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Holding Nothing Sacred

2012-09-17T06:13:55.876Z

Song starts at 1:25, though I urge you to listen to my long-winded disclaimers.

No Help Received

2010-10-29T09:07:27.695Z

Let me tell you 'bout a dream I had
I went to Hell and back
With an angel of brimstone
And the walls were black
And the fire went higher and higher

And let me tell you what Satan told me
He said, "Remember, son, that this is only a dream.
The fire and the demons are all make believe.

Ain't it funny how things work out like that?
One minute you think you're right but then you're wrong the next

We are suffering, Everyone is always suffering
Throughout history we're suffering
While their gods sit on high

Let me tell you 'bout a girl I had
We went to Mars and back
On a rocket built for two
But a dust storm conspired and we lay down and died

Where was that helping hand of love?
Where was Heaven from up above?
It sat indifferently to our hopes and dreams

Ain't it funny how things work out like that?
One minute you think you're loved and then you're wrong the next

We are suffering, Everyone is always suffereing
Throughout history we're suffering
While their gods sit on high

Grow

2010-10-29T08:56:02.213Z

Certainty came and sat on the wall
Certainty's core beliefs had a fall
By claiming that god commanded us all
But that was when our world was small

It's too bad our first explanations are our worst
Because they still live on as a curse
Supporting liberty unless it offends the church
Because Jesus, not speech, protected first

You can't grow as an individual
If you're a mold of a story twice told
Don't be.

The idea is to die young at as old as possible
Not to die just to become immortal
You can pray and believe in the rituals
But it won't make eternity available

Death will come and you'll no longer sing
He'll take you with the hands that take away all kings
If your happiness comes from all your tiny things
Then you'll never know what you're missing

May you live without regrets
May your deeds be effortless
Like a sage who knows pleasantness
And may your worst be your best

Higher Higher by atheist Folkster Paul Fryer

2009-03-13T22:15:38.003Z

Writen in Bristol Jan 2009. A song about a snapshot of feeling and time. Summed up by the line . . . 'don't you let go of my hand' a recognition of the support of a loved one and how that is more special than any perceived supernatural guidance.

LYRICS -

Can I get a ticket across the sea?
Didn't you hear that I'm a refugee?
Ok so it helped to win the war
But the battle's long since left the shore

There's still a chance that the palm reader lied
Bury my heart in the sand
Our enemy's near but the river is wide
Wait 'til you see what I've planned
The water is deep but luck's on our side
Don't you let go of my hand

Higher, Higher, what's my status now?
Another day, things are looking down
Another day, staring at the floor
Trying to find the key to the door

There's still a chance that the palm reader lied
Bury my heart in the sand
Our enemy's near but the river is wide
Wait 'til you see what I've planned
The water is deep but lucks on our side
Don't you let go of my hand