Not necessarily a song with a religious slant, just a reference.
(I.E., Kanye West's "Jesus Walks", Joan Osborne's "One of Us", etc.)
This is mine. I LOVED these guys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTNMvhILOgg
2007-04-11 06:07:12 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus, Take the Wheel
2007-04-11 06:13:13 · answer #1 · answered by livinintheword † 6 · 9⤊ 0⤋
My favorite religious reference in a secular song is in Slip Sliding Away.... (Paul Simon)
"I know a man, he came from my hometown, he wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crown. He said 'Delores, I live in fear, my love for you is so overpowering I'm afraid that I will disappear'"
It's really beautiful word play and if you've ever known (or loved) anyone like that, it's head on.
My next favorite.... Does Amish Paradise Count as secular?
"Well I know I'm a million times more humble than thou art!"
I see people living that one all the time, too.
Oh.Oh... Bob Dylan, God on Our Side. Straylight run's version was awesome, too.
2007-04-11 06:14:51 · answer #2 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Dear God" by XTC
Dear God,
Hope you got the letter,
And I pray you can make it better down here.
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer,
But all the people that you made in your image,
See them starving on their feet,
'Cause they don't get enough to eat
From God,
I can't believe in you.
Dear God,
sorry to disturb you,
but I feel that I should be heard loud and clear.
We all need a big reduction in amount of tears,
And all the people that you made in your image,
See them fighting in the street,
'Cause they can't make opinions meet,
About God,
I can't believe in you.
Did you make disease, and the diamond blue?
Did you make mankind after we made you?
And the devil too!
Dear God,
Don't know if you noticed,
But your name is on a lot of quotes in this book.
Us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look,
And all the people that you made in your image,
Still believing that junk is true.
Well I know it ain't and so do you,
Dear God,
I can't believe in,
I don't believe in,
I won't believe in heaven and hell.
No saints, no sinners,
No Devil as well.
No pearly gates, no thorny crown.
You're always letting us humans down.
The wars you bring, the babes you drown.
Those lost at sea and never found,
And it's the same the whole world 'round.
The hurt I see helps to compound,
that the Father, Son and Holy Ghost,
Is just somebody's unholy hoax,
And if you're up there you'll perceive,
That my heart's here upon my sleeve.
If there's one thing I don't believe in...
It's you,
Dear God.
2007-04-11 06:16:26 · answer #3 · answered by Rogue Scrapbooker 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not a reference, but the underlying thought. I love the song "The Rose". Cry my heart out each time I hear it. It is an old one, a classic, not religious song, so most of you young people many not know it. It is about Love, but it has a more person meaning for me.
2007-04-11 06:11:35 · answer #4 · answered by tonks_op 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode.
2007-04-11 06:12:01 · answer #5 · answered by Sookie 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Garbage- As Heaven is Wide
2007-04-11 06:19:11 · answer #6 · answered by B SIDE 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"God must be dead if you're alive" Dead Kennedys
refering to the Moral Majority in the song "Moral Majority" on one of the greatest albums ever "In God We Trust, Inc."
Followed closely by "Just give 'em all your money and they'll set you free
Free for a fee" in the song "Religious Vomit" on the same album.
2007-04-11 06:10:55 · answer #7 · answered by Klawed Klawson 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
At the moment, Neko Case -- Thrice All American... I listened to that CD this morning. Such a great artist.
2007-04-11 06:10:08 · answer #8 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls."
from Sound of Silence, S&G
2007-04-11 06:22:16 · answer #9 · answered by ZombieTrix 2012 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Arms wide open....by Creed
2007-04-11 06:13:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋