurch
Atheist music. Christian music. It all sucks.

When will people learn that music based on philosophy really doesn't work well?
I dont much care for music like that.

How many people remember that "Element Song (http://www.roomd116.com/element%20song.htm)"?

[Nyarlathotep]

Originally posted by elliotfc

Ever see that Time/Life commercial devoted to contemporary Christian music? You figure Jesus has to be rolling over in his grave when he hears that stuff.


I've seen that commercial. Just looking at the vacant, glassy eyed, slack jawed stares of the people in the concert shots gives me new reason not to want to ever become a christian every time I see it.

[elliotfc]

Originally posted by Nyarlathotep


I've seen that commercial. Just looking at the vacant, glassy eyed, slack jawed stares of the people in the concert shots gives me new reason not to want to ever become a christian every time I see it.

Yup. Horrible p.r.

-Elliot

[EdipisReks]

Originally posted by Nyarlathotep


I've seen that commercial. Just looking at the vacant, glassy eyed, slack jawed stares of the people in the concert shots gives me new reason not to want to ever become a christian every time I see it.

but dude! don't you just love it when the dudes are all dressed up with mohawks and piercings and thrash guitars, and then belt out the most insipid light rock?

[crocodile deathroll]

Has anyone ever heard this classic from Monthy Python's the Meaning of Life

mp3 (http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/mol/every-sp.mp3)

Lyrics to " Every Sperm is Sacred." (http://www.dagensvisa.com/minata/dav/dav_25_aug.html#born).

CDR

[Some Friggin Guy]

When will people learn that music based on philosophy really doesn't work well?

With the exception of "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who, I would agree with you.

[evildave]

Jethro Tull is very nice.

So's XTC's 'Dear God'.

[Mercutio]

Originally posted by elliotfc
I agree completely. Christian *music* blows, forget about the lyrics. I'm talking about the cheesy Protestant radio stuff. Since I am an accompaniast at a Catholic Church I do admit I have many songs that I like, but they aren't anything like Christian pop.

Ever see that Time/Life commercial devoted to contemporary Christian music? You figure Jesus has to be rolling over in his grave when he hears that stuff.
I want to make a parody album of this cr@p. It really should be a piece of cake--a handful of power chords, an anthemic chorus, shallow and repetitive lyrics praising some vague notion of a savior...(btw, there was a scathing review of "worship music" on national public radio a few weeks ago, where music and words were compared to some of the standard hymns of a few decades ago)

Anyway, something like
"we will follow, without question, blindly follow down your path--
let us swallow mere suggestion; thinking might incur your wrath..."
Actually I'm going to have to dumb it down even more, if you've actually listened to that pap.

Then all we need is a handful of synthesizers, overproduce some angelic fanfare of a background, slap a photo of a group of wide-eyed cult-fodder middle americans on the cover (and hide the fact that proceeds go to atheist causes like sending my kids to college) and you've got a best-seller!

[Kilted_Canuck]

I've always liked Bad Religion, but they're more of a punk group that you old fogies probably wouldn't like.

*ducks due to the old fogie remark*

[T'ai Chi]

Originally posted by evildave

So's XTC's 'Dear God'.

But once again, it typically pics on Christians.

"That father, son and holy ghost"

etc.

[Some Friggin Guy]

ANyone else here have the sudden urge to start writing pop music in praise of Cthulu?

[calladus]

Originally posted by Ossai
For some good religious music.

The Dagon Tabernacle Choir

"The Carol of the Old Ones" (http://www.cthulhulives.org/solsticecarol.html)

:cool:

Ossai

wow, just WOW! That was GREAT!

I think I'll convert!

Did you see that they are offering a Christmas CD come October? During Christmas people always crank up their radios in the office and churn out the christmas music. Not bad if it sticks to classical, (or humorous)

Now I'm gonna have music to crank up too!!

[Quinn]

Originally posted by Mercutio
I want to make a parody album of this cr@p. It really should be a piece of cake--a handful of power chords, an anthemic chorus, shallow and repetitive lyrics praising some vague notion of a savior...

In college one of my friends and I put one together -- not a whole album, but a single song called "God I Was an Awful Person Til I Found God." It was, as you said, a piece of cake to write, largely because all the Sandy Patty and Michael W. Smith songs I'd had to sing in high school chorus were still regrettably fresh in my mind. (And yes, it was a public high school. At the time it didn't occur to me to be incensed about it, at least not on anything other than esthetic grounds.)

Here's are all I can remember of our song...

[Cheesy intro featuring digital-sounding electric piano and Simmons drums at a jaunty, poppy 144 BPM]

[Verse 1:]
I used to take drugs, I used to be a whore,
I shot my mother fifteen times.
I used to bite the heads off of baby chickens
Til Jesus put me in line.

He showed me the way, he showed me the light.
He told me that I gotta pick wrong from right.
[Line I can't remember]
[Line that rhymes with the line I can't remember]

[Chorus:]
God I Was an Awful Person Til I Found God
God I Was an Awful Person Til I Found God

[Verse 2 - don't remember the lines, but something about getting caught robbing a liquor store and then being redeemed]

[Repeat chorus]

[Guitar solo derived from "The Final Countdown" by Europe, played on a Korg M1 synthesizer]

[Verse 3:]
Now I work for Jim Bob Faith,
A televangelist.
He's got his own cable network
And he's high on the ratings list.

God's given me a message, he told me what to do,
He told me that I'm s'posed to get money from you.
So jump and shout, help me out,
Turn your pockets inside out.

[Repeat chorus]
[Modulate up a half step, repeat chorus]
[Modulate up another half step, repeat chorus again]
[Up at least one more half step, 'cuz the genuine Xtian pop songs do it three times, and this is supposed to be a caricature]
[Up one more time for the Baby Jesus]
[And one more for Satan]

[Tag:]
Til... I found Gooooooooooooooood!
[Simmons drum fill, final power chord on M1. Thank you First United Methodist, good night!]

Quinn

[Zep]

They don't write songs like that any more...

[fsol]

Kilted_Canuck: Bad Religion *are* old fogies ;)

[Mercutio]

Originally posted by Quinn

In college one of my friends and I put one together -- not a whole album, but a single song called "God I Was an Awful Person Til I Found God." It was, as you said, a piece of cake to write, largely because all the Sandy Patty and Michael W. Smith songs I'd had to sing in high school chorus were still regrettably fresh in my mind. (And yes, it was a public high school. At the time it didn't occur to me to be incensed about it, at least not on anything other than esthetic grounds.)
***snip of masterful song***
Now that's what I'm talking about! I think we've found our single!

What really made me smile was the "modulate up half step" bits ("it's funny 'cuz it's true")--I'm thinking somebody listened to a little too much Barry Manilow (not you, Quinn, but the originals you parodied).

It is almost (but seriously, not quite) worth ordering one of those continuously-advertised albums, just to get the phrasing exactly right...

[Nyarlathotep]

Originally posted by EdipisReks


but dude! don't you just love it when the dudes are all dressed up with mohawks and piercings and thrash guitars, and then belt out the most insipid light rock?

Insipid light rock is an understatement, the Backstreet Boys probably laugh at these people and call them posers.

[Starrman]

we will follow, without question, blindly follow down your path--

Sounds like Tool's Opiate :

"Choices always were a problem for you.
What you need is someone strong to guide you.
Deaf and blind and dumb and born to follow,
what you need is someone strong to use you...
like me,
like me.

If you want to get your soul to heaven,
trust in me.
Don't judge or question.
You are broken now,
but faith can heal you.
Just do everything I tell you to do.
Deaf and blind and dumb and born to follow.
Let me lay my holy hand upon you.

My God's will
becomes me.
When he speaks out,
he speaks through me.
He has needs
like I do.
We both want
to rape you.

Jesus Christ, why don't you come save my life.
Open my eyes and blind me with your light
and your lies."

[crocodile deathroll]

I felt you may prefer to read the lyrics while it is playing, so you could open up "Play" link and as it is playing minimize it and you could sing along with it.

Enjoy :D:

Every Sperm Is Sacred

Play (http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/mol/every-sp.mp3)

DAD:
There are Jews in the world.
There are Buddhists.
There are Hindus and Mormons, and then
There are those that follow Mohammed, but
I've never been one of them.


I'm a Roman Catholic,
And have been since before I was born,
And the one thing they say about Catholics is:
They'll take you as soon as you're warm.


You don't have to be a six-footer.
You don't have to have a great brain.
You don't have to have any clothes on. You're
A Catholic the moment Dad came,


Because


Every sperm is sacred.
Every sperm is great.
If a sperm is wasted,
God gets quite irate.


CHILDREN:
Every sperm is sacred.
Every sperm is great.
If a sperm is wasted,
God gets quite irate.


GIRL:
Let the heathen spill theirs
On the dusty ground.
God shall make them pay for
Each sperm that can't be found.


CHILDREN:
Every sperm is wanted.
Every sperm is good.
Every sperm is needed
In your neighbourhood.


MUM:
Hindu, Taoist, Mormon,
Spill theirs just anywhere,
But God loves those who treat their
Semen with more care.


MEN:
Every sperm is sacred.
Every sperm is great.
WOMEN:
If a sperm is wasted,...
CHILDREN:
...God get quite irate.


PRIEST:
Every sperm is sacred.
BRIDE and GROOM:
Every sperm is good.
NANNIES:
Every sperm is needed...
CARDINALS:
...In your neighbourhood!


CHILDREN:
Every sperm is useful.
Every sperm is fine.
FUNERAL CORTEGE:
God needs everybody's.
MOURNER #1:
Mine!
MOURNER #2:
And mine!
CORPSE:
And mine!


NUN:
Let the Pagan spill theirs
O'er mountain, hill, and plain.
HOLY STATUES:
God shall strike them down for
Each sperm that's spilt in vain.


EVERYONE:
Every sperm is sacred.
Every sperm is good.
Every sperm is needed
In your neighbourhood.


Every sperm is sacred.
Every sperm is great.
If a sperm is wasted,
God gets quite iraaaaaate!
:D

[jj]

Well, I think I'll have to get that Christmas Music album, and add it to all my Bob Rivers Christmas Albums.

(www.twistedtunes.com)

A seque of the bartenders's carol into the carol of the old ones ought to do a body good. :)

[Nasarius]

Originally posted by fsol
Kilted_Canuck: Bad Religion *are* old fogies ;)

Yes, yes they are :)

[neutrino_cannon]

It's not the quality of music here that impresses me, it's the novelty of atheist music.

Of course, we all know what happens to novelty when it gets about a week old.

[evildave]

Originally posted by T'ai Chi


But once again, it typically pics on Christians.

"That father, son and holy ghost"

etc.

Do you feel that Christians somehow require special protection, or that I should come up with something more generically unreligious?

I am surrounded by mostly Christians.

I'm certain if it was Taoists knocking on on my doors (the Witlesses aren't content to knock on the FRONT door), pushing tracts in my face, I'd have more crap about Taoism.

http://www.etaiwannews.com/Taiwan/2003/08/24/1061695017.htm

But scantily clad (or naked) girls dancing for the Hungry Ghost festivals sounds great! Maybe they could come to my door knocking.

We need to import some of that.

[crocodile deathroll]

Here is an old familiar classic from Porgy and Bess. (http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/music/minstrels_aintso.html) It was also a hit song by Australia's pop idol "Normie Rowe" back in the 1960s.

Lyrics: to "It Ain't Necessarily So"

It ain't necessarily so, it ain't necessarily so
De t'ings dat yo' li'ble to read in de Bible
It ain't necessarily so

Li'l David was small, but oh my
Li'l David was small, but oh my
He fought big Goliath
who lay down and dieth
Li'l David was small, but oh my

Oh, Jonah, he lived in de whale
Oh, Jonah, he lived in de whale
Fo' he made his home in dat fish's abdomen
Oh, Jonah, he lived in de whale

Li'l Moses was found in a stream
Li'l Moses was found in a stream
He floated on water
Til Ole Pharoah's daughter
She fished him, she says, from that stream

It ain't necessarily so, it ain't necessarily so
Dey tell all you chillun de debble's a villun
But it ain't necessarily so.

To get into Hebben don't snap for a sebben
Live clean, don have no fault
Oh, I takes dat gospel
Whenever it's pos'ble
But wid a grain of salt

Methus'lah lived nine hundred years
Methus'lah lived nine hundred years
But who calls dat livin'
when no gal will give in
To no man what's nine hundred years?

I'm preachin' dis sermon to show
It ain't nessa, ain't nessa, ain't nessa, ain't nessa
Ain't necessarily so

[joyrex]

Hanuman (http://www.hanuman.com/mp3/)

I honestly think those Shiv Ganga tracks are very good..

[Quinn]

Originally posted by Mercutio
It is almost (but seriously, not quite) worth ordering one of those continuously-advertised albums, just to get the phrasing exactly right...

I can tell you precisely how to get the phrasing just right: lift a melodic snippet from some other pop song, then come up with lyrics that technically fit the melody, but only because you've forced them to; the number of syllables and placement of accents should be correct, but they should sound a little bit stilted and have no natural flow. Use of archaic biblical terms will help with this.

I know this trick because I currently spend most Sunday mornings playing awful Christian pop with a church "worship band," which I privately refer to as Bible Tap. (You laugh, but a gig's a gig, and I dare say I'm the best atheistic worship band keyboardist in Oakland.) Probably close to half the songs we do are blatantly, flagrantly lifted, at least in part, from some well-known pop hit. There's one that sounds like "Every Breath You Take," one that sounds like "I Will Always Love You," even one in 7/4 that sounds like (what else?) "Solsbury Hill." In fact, that's how I remember the songs; the band leader will call out a song title, and I'll say, "Now is that one 'Space Cowboy' or 'You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet'?" (Both actual examples, BTW.) I realize that pointing out the lack of originality so flippantly could be considered snotty and disrespectful, but as one of exactly two competent musicians in the six-piece band, I'm willing to risk it.

Quinn

[Nucular]

Crass did some amazing punk/anarchist music in the 70s and 80s which could be classed as atheistic.

I was quite taken with Reality Asylum (not at the time, mind, I was barely born) - although it's more of an angry poem than a song, it was released on 7":

Reality Asylum
I am no feeble Christ, not me
He hangs in glib delight upon his cross, upon his cross,
Above my body, lowly me
Christ forgive, forgive?
Holy He, He holy, He holy?
Sh*t He forgives, Forgive? Forgive?
I? I? Me? I? I vomit for you Jesu
Christy Christus
Puke upon your papal throne
Wrapped you are in the muddy shroud of churlish suicide
Wrapped I am in the bloody cloud
Of hellish genocide
Petulant child
I have suffered for you
Where you have never known me
I too must die
Will you be shadowed in the arrogance of my death?
Your valley truth
What light pass those pious heights?
What passing bells for these in their trucks?
For you lord.
You are the flag-bearer of these nations
One against the other that die in the mud
No piety. No deity
Is that your forgiveness?
Saint. Martyr. Goat. Billy.
Forgive? Sh*t he forgives
He hangs upon his cross
In self-righteous judgment
Hangs in crucified delight
Nailed to the extend of His vision
His cross. His manhood. His violence. Guilt. Sin.
He would nail my body upon his cross
As if I might have waited for him in the garden
As if I might have perfumed His body
Washed those bloody feet
This woman that he seeks
Suicide visionary. Death reveller. Rake. Rapist.
Gravedigger. Earthmover. Lifef*cker. Jesu.
You scooped the pits of Auschwitz
The soil of Treblinka is rich in your guilt
The sorrow of your tradition
Your stupid humility is the crown of thorn we all must wear.
For you. Ha. Master. Master of gore. Enigma. Stigma. Stigmata. Errata. Eraser.
The cross is the mast of our oppression.
You fly there, vain flag.
You carry it, wear it on your back, Lord. Your back.
Enola is your gaiety.
Suffer little children (to come unto me)
Suffer in that horror. Hirohorror. Hirrohiro. Hiroshimmer. Shimmerhiro.
Hiroshima. Hiroshima. Hiroshima. Hiroshima.
The bodies are your delight
The incandescent flame is the spirit of it
They come to you Jesu. To you
The nails are the only trinity
Hold them in your corpsey gracelessness
The image that I have had to suffer
These nails at my temple
The cross is the virgin body of womanhood
That you defile
In your guilt you turn your back
Nailed to that body
Lame-arse Jesus calls me sister
There are no words for my contempt
Every woman is a cross in his filthy theology
He turns His back on me in His fear
His vain delight is that pain I bear
Alone He hangs. His choice. His choice
Alone. Alone. His voice. His voice
He shares nothing, this Christ
Sterile. Impotent. F*cklove prophet of death
He's the ultimate pornography
He. He. Hear us Jesus
You sigh alone in your c*ckfear
You lie alone in your c*ntfear.
You cry alone in your womanfear.
You die alone in you manfear.
Alone Jesu, alone
In your c*ckfear. C*ntfear. Womanfear. Manfear.
Alone in your fear. Alone in your fear. Alone in your fear.
Your fear. Your fear. Your fear. Your fear. Your fear. Your fear. Your fear.
Warfare. Warfare. Warfare. Warfare. Warfare.
Jesus died for his own sins. Not mine.
- Crass

Eve Libertine isn't keen on Jesus, it seems.

[T'ai Chi]

Originally posted by evildave
Do you feel that Christians somehow require special protection, or that I should come up with something more generically unreligious?

I am surrounded by mostly Christians.


The latter. Calling out the "father, son, and holy ghost" is speaking directly to Christianity. I feel the atheist message should be more general.

Oh you're "surrounded"! They're moving in to surround you and convert you, and take you over. All your base are theirs.

As far as handing out tracts (http://www.ffrf.org/nontracts/), I think you are all for that. They have a sticker on their car, so do you. They have symbols, so do you. They have leaders, so do you. They have god(s), so do you (time, chance). They have philosophical music, so do you. Hmm, the list goes on and on.

If you can't beat em, join em I guess!

[Darwin]

"...They have god(s), so do you (time, chance). ...".

:rolleyes:

[T'ai Chi]

Time and chance solves all scientific problems that are sticky.

[urstardust]

Originally posted by T'ai Chi
Time and chance solves all scientific problems that are sticky.

Nothing suffocates you more than
The passing of everyday human events
Isolation is the oxygen mask you make
Your children breath into survive

But I'm not a slave to a god
That doesn't exist
But I'm not a slave to world
That doesn't give a s**t

And when we were good
You just closed you eyes
So when we are bad
We're going to scar your minds

Fight, fight, fight, fight

You'll never grow up to be a big -
Rock - star - celebrated - victim - of - your - fame
They'll just cut our wrists like
Cheap coupons and say that death
Was on sale today

And when we were good
You just closed you eyes
So when we are bad
We're scar your minds

But I'm not a slave to a god
That doesn't exist
But I'm not a slave to world
That doesn't give a s**t
The death of one is a tragedy
The death of one is a tragedy
The death of one is a tragedy
But death of a million is just a statistic

[evildave]

Originally posted by T'ai Chi


The latter. Calling out the "father, son, and holy ghost" is speaking directly to Christianity. I feel the atheist message should be more general.

Oh you're "surrounded"! They're moving in to surround you and convert you, and take you over. All your base are theirs.

As far as handing out tracts (http://www.ffrf.org/nontracts/), I think you are all for that. They have a sticker on their car, so do you. They have symbols, so do you. They have leaders, so do you. They have god(s), so do you (time, chance). They have philosophical music, so do you. Hmm, the list goes on and on.

If you can't beat em, join em I guess!

Hmm. I don't seem to have any stickers on my car... do you really think I should?

I don't have any symbols, either... do you really think I should?

Gods? Laughable. From the mouth of someone who can't conceive of not worshiping "stuff", apparently. If not a god, then some sort of magical force, like Luke Skywalker relied on. If not that, then perhaps the sun and moon?

Philosophical music? I just said they were "nice".

But thanks for playing Trolling For Godses!

Really though, T&A. That would be a nice thing to look up to. On a stage. Good to know some religions are so downright progressive in their views of what should be done with their festivals.

[T'ai Chi]

Hmm. I don't seem to have any stickers on my car... do you really think I should?

I don't have any symbols, either... do you really think I should?


No, you'd have nothing that silly, just hundreds of lists about religion that you post, religiously, as if they were stickers.

Want me to post some pics of atheist cars with stickers plastered all over them? These are a hoot. They must be automobiles for "freethinkers". :rolleyes:

[evildave]

Whatever turns your crank. Get busy "religiously" tracking those pictures down. That sounds like fun.

I hardly have "hundreds" of lists.

Just a few I've deveoped over the years.

If you like, I'll dump them all on you. Some of them are quite funny (subjectively speaking). I also "religiously" archive work and back up my hard drive.

Oh my! You must think I "worship" backup software now, and have stickers on my car about that, too!

When you get down to telling me about my "unreligion", and start putting dashes in words, and waxing lunatic all about 'gravitons' and goddesses, and what 2+2 really means, I'm sure I'll understand.

[T'ai Chi]

When you get down to telling me about my "unreligion", and start putting dashes in words, and waxing lunatic all about 'gravitons' and goddesses, and what 2+2 really means, I'm sure I'll understand.

Great strawman there.

I guess there are fundamentals in every religion/belief/worldview/idea/philosophy/way of life.

Now, go post some lists or news articles about religion and read your Humanist Manifesto or something. ;)

[evildave]

Where are those car pictures you promised?

You made it sound like you'd already been collecting them.

C'mon!

[T'ai Chi]

Originally posted by evildave
Where are those car pictures you promised?

You made it sound like you'd already been collecting them.

C'mon!

Ya really want em? You think you can handle the atheisticness of them? :)

I'm talking about an entire back of the car plastered with freethinking stickers.

I just don't get it I guess.

[JamesM]

I just thought of a good atheist song. 'The Dead Only Quickly' by Stephin Merritt, from the Sixths album, 'Hyacinths and Thistles'. Sample lyric:
It would be swell
to see some folks burn in hell
but when they go
it's just as pleasant to know:

Chorus:
that the dead only quickly decay
they don't go about being born and reborn
and rising and falling like souffle
-- the dead only quickly decay

[evildave]

Originally posted by T'ai Chi


Ya really want em? You think you can handle the atheisticness of them? :)

I'm talking about an entire back of the car plastered with freethinking stickers.

I just don't get it I guess.

Yeah, ALL OF IT! ;) I get plenty of the Calvin praying at a cross thing and "Jeesus is my copilot" junk, with Jesus fishes and in some cases whole-theme cars and homes here.

[Solitaire]

Hm.

Jesus Is My Copilot - Hell Is My Mission...

Anyway, if you want to know the absolute worst in aethist music: Hush Project (http://artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/Hush_Project/comments-0.html).
Foul language, sex, not to mention other thematic problems with this one.

[Foghorn Leghorn]

Originally posted by T'ai Chi

Great strawman there.

I guess there are fundamentals in every religion/belief/worldview/idea/philosophy/way of life.

Now, go post some lists or news articles about religion and read your Humanist Manifesto or something. ;)

"In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death"

We have no future
heaven wasn't made for me
we burn ourselves to hell
as fast as it can be
and I wish that I could be a king
then I'd know that I am not alone

Maggots put on shirts
Sell each others s**t
sometimes I feel so worthless
sometimes I feel discarded
I wish that I was good enough
then I'd know that I am not alone

Death is policeman
Death is the priest
Death is the stereo
Death is a TV
Death is the Tarot
Death is an angel and
Death is our God
killing us all

she puts the seeds in me
plant this dying tree
she's a burning string
and I'm just the ashes

she put the seeds in me
plant this dying tree
she's a burning string
and I'm just the ashes