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Music is from Johann Pachelbel's "Canon in D"
Agnostic’s Lament
VERSE:
I have wondered, I have doubted. –- That angered you. You yelled and shouted.
Can’t see how it threatens you --- for me to wonder what is true.
DOUBLE TIME:
I don’t get why it’s threatening --- for me to question anything.
You say I’m wrong, and I might be. --- I have no need to disagree.
CHORUS:
You call me “faithless” – I don’t mind. –- I have faith, it’s just not blind.
You label me an “unbeliever.” --- But, I don’t know and you don’t either.
I’ve never been an “unbeliever.” --- I can’t be sure, and you can’t either.
I don’t pretend to prophesy. –- Self deception’s still a lie.
I believe, but I can’t be certain --- I can’t see behind the curtain.
One man’s “holy truth” you see, --- is another man’s mythology.
VERSE:
You shout “faith” from every roof, --- but faith is not the same as proof.
“Don’t question God,” you preach and shout. --- But it isn’t God I wonder about.
DOUBLE TIME:
It’s pride that goes before a fall. –- Pride pretends to know it all.
I don’t know much, but I know this. --- Faith and Logic can co-exist.
BRIDGE:
You say you talk with God and Christ. --- And they confirm your every bias.
I wonder, could these conversations --- just be your imagination?
Absent doubt, there is no faith. –- doubts are real in any case.
Is God afraid of the doubts I’m under? --- Or is the fear all yours? I wonder.
CHORUS:
You call me “faithless” – I don’t mind. –- I have faith, it’s just not blind.
You label me an “unbeliever.” --- But, I don’t know and you don’t either.
I’ve never been an “unbeliever.” --- I can’t be sure, and you can’t either.
I don’t pretend to prophesy. –- Self deception’s still a lie.
I believe, but I can’t be certain --- I can’t see behind the curtain.
One man’s “holy truth” you see, --- is another man’s mythology.
VERSE:
The apple I’m eating – is simple and real. --- I taste it – smell it, see and feel.
But you can’t touch interpretations. --- Blind faith fears investigations.
Unhandy truth is feared and hated. --- You say logic’s over-rated.
But then you claim with fevered mind --- That logic’s always on your side.
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Religion sometimes has a cross road of conversation,
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I really like how you took one of the most classic melodies and turned it into electronic-style, and you have a really original and cool voice, that fits with the lyrics and melody well! :)
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