Ok I’m on a bit of a favourites thing at the moment.
So this thread is for your favourite songs expressing atheist or anti-religious sentiment. Two of mine at the moment are:
XTC - Dear God
“Dear God,
I can’t believe in… I don’t believe in…
I won’t believe in heaven and hell
No saints, no sinners, no Devil as well
No pearly gates, no thorny crown
You’re always letting us humans down
The wars you bring, the babes you drown
Those lost at sea and never found
And it’s the same the whole world 'round
The hurt I see helps to compound
The Father, Son and Holy Ghost
Is just somebody’s unholy hoax
And if you’re up there you’ll perceive
That my heart’s here upon my sleeve
If there’s one thing I don’t believe in…
It’s you, dear God”
Hoodoo Gurus - Dead Sea
“People reading the Bible
like it’s holy scripture.
Taking words out of context,
now devoid of meaning.
Using heaven for hatred - almost universal.
Ignorance is the Devil.
Knowledge was the first sin.”
While this doesn’t really count as an “atheist song” (though, it’s a song by an atheist about religion), Tim Minchin’s song about the Pope is just fabulous.
Am rather fond of The Tea Party, nice hard rock but not too messy either:
Great Big Lie Lyrics
Artist(Band):The Tea Party
god is pressure
god is pressure more or less
and it takes a lifetime
a life of lies to make a mess
ah but you suffer
i see you suffer with a smile
well look around yourself,
baby don’t you think you’re in denial
and it hurts so bad
to see your garden of debris
don’t make a move now
it could be the thing that sets you free
all you say now
is a great big lie
(just say you didn’t mean)
and you’ll still deny
it’s a great big lie
you pulled the plug
you pulled the plug to save your face
and i’d be the first
to reconciliate the grace
ah but you suffer
i see you suffer with a smile
look around yourself
don’t you think you’re in denial
all you say now
is a great big lie
(just say you didn’t mean)
and you’ll still deny
it’s a great big lie
Samsara Lyrics
Artist(Band):The Tea Party Review The Song (0)
please would you tell me my friend
which direction is the way
because i’m lost, i’m confused
the reality we choose
is a long, long way from the dream
all you’ll feel is pain and suffering
wading through samsara
yes but i’ve heard that before
from those teachers of dreams
but it’s old and it’s cold
i just can’t feel it in my soul
am i damned to a life of extremes
all you’ll feel is pain and suffering
wading through samsara
but i’ve looked to the east
and i’ve prayed in the west
what i knw, i’ve seen
you just couldn’t imagine
where i’ve been
and i feel at this time
i just need to rest
and i’d like us to stay here
i would love us to stay here
would you let me stay here, please…
You’re such an inspiration for ways
That i will never ever choose to be.
Oh so many ways for me to show you
How your savior has abandoned you.
Thank(fuck) your god.
Your lord, your christ
He did this,
Took all you had
And left you this way.
Still you pray, never stray,
Never taste of the fruit.
Never thought to question why.
It’s not like you killed someone.
It’s not like you drove a hateful spear into his side.
Praise the one who left you
Broken down and paralyzed.
He did it all for you.
He did it all for you.
Oh so many ways for me to show you
How your dogma has abandoned you.
Pray to your christ, to your god.
Never taste of the fruit,
Never stray, never break,
Never choke on a lie,
Even though he’s the one who did this to you
Never thought to question why.
It’s not like you killed someone.
It’s not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side.
Talk to jesus christ as if he knows the reasons why
He did this all to you.
He did it all for you.
He did it all for you.
he wrote this when his mum was in a coma, and her church group said she suffered like this because of her sins.
he doesn’t say fuck your GOD, he says fuck YOUR god.
it’s one my fav tunes
and of-course the all time favourite to freak people out with:
Nine Inch Nails
Heresy
He sewed his eyes shut because he is afraid to see
He tries to tell me what i put inside of me
He’s got the answers to ease my curiosity
He dreamed up a god and called it christianity
Your god is dead and no one cares
If there is a hell i will see you there
He flexed his muscles to keep his flock of sheep in line
He made a virus that would kill off all the swine
His perfect kingdom of killing suffering and pain
Demands devotion atrocities done in his name
Your god is dead and no one cares
Drowning in his own hypocrisy
And if there is a hell i will see you there
Burning with your god in humility
Will you die for this?
