The Jesus Disease
By Jai Cafarella on March 31, 2024 7:42 pm
Soooo tired... This began as a placeholder for another song I am working on that needed more time, but this quickly evolved beyond the easy filler tune it was supposed to be. It isn't quite where I want it to be, but that's what happens when I typically leave myself an evening to do what I could have done earlier in the week. I tried to tinker with less linear structures again but I don't feel confident this build is 'it', particularly the middle guitar/vocal bit, I wanted it to juxtapose the rest, but instead I feel like it comes across as out-of-place 
The theme is pretty self-explanatory, I was raised in religion, even after leaving it many years ago I found myself apologising for it until recently, I have now gone 180 and have come to see it for what it really is, so this is a bit of a vent on that. The term 'new light' is what "they" use to describe revised rules and such, but the more 'new light' was revealed as the years passed, the more it became apparent they're just making it up as they go and the revisions are purely to appear more accessible to get the numbers up, not because of divine guidance.
New light, new lies
Heaven is a lie
There are no gods or angels
Let it go
There's no saviour or sacrifice
When you know
It's just weaponised desperation
You see it all
No slave to a son of god
Jesus
He's like a disease in the heart
The heart of the world
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