Series: Songs of Sacrilege

  • Songs of Sacrilege: He is by Ghost

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    Warning! Lyrics may contain offensive, vulgar language.

    This is the one hundred and fifty-second 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 He is by Ghost.

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    We’re standing here by the abyss
    And the world is in flames
    Two star crossed lovers reaching out
    To the beast with many names

    He is
    He’s the shining and the light without whom I cannot see
    And He is Insurrection
    He is spite
    He’s the force that made me be
    He is
    Nostro Dispater
    Nostr’Alma Mater
    He is

    We are hiding here inside a dream
    And all our doubts are now destroyed
    The guidance of the morning star
    Will lead the way into the void

    He is
    He’s the shining in the light without whom I cannot see
    And He is Insurrection
    He is spite
    He’s the force that made me be
    He is
    Nostro Dispater
    Nostr’Alma Mater
    He is

    He is
    He’s the shining and the light without whom I cannot seeAnd He is Insurrection

    And He is Insurrection
    He is spite
    He’s the force that made me be
    He is
    He’s the shining in the light without whom I cannot see
    And He is
    The disobedience that holds us together
    He is
    Nostro Dispater
    Nostr’Alma Mater
    And we are falling over the precipice

  • Songs of Sacrilege: Oh Satellite (O Holy Night) by Natalie Windsor and The National Philharmonic Orchestra

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    Warning! Lyrics may contain offensive, vulgar language.

    This is the one hundred and fifty-third 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 Oh Satellite (O Holy Night) by Natalie Windsor and The National Philharmonic Orchestra.

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  • Songs of Sacrilege: Solar Light (Silent Night) Gospel by Natalie Windsor

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    Warning! Lyrics may contain offensive, vulgar language.

    This is the one hundred and fifty-fourth 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 Oh Satellite (O Holy Night) by Natalie Windsor.

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  • Songs of Sacrilege: Jesus Love You (Unless You Smoke Pot) by Brainsnooze

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    Warning! Lyrics may contain offensive, vulgar language.

    This is the one hundred and fifty-fifth 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 Jesus Love You (Unless You Smoke Pot) by Brainsnooze.

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    Jesus listens when you pray
    Even if you’re black or gay
    Jesus loves you no matter what
    Except when you are smoking pot
    Jesus watches from the sky
    He doesn’t like it when you’re high
    Jesus wasn’t crucified
    For you to get red eyed and fried
    Ave Maria
    Here’s an idea
    Let Jesus be your savior
    Stop this bad behavior
    If you see pot
    Drop it like it’s hot
    Jesus’s there in time of need
    He wants you to stop taking weed
    Dope won’t help you when you’re bored
    Find excitement through the Lord
    You think it’s cool to smoke some grass
    But Jesus thinks you’re a total ass
    Put your bong down and get to mass
    When you’re stoned Jesus is aghast
    Ave Maria
    Here’s an idea
    Help Jesus be your savior
    Stop this bad behavior
    Either repel Or get fried in hell

  • Songs of Sacrilege: Only the Good Die Young by Billy Joel

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    This is the one hundred and fifty-sixth 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 Only the Good Die Young by Billy Joel.

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    Come out, Virginia, don’t let me wait
    You Catholic girls start much too late
    But sooner or later it comes down to fate
    I might as well be the one
    They showed you a statue and told you to pray
    They built you a temple and locked you away
    But they never told you the price that you pay
    For things that you might have done…
    Only the good die young

    You might have heard I run with a dangerous crowd
    We ain’t too pretty, we ain’t too proud
    We might be laughing a bit too loud
    But that never hurt no one
    So, come on, Virginia, show me a sign
    Send up a signal I’ll throw you the line
    The stained-glass curtain you’re hiding behind
    Never lets in the sun
    Darling, only the good die young

    You got a nice white dress and a party on your confirmation
    You got a brand new soul
    And a cross of gold
    But, Virginia, they didn’t give you quite enough information
    You didn’t count on me
    When you were counting on your rosary

    They say there’s a heaven for those who will wait
    Some say it’s better but I say it ain’t
    I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
    The sinners are much more fun…
    You know that only the good die young

    You say your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation
    She never cared for me
    But did she ever say a prayer for me?

    Come out, come out, come out
    Virginia, don’t let me wait,
    You Catholic girls start much too late,
    But sooner or later it comes down to fate
    I might as well be the one,
    You know that only the good die young
    Tell you baby
    You know that only the good die young
    Only the good die young
    Only the good
    Only the good die young

    Voices of Reason sing Only the Good Die Young A capella

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  • Songs of Sacrilege: I Like it Heavy by Halestorm

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    This is the one hundred and fifty-seventh 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 Songs of Sacrilege is I Like it Heavy by Halestorm.

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    [Verse 1]
    Some like beautiful, perfect, and pretty
    I see the good in the bad and the ugly
    I need the volume one louder than ten
    Put the pedal to the metal, needle into the red
    If the windows ain’t shaking
    Making my heart race
    If I can’t feel it in my chest
    I’m in the wrong damn place

    Got a demon in my soul
    And a voice in my head
    Saying go, go, go
    I can sleep when I’m dead
    There’s a sonic revelation bringing me to my knees
    And there’s a man down below that needs my sympathy
    I got a ringing in my ears getting ready to burst
    Screaming hallelujah mother fucker take me to church

    [Chorus]
    I like it louder than the boom of a big bass drum
    I need it harder than the sound of guitar grunge
    I like to crank it up, make it thump, and evil to the core
    Headbanging in the pit and throwing my horns
    And just like old school Sabbath, Zeppelin, and Lemmy
    I need to drop it down low and make it heavy
    I like it heavy
    Who-o-o-oa
    I like it heavy
    Who-o-o-oa

    [Verse 2]
    I ride the lightning, roll with the thunder
    Going down, down, down with my sisters and brothers
    I fell in love with the darkest parts
    Standing on the side of the wild at heart
    I plucked a feather off a crow so I could fly
    Since I was 13 years old I’ve had my fist to the sky

    [Chorus]
    I like it louder than the boom of a big bass drum
    I need it harder than the sound of guitar grunge
    I like to crank it up, make it thump, and evil to the core
    Headbanging in the pit and throwing my horns
    And just like old school Sabbath, Zeppelin, and Lemmy
    I need to drop it down low and make it heavy
    I like it heavy
    Who-o-o-oa
    I like it heavy
    Who-o-o-oa

    [Bridge]
    I like it, it like it, I like it heavy
    I like it, it like it, I like it heavy
    I like it, it like it, I like it heavy
    I like it, it like it, I like it heavy

    Some like beautiful perfect and pretty
    I see the good in the bad and the ugly
    I like it heavy
    Who-o-o-oa
    I like it heavy
    Who-o-o-oa
    I like it, it like it, I like it heavy
    I like it, it like it, I like it heavy
    I like it, it like it, I like it heavy
    I like it, it like it, I like it heavy

    [Verse 3]
    Take me home tonight I, do anything with you
    Buy a bottle of whiskey, we’ll get matching tattoos
    Tell me that you love me, oh let me drive your car
    We can sit to morning light, just countin’ every stars
    Cause if there’s a Hell, I’ll meet you there
    And if there’s a Heaven, they’re serving beer
    And if you’re an angel then, I must be high
    Oh if there’s a church, it’s rock ‘n roll
    If there’s a devil, I sold my soul
    And it’s alright whatever we do tonight
    Cause if there’s a God dammit she won’t mind
    If there’s a God, baby she won’t mind

  • Songs of Sacrilege: I Won’t Say the Lord’s Prayer by The Wonder Years

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    Warning! Lyrics may contain offensive, vulgar language.

    This is the one hundred and fifty-eighth 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 Songs of Sacrilege is I Won’t Say the Lord’s Prayer by The Wonder Years.

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    [Verse 1]
    It’s a series of bars, thrift stores and churches lining the streets
    While women with gold crosses push kids into half-formed beliefs
    If Lot was righteous, I think I’d rather not be
    We lean on fences built from out-dated morality
    It’s a gang mentality
    It’s a dangerous thing
    They don’t ask you to think
    Just to repeat after me
    And assume you’re too careless to look at it critically
    You’ll stop progress if it contradicts what you’re told to believe

    [Refrain]
    I refuse to spend life on my knees

    [Verse 2]
    These billboards that flaunt these scare tactics
    Make me think you’re only good if you’re afraid of being punished
    Every single Sunday, church bells wake me up
    But it’s never enough to pull me out of bed

    [Verse 3]
    The church on Main Street has got its doors painted red
    And I guess it’s so the Angel of Death passes over it
    On its way to get gas
    The church over on Broad Street has got a neon sign that says Jesus Save Me
    And I guess it’s so God can see from where he is in the cheap seats

    [Refrain]
    I refuse to spend life on my knees

    [Chorus]
    And I won’t let somebody else make my decisions for me
    If we’re all just Christians or Lions
    Then I think I’d rather be on the side with sharper teeth
    I don’t need saving

  • Songs of Sacrilege: Cigarettes & Saints by The Wonder Years

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    Warning! Lyrics may contain offensive, vulgar language.

    This is the one hundred and fifty-ninth 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 Songs of Sacrilege is Cigarettes & Saints by The Wonder Years.

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    Twice a week I pass by the church that held your funeral
    And the pastor’s words come pouring down like rain
    How he called you a sinner and said now you walk with Jesus
    So the drugs that took your life aren’t gonna cause you any pain
    I don’t think he even knew your name
    And I refuse to kneel and pray
    I won’t remember you that way

    I lit you a candle in every cathedral across Europe
    And I hope you know you’re still my patron saint
    I tried to forgive, but I can’t forget the cigar in his fist
    I know that they were heartsick, but I need someone to blame
    And I know how they blamed me
    I know what you’d say
    You’d tell me it was your fault
    I should put all my arrows away

    I’m sure there ain’t a heaven
    But that don’t mean I don’t like to picture you there
    I’ll bet you’re bumming cigarettes off saints
    And I’m sure you’re still singing
    But I’ll bet that you’re still just a bit out of key
    That crooked smile pushing words across your teeth

    Cause you were heat lightning
    Yeah, you were a storm that never rolled in
    You were the northern lights in a southern town
    A caustic fleeting thing
    I’ll bury your memories in the garden
    And watch them grow with the flowers in spring
    I’ll keep you with me

    These wolves in their suits and ties
    Saying, “Kid, you can trust me”
    Charming southern drawl, sunken eyes
    Buying good will in hotel lobbies
    Buy fistfuls of pills to make sure you don’t hurt no more
    You don’t gotta feel anything
    Got their fangs in our veins
    Got their voice in our head
    Got our arms in their grips
    No, we can’t shake free

    This goddamn machine, hungry and heartless
    My whole generation got lost in the margin
    We put our faith in you and you turned a profit
    Now we’re drowning here under the waves
    (We’re no saviors if we can’t save our brothers)
    Drowning out under the waves
    (We’re no saviors if we can’t save our brothers)
    Drowning out, drowning out

    You can’t have my friends
    You can’t have my brothers
    You can’t have my friends
    You can’t have my brothers
    You can’t have my friends
    You can’t have my brothers
    You can’t have me
    No, you can’t have me

  • Songs of Sacrilege: The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here by Alice in Chains

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    This is the one hundred sixtieth 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 The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here by Alice in Chains.

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    Come to me, I’ll fill the hole
    Why would I be lying
    End fan, all planned out
    Offering a wonderful
    Peace of mind worth buying
    Bow down last round up

    I am wise and you don’t know
    A cloud is my home
    Only some get in
    Got a ‘maginary friend

    The devil put dinosaurs here
    Jesus don’t like a queer
    The devil put dinosaurs here
    No problem with faith just fear

    Promise those who’ve gone before
    Waitin’ on you flyin’
    Leading, receiving us
    I’m as flawed as any man
    Look at me I’m smiling
    Drink me, eat me up

    I am wise and you don’t know
    A cloud is my home
    Only some get in
    Got a ‘maginary friend

    The devil put dinosaurs here
    Jesus don’t like a queer
    The devil put dinosaurs here
    No problem with faith just fear

    I am wise and you don’t know
    A cloud is my home
    Only some get in
    Got a ‘maginary friend

    The devil put dinosaurs here
    Jesus don’t like a queer
    The devil put dinosaurs here
    The problem with faith

    Fear

    Liar

  • Songs of Sacrilege: Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson

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    This is the one hundred sixty-first 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 Songs of Sacrilege is Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson.

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    You built me up with your wishing hell
    I didn’t have to sell you
    You threw your money in the pissing well
    You do just what they tell you

    Repent, that’s what I’m talking about
    I shed the skin to feed the fake
    Repent, that’s what I’m talking about
    Whose mistake am I anyway?

    Cut the head off
    Grows back hard
    I am the Hydra
    Now you’ll see your star

    Prick your finger it is done
    The moon has now eclipsed the sun
    Angel has spread it’s wings
    The time has come for bitter things

    Prick your finger it is done
    The moon has now eclipsed the sun
    Angel has spread it’s wings
    The time has come for bitter things

    Repent, that’s what I’m talking about
    I shed the skin to feed the fake
    Repent, that’s what I’m talking about
    Whose mistake am I anyway?

    Cut the head off
    Grows back hard
    I am the Hydra
    Now you’ll see your star

    Time has come it is quite clear
    Our Antichrist is almost here

    Cut the head off
    Grows back hard
    I am the Hydra
    Now you’ll see your star

    When you are suffering know that I have betrayed you…