There has been a bunch of talk around the interwebitubes of “militant atheism”, as if Richard Dawkins et al was actually advocating some kind of violent uprising against religion. He obviously isn’t, but this song is almost a proper militant athiests anthem. It definitely has just enough to still include the methods of the “new athiests” (amongst our weapons as it were) but it is like the Sea Shepherd to their Greenpeace.

The verse riff was written when I just picked up the guitar in passing, and was just fooling around. Then I wrote the words of the chorus on the bus (that was replacing the train I was meant to catch due to trackwork) and the rest of the song sorta just flowed from there. And it flowed quite a lot, reaching over 7 minutes in length. It even has flutes…. and cowbell.

The bridge is cool, and a special prize for the first one to comment with the name of the song that the bridge guitar solo melody is “inspired” by. Which you can leave along with all other questions, feedback and homeland security subpoenas in the comments section.

Lyrics:

Verse 1:
We who are sick of your constant lunacy
We who commit blasphemous heresy
We who believe in proof by evidence
We who indulge in untold decadence
We who do not think in styles primitive
We who inspect with senses inquisitive
We who are sick of your steady hypocrisy
We who will fight to hinder theocracy

Prechorus:
Take up arms and join the fight
From the shadows we will strike
Revolution starts tonight
Exterminate religious Reich
Kill all Godly is our creed
To make all believers bleed
Atheism will succeed
By sword or rational plead

Chorus:
Reducing the ranks of the reputed redeemed
Massacring the mass of that medieval meme
Slashing the sea of the spiritual scene
Massacring the mass of that medieval meme

Verse 2:
We who are armed to the teeth with argument
We who have proved that life is a chance event
We who are done with respectful masquerade
We who see thru supernatural charade
We will make sure that your lies are neutralised
We will ensure that religion is euthanised
We who will not hold back what we intend
We who will use any means to achieve our end

 

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