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God Says No Lyrics
Firing my friend
But I come back again and again
I just can't pretend
One more step and I'll start to bend
You try and live
And God says no
We go on our way
Just waiting for that lucky day
I tried every way
Just so that God can blow me away
I need some love
To start the show
But ask just once
And God says no
A line of dust right through my head
Scary thoughts like wishing we were dead
You won't get caught if you don't get queer
And you'll be ready for a new frontier
It's good to be bad
It's the best time you'll ever have
What the hell is this ultra sad
Pray for your cool and work on that ass
You learn too much
You'll never know
Just start to laugh
And God says no
A point of light flies through my head
A scary thought like I was someone else
And don't get lost now and show no fear
And you'll be ready for a new frontier
A line of dust right through my head
And scary thoughts like wishing we were dead
You won't get caught if you don't get queer
And you'll be ready for a new frontier
For a new frontier
But I come back again and again
I just can't pretend
One more step and I'll start to bend
And God says no
Just waiting for that lucky day
I tried every way
Just so that God can blow me away
To start the show
But ask just once
And God says no
Scary thoughts like wishing we were dead
You won't get caught if you don't get queer
And you'll be ready for a new frontier
It's the best time you'll ever have
What the hell is this ultra sad
Pray for your cool and work on that ass
You'll never know
Just start to laugh
And God says no
A scary thought like I was someone else
And don't get lost now and show no fear
And you'll be ready for a new frontier
And scary thoughts like wishing we were dead
You won't get caught if you don't get queer
And you'll be ready for a new frontier
For a new frontier
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I love this song, the first time I heard it I felt like I was underwater, I was pissed at the time aswell, so that might have helped...
I think it's about getting "god-smacked" (some random event that just seems like god has stepped on you).
this song gives me a johnny cash feel for some reason
Like negativecreep09 I too think the meaning is pretty straightforward. It's about how religions and how they often demand certain prerequisites to heaven, which is if you follow to a T would pretty much mean you wouldn't even live at all. You'd spend your entire life being miserable and preparing for the afterlife, an afterlife you don't even know exists.
I always figured it was about going sober. I figure that it's a guy who is repeatedly trying and failing on the 12 steps programme (I come back again and aa=gain) who can't ever commit to it or complete it because he fails to recognise or respect a higherpower ("One more step and I'll start to bend"). The rest of the song is him struggling with the conflicting voices (one urging him to seek a new, clean lifestyle - "a new frontier" and the other telling him that "it's fun to be bad")
The irony is the different meanings of the line "you try to live and God says no". One meaning refers to his reason for resenting and not respecting God - the self righteous rules and regulations that stop him 'sliving'. The other meaning is the ironic fact that it is his dislike of the higher-power that is preventing him from healing and achieving a better life.
The irony is the different meanings of the line "you try to live and God says no". One meaning refers to his reason for resenting and not respecting God - the self righteous rules and regulations that stop him 'sliving'. The other meaning is the ironic fact that it is his dislike of the higher-power that is preventing him from healing and achieving a better life.
In other words; he can't live with him, can't live without him.
In other words; he can't live with him, can't live without him.
Its about the media/major record label and how people treat it as god like
i dunno how u came up with that areohaed,i think this one is pretty straight forward man,gods no fun,i see that(i need some love to start the show) line as he`ll put on a better show/gig if hes just fucked someone,but thats against the law of god,im assuming they aint married here,and that (u learn too much,ull never know) even if ur the pope u really dont know shit for sure,theyre just like us in that respect(of course i think when these pope types say they can talk to god their lying even if they dont belive it,they just so far out,one can belive anything if he says it enough)
I think it is at least partly about record companies. The God Says No album was largely a commercial failure, mainly due to disputes with producer A&M Records and the consequent little promotion the album got.
I think it is at least partly about record companies. The God Says No album was largely a commercial failure, mainly due to disputes with producer A&M Records and the consequent little promotion the album got.
Like a lot of Monster Magnet's songs, it comes across sort of like two (or more) different meanings in the same song, with not all the lyrics in it relevant to all the meanings.
Like a lot of Monster Magnet's songs, it comes across sort of like two (or more) different meanings in the same song, with not all the lyrics in it relevant to all the meanings.
But that doesn't really make sense, if the album was a failure, they couldn't have known that while they were writing the eponymous song for it before it even hit the stores, would they?
But that doesn't really make sense, if the album was a failure, they couldn't have known that while they were writing the eponymous song for it before it even hit the stores, would they?
Das ist das wunderschöne an Musicktexen... Jeder kann das für sich heraus Interpreten was im gerade am Herzen liegt. Mir gibt es die Antwort auf Fragen "WARUM MEIN LEBEN SOLCHE HÜRDEN NEHMEN MUSS" ein GENIELAE Möglichkeit das zu verarbeiten... Dankeschön MONSTER Magnet
Firstly, this song is in my top 10 list of best tunes ever.
Secondly am I the only one here to have an interpretation regarding sexual orientation? Not that I'm an original or something here, but reading "I tried every way", "God says no" and "if you don't get queer" just makes me think about what some western religions say about not being straight...