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Monday, January 17, 2011

a song I wrote as an indictment against religion. Jesus is awesome!!! it's religion that stinks

temple tables

Verse 1
There's Jesus walkin tall up a dusty hill
within his chest burns a fiery zeal

Each step with purpose and passion

Each step brings him closer to the action

They’ve turned his fathers house into a den of thieves
Making merchandise of the peoples pleas
Like a bad disease pharisees Make a mockery

but Jesus sees

Chorus

He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise

He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Gonna find out who charged a price

He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise

He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Religion is an ungodly heist

Verse 2
Saul chose to sacrifice
Saul chose to pay his own price
Saul chose to pursue his pride and die
On the battlefield of his own device
Samuel said does God delight in sacrifice
No God delights in us taking his advice
Mercy is better than sacrifice
Witchcraft is pride's best vice


Chorus

He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise

He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Gonna find out who charged a price

He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise

He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Religion is an ungodly heist


Verse 3
Like lemon and lime
It's finally time to see who's really on the vine
To separate the wheat from the chaff
Who's runnin the race and who's on the paper chase
The goats and the sheep
The wolves and their fleece
Who's been hired and who's been called
The axe is pointed at the root
Who's got fruit and who looks just like Saul


Chorus

He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise

He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Gonna find out who charged a price

He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise

He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Religion is an ungodly heist


Verse 4

Legalistic critics criticize the fathers eyes
Their Pride is a foolish and vicious lie
Their Low octane gospel Full of rocks
chuggin along like there was no cross
Grace abounds but the lost are still lost
Get outta the way before your temple table gets tossed

This is Nahushtan’s last stand

This is Nahushtan’s last stand

Chorus

He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise

He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Gonna find out who charged a price

He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
gonna find out who made merchandise

He's making a whip
He's checking it twice
Religion is an ungodly heist


Verse 5
If judgement begins in the house of God
Where will it's end be

If judgement begins in the house of God
Where will it's end be

If judgement begins in the house of God
Where will it's end be
Justice is a bittersweet symphony

(solo)

bible belt welts pelt man’s mind

religions control is a stupid crime

sinister side of all mankind

like spears in the savior’s side

Jesus in center stage

theirs a war to wage a war for change

I engage in a righteous rage

temple tables tossed, and rearranged

© 2011 Jeremiah Johnson all rights reserved

2 comments:

  1. Jeremiah why dont you call a brother and let me know what's up with you. Hope you know I am for you and not against you! You are my brother!

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  2. Duet 25:15  But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

    Mal 3:3 And He shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. (it is time for righteous offerings)

    Mat 10:26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

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