Here's a bit of a remix and I've changed a few of the lyrics as well I've taken out the direct reference to any particular religions Please let me know if it sounds any better Thankshttps://soundcloud.com/crystalsuzy/in-the-name-of-god-1I still have these lyrics and I'm wondering if I should try and add them
For me God conjures up feelings of compassion, forgiveness,
Acceptance, brotherhood and peace!
Sublime values indeed, so how did we lose this seed?
Have power-mongering dictators, defused the ethics of the creator?
Religious leaders gone astray, in an array of earthly seductions
Leading to their inevitable corruption!
What’s the solution to end this delusion, as we wander on
The edge of chaos, stumbling in the dark, looking for that Eternal spark?
What will end this ruthless insanity
And the endless suffering of humanity!
Are all Monotheistic religions inherently violent?
Or is it because we are not connecting to the silence?
Is a lack of consciousness responsible for this ageless distress?
Or is it just simply, the human condition and it will never end,
Because we refuse to bend?
::)OK guys, Stepping out of my comfort zone with this one(if I have one)
It's one that I've been working on for a while...I started writing this after the whole 'I am Charlie' thing, but I've kind of come to a place where I'm not sure if it's working or not
it's still under construction though, so any suggestions will be welcome.
It's an odd combination of heavy rock and spoken word
Do you think it needs a ripping guitar solo
How's the mix?
Have I stepped over the line with the subject/lyrics
I don't mean to offend anyones religious beliefs...it's just my humble observation of the human condition
https://soundcloud.com/crystalsuzy/in-the-name-of-god/s-SbcftIn the name of God, what have we done
I don’t wanna sound accusatory, but it’s time to take an inventory
Of what we’re doing, of what we’ve done?
Religions ruling with a gun…In the name of God!
Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity
This Inter-religious bloodshed is the insanity
Millions have been killed; so much blood has been spilled
In religious wars, fought to the core, over our beliefs, good grief!
No religion is without sin, in this childish battle to win
The most converts and who’s God is the real thing!
Wiping out women and children, as they pillage, an entire village
In the name of God! What God would condone such atrocities?
This animosity between religious perspectives
Is driving a sword through the human collective, it’s so subjective
What’s the prognosis of this collective psychosis?
CHORUS There’s been some insanity, in the name of Christianity
Crusades, Inquisitions, Reformations, Witch Hunts, Holy Wars
And here’s one that’s right on my back door!
The stealing of land from Native people,
Then making them worship under a steeple
Repentance was their never-ending sentence
Taking away their dignity! Taking away their children!
Ignoring the calamity, that it created within the family
Trapping them in residential schools
How incredibly cruel, so they could be sin free
Just like the white man!
Their ancestral languages were taboo
Destroying their culture as they grew
Sterilization and cultural deprivation
Created quite the sensation along with
Physical, emotional and sexual abuse
There’s absolutely no excuse!
And forcing them to worship a God,
Whose written law, commands us to:
Do unto others, as you would have them do, unto you!
In the name of God, what have we done
CHORUSOh, and here’s a good one in the name of God!
Men are taught women are inferior and that they are superior
This seems somewhat archaic to me.
They shroud their beauty in prosaic dress; forbid their education
Their dignity’s totally suppressed…what a mess!
And if they step out of line, they’re beaten! What a crime!
What God would condone this belief?
There’s an obvious disconnect, from this disrespect
And then, there are the religious fanatics, the sadistic addicts
Committing gruesome monstrosities; barbaric atrocities!
Appalling acts of violence, suicide bombers with no repentance
Just a death sentence, for innocent people
There’ve been over 25,000 terrorist attacks since 9/11
What in heavens name, is going on?
Are these fanatical radicals, this mutant cartel under some
kind of evil spell? What the hell?
CHORUSWe don’t need no, sick religions, spreading fear amongst us now
We don’t need no, sick religions, spreading fear amongst us all!