This is the latest installment in the Songs of Sacrilege series. This is a series that I would like readers to help me with. If you know of a song that is irreverent towards religion, makes fun of religion, pokes fun at sincerely held religious beliefs, or challenges the firmly held religious beliefs of others, please send me an email.
Today’s Song of Sacrilege is You Might Not Like Her by Maddie Zahm.
Lyrics
If you would’ve told me I’d throw away my purity ring
In the middle of an airport
My younger self would laugh, would never believe that
It’s against everything that we stood for
She’d hate that I’ve smoked weed and cuss frequently
And she’d try to convert everyone I call a bestie
You’ll throw shots in the dark and black out at a bar
There’ll be good, then there’ll be bad parts
Someday, you’ll kiss a girl and you’ll panic
Some guy’ll break your heart and you’ll feel manic
Then you’ll learn to let people have their opinions
And talk about your traumas and like the body you live in
Someday, you’ll learn to keep your own secrets
Say you’re doin’ okay and really mean it
You’ll lose your faith a bit and question if she’s you
For a while you might not like her, but I do
Some days feel like whiplash, one-eighties, and you’ll hate that
You’ll label yourself just to take it back
Convinced you’re not bi ’cause you’re way too into guys
And the first time you have sex, you’ll cry
You’ll sometimes skip meals and numb how you feel
And you’ll miss the old you, but here’s the deal
That good girl you were was really fucking bad at being real
Someday, you’ll kiss a girl and you’ll panic
Some guy’ll break your heart and you’ll feel manic
Then you’ll learn to let people have their opinions
And talk about your traumas and like the body you live in
Someday, you’ll learn to keep your own secrets
Say you’re doin’ okay and really mean it
You’ll lose your faith a bit and question if she’s you
For a while you might not like her, but I do
You might not like her
You might not like her
You might not like her
You might not like her
Someday, you’ll think you disappoint your parents
But they’ll love you, not despite, but regardless
And you’ll learn to let people have shitty opinions
And talk about your traumas and like the body you live in
Someday, you’ll learn to keep your own secrets
Say you’re doin’ okay and really mean it
You’ll lose your faith a bit and question if she’s you
And for a while you might not like her, but I do
Bruce Gerencser, 67, lives in rural Northwest Ohio with his wife of 46 years. He and his wife have six grown children and sixteen grandchildren. Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. Bruce left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. Bruce is now a humanist and an atheist.
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