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Olympian
Posts: 4451 08/21/02 3:31 PM AOK Devil's Advocate |
Samuel Putnam - Why Don't He Lend A Hand Percy Bysshe Shelley - Queen Mab James Thomson - City of Dreadful Night John Keats - Sonnet Written in Disgust of Vulgar Superstition Carl Sandburg - Manufactured Gods A.E. Housman - The Carpenter's Son John Dryden - Priestcraft John Dryden - Reason William F. Denton - The Devil Is Dead William F. Denton - The Freemans Resolution Granville Lowther - The Agnostic Lawrence Ferlinghetti - A Coney Island of the Mind
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Bad Religion | #1 | ||||
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Olympian
Posts: 4451 08/21/02 3:33 PM AOK Devil's Advocate |
A personal favorite band. Some lyrics follow...
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How Could Hell Be Any Worse? | #2 | ||||
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Olympian
Posts: 4451 08/21/02 3:36 PM AOK Devil's Advocate |
From the album How Could Hell Be Any Worse?Produced by Bad Religion
Faith In Godit's all right to have faith in godbut when you bend to their rules and their fucking liesthat's when I start to have pity on you. you're living on a mound of dirt,but you can't explain your reason for existenceso you blame it on god. so much hatred in this world and you can't decidewho's pulling the stringsso you figure it's god. your whole life foreshadows deathand you finally realize you don't want to die aloneso you'll always have god. it's all right to have faith in godbut when you bend to their rules and their fucking liesthat's when I start to have pity on you. it's all right to have faith in godbut when you bend to their rules and their fucking liesthat's when I start to have pity on you. there's people in the world todaywho say they're Jewish, Christian and such,they're all ignorant fools. they'll tell you you can't have your own wayunless you pay money and dedicate your lifeor you'll be damned in hell. don't be feeble like all of them,you have your own brain full of thoughts and choices,so use it don't let them use you. it's all right to have faith in godbut when you bend to their rules and their fucking liesthat's when I start to have pity on you. |
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Bloodhound Gang | #3 | ||||
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Olympian
Posts: 4451 08/22/02 7:22 AM AOK Devil's Advocate |
Another personal fav..
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Alice in Chains | #4 | ||||
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Posts: 4451 09/11/02 2:36 PM AOK Devil's Advocate |
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A Little Bitter | #5 | ||||
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Olympian
Posts: 4451 09/11/02 2:38 PM AOK Devil's Advocate |
A Little BitterAlice in Chains
How the mind does shout for rest |
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The Process of Belief | #6 | ||||
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Olympian
Posts: 4451 10/10/02 7:55 AM AOK Devil's Advocate |
MaterialistYoure obsessed and distressed cause you cant make any senseof the ludicrous nonsense and incipient senescence that will deem your common sense useless This aint no recess! I want to believe in you but my plan keeps falling through I know I have to face the harshness, grin and bare the truth And I have to walk this mile in my own shoes (and Im no fool!) Im materialist A full-blown realist And I guess Im full of doubt So Im prone to have it out with you Im materialist There aint no fear in this Its there for all to see So dont talk of hidden mystery with me Mind over matter it really dont matter if the streets idle chatter turns your heart-strings to tatters Flatter hopes dont flatter and soul batter wont congeal to mend a life that is shattered into shards Was it in the cards? The process of belief is an elixir when youre weak I must confess, at times I indulge it on the sneak But generally my outlooks not so bleak (and Im not meek!) Im materialist, call me a humanist I guess Im full of doubt So Ill gladly have it out with you Im materialist I aint no deist Its there for all to see so dont talk of hidden mystery with me Like Rome under Nero, our futures one big zero Recycling the past to meet immediate needs And through it all we amble forth to persevere and climb Our mountains of regret to sow our seeds I'm materialist! I'm materialist! I'm materialist! I'm materialist! |
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against the grain | #7 | ||||
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Posts: 0 10/15/02 11:17 AM |
Here lies a toppled god--
His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one. --Tleilaxu Epigram |
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God Song | #8 | ||||
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Posts: 0 10/15/02 11:18 AM |
and did those feet in ancient times trod on america's pastuers of
green? and did that anthropocentric god wane with their thoughts and beliefs all unseen? i don't think so, he's up there with the others laying low, vying with those who you've traded your life to to bless your soul, and have they told you how to think, cleansed your mind of sepsis and automony? or have you escaped scrutiny, and regaled yourself with depravity? now we all see, "religion is just synthetic frippery, unnecessary in our expanding global cultural efficiency" and don't you fear this impasse we have built to our future? ever so near, and oh so austere Here lies a toppled god--
His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one. --Tleilaxu Epigram |
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Evangeline | #9 | ||||
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Posts: 0 10/15/02 11:32 AM |
She came from Heaven well there's no point belaboring that
I've seen some trouble and I must admit that I'm in demand I confront rejection with magnetic good intentions yet hey Jack Get back in fact Don't do that I act sharp but feel uncertain cuz next time It could be curtains Evangeline Conspirator so fine lend me your faith cuz mine is broken Compared to mine what is your crime Evangeline Now just to be certain let's be sure to set the record straight I could use an angel but I don't intend to split up the take Never go for treason but I got reasons that don't warrant debate My acts intact and in fact you're not all that You act sure but youre uncertain cuz next time It could be curtains Evangeline Conspirator so fine lend me your faith cuz mine is broken Compared to mine what is your crime Evangeline Well there's no use turning back no use turning back It's already much too late When the house is burning Evangeline Conspirator so fine lend me your faith cuz mine is broken Compared to mine what is your crime Evangeline Here lies a toppled god--
His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one. --Tleilaxu Epigram |
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Prove It | #10 | ||||
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Posts: 0 10/15/02 11:38 AM |
Hit the road in wander mode
inquire along the way Savoir faire in full despair while living day to day My heart is not a cold cauldron of proof I don't ever need to prove myself to you No! Looking back I'm off the tracks more times than I recognize Mistakes are another opportunity to refine My heart is not a cold cauldron of proof I don't ever need to prove myself to you There's no such thing as hell But you can make it if you try There might come a day When emotion can be quantified But as of now there's no proof necessary no proof necessary no proof necessary no proof necessary it's only in your mind Here lies a toppled god--
His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one. --Tleilaxu Epigram |
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Destined for Nothing | #11 | ||||
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Posts: 0 10/15/02 11:42 AM |
Who do you believe can put some meaning in your life
meaning in your life meaning in your life Who do you conceive to provide you guidance and light guidance and light guidance and light Are they waiting for you in the by and by Do you even have to try Headed for eternity and destined for nothing The future isn't difficult to see It's easy to confuse grand design with life's repercussions Lament not your vanquished fantasy It's only destiny Why do you consent to live in ignorance and fear ignorance and fear ignorance and fear Ancient people succumbed to it can it happen here can it happen here can it happen here Does it make you suffer cuz you have to die Is it best to live a lie Headed for eternity and destined for nothing The future isn't difficult to see It's easy to confuse grand design with life's repercussions Lament not your vanquished fantasy It's only destiny Why can't you see there ain't no destiny for you and me there ain't no destiny Why can't you see there ain't no destiny for you and me there ain't no destiny Headed for eternity and destined for nothing The future isn't difficult to see It's easy to confuse grand design with life's repercussions Lament not your vanquished fantasy It's only destiny Here lies a toppled god--
His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one. --Tleilaxu Epigram |
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XTC | #12 | ||||
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Posts: 0 10/15/02 11:50 AM |
The best Pop band ever. Also British.
Here lies a toppled god--
His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one. --Tleilaxu Epigram |
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Skylarking | #13 | ||||
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Posts: 0 10/15/02 11:53 AM |
Here lies a toppled god--
His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one. --Tleilaxu Epigram |
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Dear God | #14 | ||||
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Posts: 0 10/15/02 11:54 AM |
Dear God,
hope you got the letter, and... I pray you can make it better down here. I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer but all the people that you made in your image, see them starving on their feet 'cause they don't get enough to eat from God, I can't believe in you Dear God, sorry to disturb you, but... I feel that I should be heard loud and clear. We all need a big reduction in amount of tears and all the people that you made in your image, see them fighting in the street 'cause they can't make opinions meet about God, I can't believe in you Did you make disease, and the diamond blue? Did you make mankind after we made you? And the devil too! Dear God, don't know if you noticed, but... your name is on a lot of quotes in this book, and us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look, and all the people that you made in your image still believing that junk is true. Well I know it ain't, and so do you, 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 that Father, Son and Holy Ghost is just somebody's unholy hoax, and if you're up there you'd perceive that my heart's here upon my sleeve. If there's one thing I don't believe in it's you... Dear God. Here lies a toppled god--
His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one. --Tleilaxu Epigram |
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Nonsuch | #15 | ||||
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Posts: 0 10/15/02 11:57 AM |
Here lies a toppled god--
His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one. --Tleilaxu Epigram |
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The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead | #16 | ||||
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Posts: 0 10/15/02 12:00 PM |
Peter Pumpkinhead came to town
Spreading wisdom and cash around Fed the starving and housed the poor Showed the vatican what gold's for But he made too many enemies Of the people who would keep us on our knees Hooray for Peter Pumpkin Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead? Oh my! Peter Pumpkinhead pulled them all Emptied churches and shopping malls Where he spoke, it would raise the roof Peter Pumpkinhead told the truth But he made too many enemies... Peter Pumpkinhead put to shame Governments who would slur his name Plots and sex scandals failed outright Peter merely said Any kind of love is alright But he made too many enemies... Peter Pumpkinhead was too good Had him nailed to a chunk of wood He died grinning on live TV Hanging there he looked a lot like you And an awful lot like me! But he made too many enemies... Hooray for Peter Pumpkin Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkin Hooray for Peter Pumpkinhead Oh my oh my oh! Doesn't it make you want to cry oh? Here lies a toppled god--
His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one. --Tleilaxu Epigram |
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MC Hawking | #17 | ||||
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Posts: 0 10/15/02 12:06 PM |
Rap parody of the famed scientist.
or Science parody of the famed rap. www.mchawking.com Here lies a toppled god--
His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one. --Tleilaxu Epigram |
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F**** the Creationists | #18 | ||||
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Posts: 0 10/15/02 12:09 PM |
Trash Talk
Ah yeah, here we go again! Damn! This is some funky shit that I be laying down on your ass. This one goes out to all my homey's working in the field of evolutionary science. Check it! Verse 1 @#%$ the damn creationists, those bunch of dumb-ass bitches, every time I think of them my trigger finger itches. They want to have their bullshit, taught in public class, Stephen J. Gould should put his foot right up their ass. Noah and his ark, Adam and his Eve, straight up fairy stories even children don't believe. I'm not saying there's no god, that's not for me to say, all I'm saying is the Earth was not made in a day. Chorus @#%$, @#%$, @#%$, @#%$ the Creationists. Trash Talk Break it down. Ah damn, this is a funky jam! I'm about ready to kick this bitch back in. Check it. Verse 2 @#%$ the damn creationists I say it with authority, because kicking their punk asses be me paramount priority. Them wack-ass bitches say, "evolution's just a theory", they best step off, them brainless fools, I'll give them cause to fear me. The cosmos is expanding every second, every day, but their minds are shrinking as they close their eyes and pray. They call their bullshit science like the word could give them cred, if them bitches be scientists then cap me in the head. Chorus Trash Talk Bass! Bring that shit in! Ah yeah, that's right, @#%$ them all motherfuckers. Fucking punk ass creationists trying to set scientific thought back 400 years. @#%$ that! If them superstitious motherfuckers want to have that kind of party, I'm going to put my dick in the mashed potatoes. Fucking creationists. @#%$ them. Here lies a toppled god--
His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one. --Tleilaxu Epigram |
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No Substance | #19 | ||||
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Posts: 0 10/15/02 12:15 PM |
Here lies a toppled god--
His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one. --Tleilaxu Epigram |
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The Voracious March Of Godliness | #20 | ||||
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Posts: 0 10/15/02 12:21 PM |
Since the start of the 17th century
There's been the scent of unseasoned wood burning in the air And the conquest of nature meant nothing at all While we betray exception we take all that is there Motives are transcluent in the reflection of shame The actions ghostly remnants of our ancestral ways And unwittingly, you just take your place in this parade The voracious march of godliness makes us all the same anyway Since the dawn of our human family There's been concentrated sepsis blowing in the breeze And we turned on each other with ferocity Desperation, forced, without reprieve But the missions were misguided and the trammeled led astray The air resounds with thunder as the victors seized the day And the haunting voice of history lives ignored but not betrayed The voracious march of godliness will get us close to heaven one day Here lies a toppled god--
His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one. --Tleilaxu Epigram |
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