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Crossbearer Lyrics
Tear it
From it's cross
Shake it to pieces
Scream demon wind
Into it's ears
I'm not getting an answer
How can you be
So fucking real?
Now I turn my back upon this crossbearer
The lesser me of a figment
Never am I guided by it's wisdom
Gentleness or kindness
Holy wars
Killing in the name of god
The right to be minimalized uner the rule of
The unseen greatness
I cannot bow my head or kneel
My figure to a fake symbol
Proving my existance
Without this form of worship
So now let me spit upon the cross of your worship
Or kill me in the name of God
I only understand it's hate
The skin beneath a mask
Of shallow actions with a book
Of superstitions to live by
All living blind
From it's cross
Shake it to pieces
Scream demon wind
Into it's ears
How can you be
So fucking real?
The lesser me of a figment
Never am I guided by it's wisdom
Gentleness or kindness
Killing in the name of god
The right to be minimalized uner the rule of
The unseen greatness
My figure to a fake symbol
Proving my existance
Without this form of worship
Or kill me in the name of God
The skin beneath a mask
Of shallow actions with a book
Of superstitions to live by
All living blind
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Sounds like the usual anti-religious BS, but there seems to a recurring implied "but" that suggests there might be something more to it than that. It's in the "and yet", and the "or"s, which suggests contrasting ideas even though on the surface he appears to be consistent. Maybe saying "or kill me in the name of God" implies that he deserves to die if he is wrong in mocking the cross? Another interesting theme is connecting "Never am I guided by its wisdom, Gentleness or kindness" with "I only understand its hate" - by itself the first verse just seems sarcastic while the second one is just together, but when taken together he's implying there is in fact a compassionate side to Christianity, he's just never felt it. The use of "crossbearer" as the target of derision is interesting. It could just be an ignorant kid talking who doesn't understand what "crossbearer" implies, confusing it with someone wearing the cross as an icon, but if used correctly it's referring to someone inflicting suffering on themselves, not others. This makes sense if we consider that the line "Crossbearer, the lesser me of a figment" implies that the narrator IS the crossbearer who they deride - or at least, a version of them is the crossbearer. If so, it suggests the song is actually an internal conflict between the current form of the narrator who no longer beliefs and his old self who once did, viewing his old self as causing him to suffer for no reason. Alternatively, the narrator could just be saying they are superior to the crossbearer, in which case they can be dismissed as an arrogant twit.
@Ganondox Forget to add this " viewing his old self as causing him to suffer for no reason, but he still retains some humility in case his old self my be correct."
@Ganondox Forget to add this " viewing his old self as causing him to suffer for no reason, but he still retains some humility in case his old self my be correct."
I love this song so much because it definitely expresses the bitter truth about religion and how it controls the masses, and those who only can come up with faith as an answer for everything.
yes, what i like best about it is how they school tried to get them in trouble because they played it in school once, stupid school believing in god, RUBBISH!
Fuck every religion, ever created by god, except only the ones made by cats.
Yes. religion is a lie, made to control the masses and let them live in fear and like a product obeying all the rules. people should have the freedom to do whatever they want in life, as long as it doesnt being harm to others. it's like the novel '1984' put into a lifelong practice.
i agree with all of you
Christianity is fucked up. Christians have fucked up morals and fucked up ideals. Do not accept Christianity, because it will fuck you up, and then you'll die like everyone else. Fuck Christ. Fuck Christians. Fuck God. Fuck the holy spirit.