Greydon Square - Special Pleading lyrics
[Greydon Square - Special Pleading lyrics]
Our kids should be reaching for the
Stars not ways to repent
Why is the age to choose religion
Less than the age of consent?
They knew to teach you when you
Were gullible "god is infallible"
Even though deep down inside
It wasn’t as logical
Lie after lie they told you – pathological
You knew it didn’t make any
Sense it wasn’t possible
Another oxymoron religious education
Classes on unscientifically
Biased information
If god gives you a brain but
Doesn’t want you to think
Your god of gaps is no answer
He’s no missing link
He’s an abomination like
Catholic confirmation
The lesson is not to question
Or rise above your station
Bible classes catechisms and Hebrew schools
Some generations will follow anyone
Even fools
Some claim to have the only truth a monopoly
But the most ridiculous thing religion tells
To us is quite possibly:
"Put your trust in me, I won’t lead you wrong
Just put your trust in me
How can you go wrong?" they keep telling us:
"Just put your trust in us" keep telling us:
"We won’t lead you wrong"
They keep telling us:
"Just put your trust in us" keep telling us
Front line political warfare
I done been there
They loan money into existence
Out of thin air
Capitalism means fuck you they’re
Gonna get theirs
Even if it means you die, they just sit there
Freedom and justice for the wealthy
Everybody else gets shafted and we
Think that this is healthy
Still on the reserve we just roam for acres
If you ain’t white and middle class
They’ll need to see your papers
Democrat and republican – the same party
Rep the movement of the people
Fela Kuti’s calling
I think they only want to
Polarize sides to vocalize
That’ll change when we decide to mobilize
But as long as there’s money
Then they can be bought
As long as they’re dummies
They cannot be fought
They only want you as a
Drone playing your part
While the very leaders that mislead
Us stay the very same they keep teaching us:
"Put your trust in me, I won’t lead you wrong
Just put your trust in me
How can you go wrong?" they keep telling us:
"Just put your trust in us" keep telling us:
"We won’t lead you wrong"
They keep telling us:
"Just put your trust in us" keep telling us
The labels make you think it’s fair game
They’ve never been on the side of
The artist from the start it’s a sham game
There’s a war on for your damn brain
And for the prize they throw everything
At you money and fame
There’s just some things money can’t change
So think about that before you go
And sign your damn name
You should run soon as you see them
Remember, they need you more
Than you need them forget em
You can do this by your goddamn self
They ask you to sign a deal
Tell em I can’t help
This is for independent artists everywhere
Anyone who’s been screwed by a label or
I suggest you boycott em forever
To make it up no more flippin of our free
Expression to make a buck
This is a moratorium on them enslaving us
Raping us yet after all we learn about
How corrupt they are, they keep begging us:
"Put your trust in me, I won’t lead you wrong
Just put your trust in me
How can you go wrong?" they keep telling us:
"Just put your trust in us" keep telling us:
"We won’t lead you wrong"
They keep telling us:
"Just put your trust in us" keep telling us
Stars not ways to repent
Why is the age to choose religion
Less than the age of consent?
They knew to teach you when you
Were gullible "god is infallible"
Even though deep down inside
It wasn’t as logical
Lie after lie they told you – pathological
You knew it didn’t make any
Sense it wasn’t possible
Another oxymoron religious education
Classes on unscientifically
Biased information
If god gives you a brain but
Doesn’t want you to think
Your god of gaps is no answer
He’s no missing link
He’s an abomination like
Catholic confirmation
The lesson is not to question
Or rise above your station
Bible classes catechisms and Hebrew schools
Some generations will follow anyone
Even fools
Some claim to have the only truth a monopoly
But the most ridiculous thing religion tells
To us is quite possibly:
"Put your trust in me, I won’t lead you wrong
Just put your trust in me
How can you go wrong?" they keep telling us:
"Just put your trust in us" keep telling us:
"We won’t lead you wrong"
They keep telling us:
"Just put your trust in us" keep telling us
Front line political warfare
I done been there
They loan money into existence
Out of thin air
Capitalism means fuck you they’re
Gonna get theirs
Even if it means you die, they just sit there
Freedom and justice for the wealthy
Everybody else gets shafted and we
Think that this is healthy
Still on the reserve we just roam for acres
If you ain’t white and middle class
They’ll need to see your papers
Democrat and republican – the same party
Rep the movement of the people
Fela Kuti’s calling
I think they only want to
Polarize sides to vocalize
That’ll change when we decide to mobilize
But as long as there’s money
Then they can be bought
As long as they’re dummies
They cannot be fought
They only want you as a
Drone playing your part
While the very leaders that mislead
Us stay the very same they keep teaching us:
"Put your trust in me, I won’t lead you wrong
Just put your trust in me
How can you go wrong?" they keep telling us:
"Just put your trust in us" keep telling us:
"We won’t lead you wrong"
They keep telling us:
"Just put your trust in us" keep telling us
The labels make you think it’s fair game
They’ve never been on the side of
The artist from the start it’s a sham game
There’s a war on for your damn brain
And for the prize they throw everything
At you money and fame
There’s just some things money can’t change
So think about that before you go
And sign your damn name
You should run soon as you see them
Remember, they need you more
Than you need them forget em
You can do this by your goddamn self
They ask you to sign a deal
Tell em I can’t help
This is for independent artists everywhere
Anyone who’s been screwed by a label or
I suggest you boycott em forever
To make it up no more flippin of our free
Expression to make a buck
This is a moratorium on them enslaving us
Raping us yet after all we learn about
How corrupt they are, they keep begging us:
"Put your trust in me, I won’t lead you wrong
Just put your trust in me
How can you go wrong?" they keep telling us:
"Just put your trust in us" keep telling us:
"We won’t lead you wrong"
They keep telling us:
"Just put your trust in us" keep telling us