Favorite Atheist Songs?

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Favorite Atheist Songs?

I love "Only The Good Die Young" by Billy Joel Smiling, Godsmack's "Bad Religion" &  Marilyn Manson's "The Fight Song"

 

*Our world is far more complex than the rigid structure we want to assign to it, and we will probably never fully understand it.*

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There was a song "Dear God"

There was a song "Dear God" (I don't believe in you) a long time ago... but I can't remember who it was by...

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Run Christian, Run - Super

Run Christian, Run - Super Furry Animals

Link to the music video:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RodRD4-sQ2s Frank Zappa's Dumb All Over


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XTC

ronin-dog wrote:

There was a song "Dear God" (I don't believe in you) a long time ago... but I can't remember who it was by...

XTC. It's a great song. I really like the Sarah McLachlan version from the XTC tribute album. It's really quite good.

Me, I like anything by Bad Religion (obvious choice). I also like Caulfield's "Fragile," which is similar in tone to "Dear God," though not as angry -- it's almost wistful, like it'd be nice to believe in God, if only He was really there. Also, I like "Devil's Diary" from them, too. (" He's got his uptight white virginal followers / I've got these metal chicks dumber than rocks." )

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  me singing in the

  me singing in the shower <<<<  

"Slayer" is GOD blessed, I mean atheist. A fav ? ummm, ain't got one ....

How bout this,  Andy Williams - Born Free -  http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RZHaQ3C3xQo  

How bout the "Peppermint Twist"   


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I agree with IAGAY,Slayer is

I agree with IAGAY,Slayer is good for some anti-theist sentiment. Some might say it's more 'satanic' than atheist,but it's still good. Can't think of anything else at the moment..

Psalm 14:1 "the fool hath said in his heart there is a God"-From a 1763 misprinted edition of the bible

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Red Hot Chili Peppers  - 

Red Hot Chili Peppers  -  Shallow Be Thy Name

Frank Zappa  -  Jesus Thinks You're a Jerk

Bad Religion  -  Atheist Peace, The New Dark Ages, American Jesus

Lacuna Coil  -  Heaven's A Lie

Nine Inch Nails - Heresy

Just to name a few.

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Manic Street Preachers -

Manic Street Preachers - Crucifix Kiss

"Christen me fuhrer nazarine/Believe in tomorrow but not today/Give me all your possessions"

Manic Street Preachers - Freedom of Speech Won't Feed My Children

"We love to kiss the Dalai Lama's ass/because he is such a holy man."


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 Yeah , just cause me is a

 Yeah , just cause me is a big Zappa fan too ...

Frank Zappa - "Jesus Thinks You're a Jerk" - 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQcE2dq3YD0

Did I tell ya I love Jesus, but Jesus worshipers Suck ? Yes I did .... yeah it is a really very super complicated message (NOT) , so I will keep trying to explain .... 

Till the day I die ....   ((( Jesus best was an "atheist" philosophy,  but turned into bad religion by the rulers ..... Buddha had the same basic rap but was more successful, and they didn't succeed in murdering him .... they both said the same basics truths, > "I am god as you (as everything is ) and fuck any other god crap" ....  WE are the nitty gritty shit .... was their message ! 

AND Fuck religion !  NO MASTERS , NO IDOLS.     

... Back to Slayer - "Cult" -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZSbIwE_BKM

"It's propaganda shouts despair,

And sends this virus everywhere,

Religion is hate,

Religion is fear,

Religion

Religion is rape,

Religion's obscene,

Religion's a whore."

 ~ Thanks, Slayer

 

 

 


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well....

"Die Motherfucker, Die" == Dope

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yldDL2DT_wE

 

ZOMG! deth metal with words that you can actually understand! shocker, i know >.> hehe

 

"Die MF Die"

I don't need your forgiveness
I don't need your hate
I don't need your acceptance
So what should I do
I don't need your resistance
I don't need your prayers
I don't need your religion
I don't need a thing from you

I don't do what I've been told
Your so lame why don't you

Just go
Die mother fucker die mother fucker die

I don't need your prison
I don't need your pain
I don't need your decision
So what should I do
I don't need your approval
I don't need your hope
I don't need your lectures
I don't need a thing from you

I'll be sorry when I'm old
You're so full of shit man

Just go
Die mother fucker die mother fucker die

Boom

I don't need your forgiveness
I don't need your hate
I don't need your acceptance
So what should I do

I'll be sorry so you've said
I'm not sorry
Bang You're Dead

Die mother fucker die mother fucker die

Die

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Imagine - John LennonI've

Imagine - John Lennon

I've requested it be played at my funeral celebration.

 

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one


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Greydon Square

How has no one mentioned Greydon Square yet?  He's an honorary member of the RRS and it's pretty much all he sings about.

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Corporate Avenger - "The

Corporate Avenger - "The Bible is Bullshit."

 

Nearly anything by Dan Barker.


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MattShizzle wrote:Corporate

MattShizzle wrote:

Corporate Avenger - "The Bible is Bullshit."

Hellz yeah!  Coporate Avenger rocks!  Check out "Christians murdered Indians"!  I LOVE this song! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOKtE2bGj_w

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Badbark wrote:Imagine - John

Badbark wrote:
Imagine - John Lennon I've requested it be played at my funeral celebration.
Indeed. I’ll add John’s album “Plastic Ono Band” to that. I wouldn’t say “Plastic Ono Band” is atheistic, but it’s full of songs that resonate with the secular humanist within. The song “God” and “I Found Out” are about John’s disillusion with religion, and how it’s used as a drug to mask the pain he’s gone thru in life. John’s left those beliefs behind, and he believes in himself, and is willing to face the world with eyes open, as it were. It also has one the most beautiful love songs ever, “Love”.


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Oh so many good songs, some

Oh so many good songs, some are atheistic, some are just good songs, So fucking what by Anti Nowhere League (later covered by Metallica), Irish drinking song by Dropkick Murphys (yeah they are a good old boston irish punk band that has catholic references due to life in boston), John Lennon of course that has been mentioned already, including his song God, Sly and the Family Stone for the song Life, Marylin Manson, my ex's favorite is Tori Amos, specifically the Little Earthquake album, The Cure, Psalms 69 by Ministry, Nine Inch Nails Heresy, Canada's own Rush with Freewill, ummmm Monty Python movies/cds etc etc etc, Metallica's the god that failed, Genesis Jesus knows me, Filter but I can't think of a song at this moment, Johnny Lydon aka Johnny Rotten another outspoke atheist I have his single cruel and in the linear notes from that single he wrote "where is god I see no evidence of god, god is probably barry manilow", Shirley Manson from Garbage another great atheist musician, Dave Matthew's what are you song, oh I can't forget Motorhead's Don't Need Religion, and Bjork......is that enough?


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My favorite athiest lyric.

From Rush: Roll the Bones, the Big Wheel:

"I placed no trust in a faith that was ready-made
Take no chances on paradise delayed"
 

The proper bet to make for Pascal's wager.

 

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Badbark wrote:Imagine - John

Badbark wrote:

Imagine - John Lennon

I've requested it be played at my funeral celebration.

 

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

 

I love John Lennon! And Monty Python is always great.

*Our world is far more complex than the rigid structure we want to assign to it, and we will probably never fully understand it.*

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Someone already said, it but

Someone already said, it but Imagine by John Lennon.

Shirley Manson has also done some good  stuff with Garbage 

 

 


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i'm just going to be

i'm just going to be completely selfish and arrogant and use this opportunity to shamelessly promote myself. my favorite atheist song is my own, "godless america"

 

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  Very cool tin man , I

  Very cool tin man , I could add a cool guitar solo to that !   


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'Pretender' by the Foo

'Pretender' by the Foo Fighters


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djneibarger, your song is

djneibarger, your song is way awesome!


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greek goddess

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djneibarger, your song is way awesome!

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John Lennon

Imagine...


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I personally like Everclear

I personally like Everclear "why I don't believe in God" and many of their other songs have more subtle digs at religion and ignorance. 

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 "What If No One's

"Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise."

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Rocas511 wrote: "What If No

Rocas511 wrote:

 

"What If No One's Watching" by Ani Di Franco

http://www.lyricstime.com/ani-di-franco-what-if-no-one-s-watching-lyrics.html

 

Most of the link did not make it.  Just google the title.

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Lyrics

My band, The Exalted Piledriver, is working on a new song titled "God, You're Stupid." I guess calling something stupid would require a belief in its existence, but that's not the case here. Lyrics to follow, once they are finished. Here is our website:
http://www.sofa-q.com/

I also like this one from the awesome new R U S H album, "Snakes and Arrows",

Faithless:

I've got my own moral compass to steer by
A guiding star beats a spirit in the sky
And all the preaching voices -
Empty vessels of dreams so loud
As they move among the crowd
Fools and thieves are well disguised
In the temple and market place

Like a stone in the river
Against the floods of spring
I will quietly resist

Like the willows in the wind
Or the cliffs along the ocean
I will quietly resist

I don't have faith in faith
I don't believe in belief
You can call me faithless
I still cling to hope
And I believe in love
And that's faith enough for me

I've got my own spirit level for balance
To tell if my choice is leaning up or down
And all the shouting voices
Try to throw me off my course
Some by sermon, some by force
Fools and thieves are dangerous
In the temple and market place

Like a forest bows to winter
Beneath the deep white silence
I will quietly resist

Like a flower in the desert
That only blooms at night
I will quietly resist

God, you're stupid.


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Ocean Breathes Salty by

Ocean Breathes Salty by Modest Mouse
Your body may be gone, I'm gonna carry you in.
In my head, in my heart, in my soul.
And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both live again.
Well I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Don't think so.

Well that is that and this is this.
You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get.
You get away from me. You get away from me.
Collected my belongings and I left the jail.
Well thanks for the time, I needed to think a spell.
I had to think awhile. I had to think awhile.

The ocean breathes salty, won't you carry it in?
In your head, in your mouth, in your soul.
And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both grow old.
Well I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I hope so.

Well that is that and this is this.
You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get.
You get away from me. You get away from me.
Collected my belongings and I left the jail.
Well thanks for the time, I needed to think a spell.
I had to think awhile. I had to think awhile.

Well that is that and this is this.
Will you tell me what you saw and I'll tell you what you missed,
when the ocean met the sky.
You missed when time and life shook hands and said goodbye.
When the earth folded on itself.
And said "Good luck, for your sake I hope heaven and hell
are really there, but I wouldn't hold my breath."
You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death?
You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death?

The ocean breathes salty, won't you carry it in?
In your head, in your mouth, in your soul.
The more we move ahead the more we're stuck in rewind.
Well I don't mind. I don't mind. How the hell could I mind?

Well that is that and this is this.
You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get.
You get away from me. You get away from me.

Well that is that and this is this.
Will you tell me what you saw and I'll tell you what you missed,
when the ocean met the sky.
You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste the afterlife?
 

I wouldn't call the second one so much Atheist as Anti-Faith, anti Fate.

 

There are those who think that life has nothing left to chance
A host of holy horrors to direct our aimless dance

A planet of play things
We dance on the strings
Of powers we cannot perceive
'The stars aren't aligned
Or the gods are malign...'
Blame is better to give than receive

[Chorus:]
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose freewill

There are those who think
That they were dealt a losing hand
The cards were stacked against them
They weren't born in Lotusland

All preordained
A prisoner in chains
A victim of venomous fate
Kicked in the face
You can't pray for a place
In heaven's unearthly estate

[Chorus]

Each of us
A cell of awareness
Imperfect and incomplete
Genetic blends
With uncertain ends
On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet

[Chorus]

 


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I Will Follow You Into The Dark

"I Will Follow You Into The Dark"

by: Death Cab for Cutie (Seattle)

Love of mine some day you will die
But I'll be close behind
I'll follow you into the dark

No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight
Waiting for the hint of a spark
If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs

If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark

In Catholic school as vicious as Roman rule
I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black
And I held my tongue as she told me
"Son fear is the heart of love"
So I never went back

If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs

If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark

You and me have seen everything to see
From Bangkok to Calgary
And the soles of your shoes are all worn down
The time for sleep is now
It's nothing to cry about
'cause we'll hold each other soon
In the blackest of rooms

If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the No's on their vacancy signs

If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
Then I'll follow you into the dark

 


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It was by the band XTC off

It was by the band XTC off their album "Skylarking"


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Not death metal

It's not death metal but "Conversation with the devil" by Ray Wylie Hubbard is pretty damn funny.


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Favorite Atheist Songs?

Another Zappa favorite, "The Meek shall Inherit Nothing"

 

Some take the bible
For what it's worth
When it says that the meek
Shall inherit the Earth
Well, I heard that some sheik
Has bought New Jersey last week
'N you suckers ain't gettin' nothin'

Is Hare Rama really wrong
If you wander around
With a napkin on
With a bell on a stick
An' your hair is all gone...
(The geek shall inherit nothin')

You say yer life's a bum deal
'N yer up against the wall...
Well, people, you ain't even got no
Deal at all
'Cause what they do
In Washington
They just takes care
of NUMBER ONE
An' NUMBER ONE ain't YOU
You ain't even NUMBER TWO

Those Jesus Freaks
Well, they're friendly but
The shit they believe
Has got their minds all shut
An' they don't even care
When the church takes a cut
Ain't it bleak when you got so much nothin'
(So whaddya do)
Eat that pork
Eat that ham
Laugh till ya choke
On Billy Graham
Moses, Aaron 'n Abraham...
They're all a waste of time
'N it's yer ass that's on the line
(IT'S YER ASS THAT'S ON THE LINE)

Do what you wanna
Do what you will
Just don't mess up
Your neighbor's thrill
'N when you pay the bill
Kindly leave a little tip
And help the next poor sucker
On his one way trip. . .
SOME TAKE THE BIBLE. . .
(Aw gimme a half a dozen for the hotel room!)


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Roy Harper: "The Spirit Lives"

Roy Harper

From eons ago (circa 1975), a song from a Brit with close ties to Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd...

 

The Spirit Lives

Where once were men are now but sheep
-a fiction and far cry
From planet earth's proud animal
-who would be you and I.
Alas, our forebears drank the cup of poisoned alibi
And made excuses far and wide,
and made God in the sky.

This boogaloo's now round the world
-bad trips for everyone.
No more the man of paradise
or the Celt of Albion.
They queue like burning moths to spread the all-time vicious lie.
You christians destroyed our tribe
-I'll fight you till I die.

And you can cut me down for what I said
But goodness lives where God is dead.

The history of religion is the history of the State
Incestuous exploiters of a catalogue of hate.
The man of peace was over-run by armies of the "Lord"
Who signed their names to any war
and sang to praise the sword.

The mission heads for outer space
the voices ring and swell
With aeons of self-righteousness
the senseless echoes knell

The words get much more meaningless
-even plainer to tell
That those who would pronounce this God
are those who make this hell.

And you can cut me down for what I said
But goodness lives where God is dead.

LOVE IS THE great triumph over christianity.
She made a fool of silly priests. She mocked authority.
She filled her bed with happiness.She gripped his loins for joy
And felt ecstatic agonies and screamed the sweetest cry.
Her children are the legacy of failure to be chained
An everasting mutiny of flowers where it rained.
They rise out of oppression
They speak with one accord.
The fountains breath- the spirit lives-
The future rests assured.

And to say that God is dead presupposes that
he was at some time alive.
Ooooo what a young fool I am.

Trust the evidence, Luke


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"Fucking Hostile" by

"Fucking Hostile" by Pantera

...Come meet your maker, boy
Some things you can't enjoy
Because of heaven/hell
A fucking wives tale
They put it in your head
Then put you in your bed
Hes watching say your prayers
Cause God is everywhere
Now I'll play a man learning priesthood
Who's about to take the ultimate test in life
I'd question things because I am human
And call no one my father whos no closer that a stranger

I wont listen...


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Black Sabbath Under The Sun

Black Sabbath Under The Sun Lyrics

 

Well, I don't want no Jesus freak to
Tell me what it's all about
No black magician telling me
To cut my soul out
Don't believe in violence
I don't even believe in me
I've opened the door
And my mind has been released

Well I don't want no preacher
Telling me about the god in the sky
No I don't want no one to tell me
Where I'm gonna go when I die
I want to live my life, I don't want
People telling me what to do
I just believe in myself
'cause no one else is true

Every day just comes and goes
Life is one big overdose
People try to ruin me
And I can't seem to eliminate them

People riding their real pace
Keep on running their rat race
The ante is risen once a week
In their world of make-believe

So believe what I tell you
It's the only way to fight in the end
Just believe what I tell you
You shouldn't have to pretend
So don't let those empty people
Try and interfere with your mind
Go and live your life
And leave them all behind

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My favorite band:

Even thou they are not explicitly atheist I like Rosenstolz. They not be very atheist in their lyrics but they are life-affirming and in some songs quite hedonist.

 

Those of you who understand German might like this song of them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myTeMnne5WY

 

and this one is also among the vast numbers good songs by them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wyhDS9m6og

 

 

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Alright, I just have to

Alright, I just have to say... though I think it's important to derive your own meaning from songs you like, because that's half the point... a couple of the songs in this thread really have nothing to do with Atheism in my opinion.

 

Someone listed "Heaven's A Lie" by Lacuna Coil. In my opinion, this is a song about a relationship (love) with someone else, and when she says "Set me free, your heaven's a lie..." she doesn't mean literally heaven- she's speaking metaphorically about the promised nature of the relationship, and how it's not like it was supposed to be. Maybe I'm wrong. This one is disputable, BUT...


"I Will Follow You Into The Dark" by Death Cab For Cutie, I can pretty much guarantee you is not an Atheist song. This song makes me very teary-eyed, because it was mine and my boyfriend of about 4 year's song. In the song, there are references to the existance of heaven, hell, and "the blackest rooms." I'm not saying the song is even about religion, because it's not... or that it claims these things exist, it's just that it's indifferent to it, and save one line ("She told me 'son.' fear is the heart of love/so I never went back" ) it is merely used poetically. The song is, once again, about love. It's about how their love will surpass everything- whether they're together or not, whether they're millions of miles apart, even when they are dead. He's talking about going into the afterlife with this person. The line about the vacancy signs is just a clever and sweet line, saying that if there's no room left in heaven or hell, they'll just go walk... 'into that good night' as some say, or as he says, "the blackest of rooms." It's really not a very Atheist song AT ALL.


 But aaaanyway. I love "Dear God." It's originally by XTC, but my favorite version is performed by Tricky.


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 I'm a big fan of XTC's

 I'm a big fan of XTC's work in general, so "Dear God" is a natural for me.  Though it's certainly not intended as an atheist song, I also think Van Morrison's "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" should be mentioned.  It's all there in the title.  

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Marilyn Manson -

Marilyn Manson - Posthuman

 

"God is just a statistic."

 

"God is a number you cannot count."

 

Also, I Want To Disappear by Marilyn Manson (hey, the fucker is awesome).

Look at me now I've got no religion
Look at me now I'm so vacant
Look at me now I was a virgin
Look at me now grew up to be a whore
And I want it
I believe it
I'm a million different things
And not one you know

Hey and our mommies are lost now
Hey, daddy's someone else
Hey, we love the abuse
Because it makes us feel like we are needed now
But I know
I wanna disappear

I wanna die young and sell my soul
Use up all your drugs and make me come
Yesterday man, I was a nihilist and now today
I'm too fucking bored by the time I'm old enough
I won't know anything at all


 

 


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It would seem my other link

It would seem my other link is broke; so here it is again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc_EG0lNDUE

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I'm not sure...

...if this qualifies as an "atheist song," but it is a song I enjoy.

 

Robert Lamm, the founding keyboardist of the group Chicago, put out a solo album called "In My Head," (later expanded and re-released under the title "Too Many Voices,&quotEye-wink which included a song called "Sleeping In The Middle Of The Bed (Again)".

Here are the lyrics:

 

Caught in a love storm,

Howlin' like a newborn

Tryin' hard to stay warm--my cover-up is torn up and tattered

Addicted to apocalypse

Lookin' for the big hit,

Tendin' to take trips--the ship of love is beat up and battered

 

Time after time,

I blow me away

Sign on the street, now

"Brother, let me pray, now"

Winter's here, I believe it's here to stay

 

I read somewhere, that

Religion is for people

Who want to stay out of Hell

I was prayin' for a sign, or a vision, or a message--

'Till you've been there, you won't get well

I was sittin' in a room,

I'd never recognize it, with a picture before my eyes,

I've been Sleeping In The Middle Of The Bed, Again

I'm not sure this qualifies

 

Lost in a crosswalk

Battle only half-fought

Crawlin' 'cause I can't walk--childhood finally caught up with me

Flashin' like a neon

Noisy as an A-bomb

Lookin' to the beyond--starin' into the half-life of eternity

Time after time,

I blow me away

Sign on the street, now

"Brother, let me pray, now"

Winter's here, I believe it's here to stay

 

I read somewhere, that

Religion is for people

Who want to stay out of Hell

I was prayin' for a sign, or a vision, or a message--

'Till you've been there, you won't get well

I was sittin' in a room,

I'd never recognize it, with a picture before my eyes,

I've been Sleeping In The Middle Of The Bed, Again

I'm not sure this qualifies

I read somewhere, that

Religion is for people

Who swear they need to be saved

I've been Sleeping In The Middle Of The Bed, Again--

You can trust me,

I will be brave

 

Conor

 


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peppermint wrote:I love

peppermint wrote:

I love "Only The Good Die Young" by Billy Joel Smiling, Godsmack's "Bad Religion" &  Marilyn Manson's "The Fight Song"

If your sense of humor is as perverse as mine the finest atheist song ever is "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." It epitomizes the antithesis of a religion within a religion.

Alan Sherman has a similar belief.

Harry Lewis perished

In the service of his lord

He was trampling through the warehouse where

The Drapes of Roth were stored

He died while cutting velvet

On a hot July the fourth

And his cloth goes shining on!

Glory, Glory Harry Lewis

(repeat)

(repeat)

His cloth goes shining on!

 

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Pantera - Fucking Hostile

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For humor's sake...

For humor's sake I will say a few songs which always make me laugh and are doggedly anti-religious:

1. 10 foot cock & a few hundred virgins

2. If you open your mind too much...

3. Storm

All of them are by Tim Minchin. You can find 'em on youtube.

Oh, and has anyone mentioned Opiate by Tool or Judith by A Perfect Circle? Both are great!!

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We Don't Go To God's House

We Don't Go To God's House Anymore by Chumbawamba, if nothing else it's a good song to walk home with after a late shift.

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