- Nckdictator
- Sep 8, 2006
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Derek Webb's abit odd in that he's a very Christian, but very Left leaning singer and his music is some of the most critical of the established church I've heard in a while. He's also something of an anarchist which is always refreshing to see.
King and a Kingdom
quote:
Who's your brother, who's your sister
You just walked passed him
I think you missed her
As we're all migrating to the place where our father lives
'Cause we married in to a family of immigrants
My first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man
My first allegiance is not to democracy or blood
It's to a king & a kingdom
There are two great lies that I've heard:
"the day you eat of the fruit of that tree, you will not surely die"
And that Jesus Christ was a white, middle-class republican
And if you wanna be saved you have to learn to be like Him
But nothing unifies like a common enemy
And we've got one, sure as hell
But he may be living in your house
He may be raising up your kids
He may be sleeping with your wife
Oh no, he may not look like you think
What Matters More
quote:You say always treat people like you'd like to be
I guess you love being hated for your sexuality
You love when people put words in your mouth
About what you believe
Make you sound like a freak
'Cause if you really believed
What you say you believe
You wouldn't be so damned reckless
With the words you speak
You wouldn't silently consent
When the liars speak
Denying all the dying of the remedy
(Chorus)
Tell me, brother what matters more to you
Tell me, sister what matters more to you
If I can see what's in your heart
By what comes out of your mouth
Then it sure looks to me like being straight
Is all it's about
It looks like being hated
For all the wrong things
Like chasing the wind
While the pendulum swings
'Cause we can talk and debate
Till we're blue in the face
About the language and tradition
That He's coming to save
And meanwhile we sit
Just like we don't have give a poo poo about
Fifty thousand people who are dying today
American Flag Umbrella
quote:I'm building a house on the limb
I need something that could stop a war
But I'm beset on all sides
By extremists with eyes on my heart
So I lie to everyone
I've lied to so many lovers
I've gotten away with it too
But if God is against us
Then who can be for us my friends
There's justice for everyone
Please take your hands off my brother
Please take your laws off my lover
The agents of law
Should always be blind and on time
Till there's freedom for everyone
Where are your american brothers
American before they were named
They're a huddling mass
With no oceans to cross for our shores
Where there's fortune for everyone
Oppression is always oppression
No matter the reasons or means
For skin or for sex,
By stares or by fists it's the same
There are blinders on everyone
I've looked through the eyes of my father
I've walked through lincoln's backyard
And there's still a backseat
When you ride on the bus through this town
There's color on everyone
So we lie beneath a tree of no color
Like an american flag umbrella
It keeps the elements out
And it's stuck to the ground in this place
But there's room for everyone
I know a way out of hell
We raise all our enemies' children
After they've murdered ours
We affix all their scars to our walls
So there's heartbreak for everyone
In the end it will all be ok
That's what the wise men tell us
So if it's not ok then it's not the end, oh my friends
There's hope for everyone.
My Enemies Are Men Like Me.
quote:I have come to give you life
And to show you how to live it
I have come to make things right
To heal their ears and show you how to forgive them
Because I would rather die
I would rather die
I would rather die
Than to take your life
How can I kill the ones I'm supposed to love
My enemies are men like me
I will protest the sword if it's not wielded well
My enemies are men like me
Peace by way of war is like purity by way of fornication
It's like telling someone murder is wrong
And then showing them by way of execution
When justice is bought and sold just like weapons of war
The ones who always pay are the poorest of the poor.
Savior on Capitol Hill
quote:I’m so tired of these mortal men
with their hands on their wallets and their hearts full of sin
scared of their enemies, scared of their friends
and always running for re-election
so come to DC if it be thy will
because we’ve never had a savior on Capitol Hill
You can always trust the devil or a politician
to be the devil or a politician
but beyond that friends you’d best beware
’cause at the Pentagon bar they’re an inseparable pair
and as long as the lobbyists are paying their bills
we’ll never have a savior on Capitol Hill
All of our problems gonna disappear
when we can whisper right in that President’s ear
he could walk right across the reflection pool
in his combat boots and ten thousand dollar suit
You can render unto Caesar everything that’s his
you can trust in his power to come to your defense
it’s the way of the world, the way of the gun
it’s the trading of an evil for a lesser one
so don’t hold your breath or your vote until
you think you’ve finally found a savior up on Capitol Hill.
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