Perfect Song Lyrics

It's not often that I find a song's lyrics perfectly echo my thoughts, but these do. The song is called Out In The Darkness by Martin Orford (lyrics by Steve Thorne) from the superb album The Old Road. You can find the YouTube video of the song here - it's rather wonderful.


Out In The Darkness

I don’t believe there’s a true religion
I’m not afraid of your Holy Ghost
You’ve wage the wars and you’ve caused division
The true believers who sin the most
You can’t condone all your strange behaviour
Don’t quote to me from your crazy book
Why burden Jesus to be my saviour?
To let my conscious right off the hook again

I’m getting tired of your lame excuses
It only seems like you’re un-evolved
I’m feeling sick at your cruel abuses
Without your lies, every problem’s solved
Why hold us back from our bright new morning?
You’ve reigned with bloodshed around the earth
I live in hope that the day is dawning
When Man will know what religion’s worth, at last

Man is an animal, out in the darkness
We’re just children deep down inside
Lost throughout history, guided by madness
Biological consequence
We’re nothing special just searching for kindness
All the billions who’ve lived and died
Dwell not in heaven nor out in the darkness now

Even world leaders believe in this fable
Men with their fingers on buttons of red
Someone should give them the Cain if they’re Abel
They won’t be happy ‘til everyone’s dead
Fair and blue-eyed is the image they’ve sold us
Seems very strange for a man
From that part of the world
Bet your life he was black as night…

I’m finding out what I always knew now
I’m taking in what you feel inside
I won’t agree to your thought control and
You’ll never get me to take that ride
You’ve all distorted a simple teaching
The man who taught it would surely weep
We’ve heard enough of your righteous preaching
Go throw your pamphlet upon the heap, my friend
Man is an animal, out in the darkness
We’re just children deep down inside
Lost throughout history, guided by madness
Life on earth is no miracle
We’re nothing special, just searching for kindness
All the billions who’ve lived and died
Dwell not in heaven nor out in the darkness now


See what I mean? Bloody fantastic!