Part call to arms for wisdom to prevail in the face of religious bigotry , part rallying cry for those souls bewildered by the horror & madness of everyday fanaticism.
The song builds from a gentle mantra of encouragement from the singer to simply
‘ sing an atheist anthem’ to an unhinged preacher pleading for universal tolerance.
lyrics
Atheist Anthem
wont you ever help me
sing this Atheist Anthem
it’s not so hard to do..
wont you ever help me
sing this Atheist Anthem
it’s not so hard to do..
if you’ve ever been
damaged by religious persuasion
can I get an amen?
won’t you stand up
salute the atheist flag
if you’ve ever been confused
by creationist dogma
well, can I get a hallelujah
if you’ve ever been
dragged down
by a creationist drag
cos I’m descended from the monkeys
who jumped down from the trees
somewhere back in Africa
you can blame it on
the birds and the bees
but in the good old U.S. of A
they staged
Monkey Trials in the schools
and they tried to explain
a Creationist God
they tried to turn
all those kids into fools
see they just couldn’t bear to believe
that we once crawled out of rock pools
covered in the shit of the primal ooze
and well, Charlie Darwin was
just a Communist anyway...
so give me my apple pie
my flag
and my mom
knuckle down son
to the fundamentalist rules
we’ve got a
1000 points of light
don’t squeeze the trigger
til you see
the whites of their eyes
and don’t forget son
we’ve got the bomb
and wont you ever help me
sing this Atheist Anthem
it’s not so hard to do..
and wont you ever help me
sing this Atheist Anthem
it’s not so hard to do..
credits
from Atheist Anthem,
track released November 1, 2019
Dan Cross Music and Lyrics
Pete O´Brien Production & Engineering
Juan Gimenez-Zapiola Cover art - Photography IG: juangz02
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