#45 We Didn't Know You Are God

[jamestoffee]

#45 We Didn't Know You Are God

 

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When you came to us as baby we were at a loss

So we gave a man a bright red suit and called him Santa Claus

When you said you were a king, we hung you on a cross

We made chocolate bunnies and Easter eggs with bright pink polka dots 

 

Chorus

We didn't know You 

We didn't know You 

We didn't know You are God

 

When you came to us like a plague who was there to blame?

The priests took all our money to pray for our mistakes

When the church went to work killing in your name

We gathered all the black sheep and burned them at the stake

 

chorus

 

solo

 

When you come to us again riding on the clouds

Every tongue will confess and every knee will bow

The wonderment and fear is spreading through the crowds

 

chorus

 

Hey, what’d you say, Oh Son of Man?

Hey, what’d you say, Oh Son of Man?

Hey, what’d you say, Oh Son of Man?

Hey, what’d you say, Oh Son of Man?

LANDR-LANDR-Y13W1 We Didnt Know You Are God2.mp3

[sgtsoul]

Nice work...and when I read it, I hear Bono singing the verses (it seems to flow like something he'd sing) and Lorde on the chorus which is funny because she sings "We didn't know You are God"....given that Bono is often accused of thinking he is god this is a funny little twist

[jamestoffee]

....given that Bono is often accused of thinking he is god this is a funny little twist

 

LOL

 

Thanks for the listen and post

[jamestoffee]

Hi Les, 

 

Thanks for the listen and critique; especially in sharing your vision of an alternative arrangement on the lyrics.

 

I tried playing through with the new line order, but for me, the contrasting lines were spread too far apart and had a whiplash feel....probably similar to what you felt in the original lines regarding the 100s of years separation between Jesus birth and Santa Claus

 

I was setting up a contrast by stating an event from God's POV and comparing it to mankind's (or the world without God) POV

 

ie Christmas - God says birth of Jesus....World without God says Santa Claus

...same in vs 2

 

>to be honest i am not to keen on the last line of V1, might be the polka dots lol!

That's ok.  

I thought it helped heighten the distance between what Easter was meant to be ( a remembrance of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus) and how it is celebrated today by a world without God....a bunny giving candies and eggs.

 

 

...vs 3 the future will be a coming together of POVs from God and world without God as recorded in the Bible.

 

 

Then the bridge is the world without God questioning, "What did God say about events in the past and future?"

 

>I hope you don't mind?

 

I don't mind the suggestions at all.  I appreciate your sharing.

 

 

Thanks again for the feedback.

 

-James

[DonnaMarilyn]

Hi James.

 

Ramble alert.

 

From what I remember, Easter was originally a pagan tradition (involving the goddess 'Ishtar'/'Astarte'/Eostre', etc.), and its purpose was to celebrate spring, new beginnings, and fertility (hence the rabbit symbol).

 

The tradition was one of several ancient rituals ostensibly adopted to make Christianity more palatable to people still practising the Old Religion, and whom the Church founders wanted to convert.

 

So the notion of bunnies and chocolate eggs might be considered an insult both to the Old Religion (probably also present-day pagans/wiccans) and to Christianity.

 

But on to the lyric.

 

I too stumbled over lines 2 & 4, V1.

 

I understand you wanting to provide a contrast, but I feel the transition needs to be smoother, more logical. To me, the mood, the feel of V1 is quite different from that of V2.

 

Below is a rough example only, just to illustrate what I mean by strengthening the connection between events.

 

When you came to us a baby, we were at a loss

And over time, we turned our hearts to a man called Santa Claus

When you said you were a king, we hung you on a cross

Then turned the Easter message into chocolate eggs and dross

 

But it's just one person's observation, so keep or sweep.

 

Donna

Edited November 11, 2014 by DonnaMarilyn

[jamestoffee]

Hi Donna, 

 

Thanks for the listen and post

 

 

So the notion of bunnies and chocolate eggs might be considered an insult both to the Old Religion (probably also present-day pagans/wiccans) and to Christianity.

Agreed

 

 

 

 

I too stumbled over lines 2 & 4, V1.

 

I understand you wanting to provide a contrast, but I feel the transition needs to be smoother, more logical. To me, the mood, the feel of V1 is quite different from that of V2.

 

 

Thanks for the confirmation.  Nice example, too.  It does keep the gist and smooths the message.

 

>But it's just one person's observation, so keep or sweep. 

Yes, that's all we can offer, and I appreciate your time in doing so.  

 

I'll keep thinking on you points.

 

Thanks for sharing.

 

James

[Nazman]

We didn't know you were god

They were scared afraid to believe

And when the plague came

For their loved ones did grieve

They crossed the deserts

In there thousands you see

Searching for the truth

There chance too be free

Miracles they happened one by one

A blind man could see

In the mid day sun

Yet around him

The soldiers did cry

Blasphemy and the profit must die

Yet they didn't know

That it was meant too be

He sent his son

For all too be free

To die on a cross

On that hill in pain

The likes to be

Never seen again

Then a darkness it filled the sky

When his son said forgive them father

For they know not what they do

Then his last breath left his body

Then went back to you

The soldiers the people

Looked at the sky with fear

Some who knew him

They cried a tear

We didn't know

We didn't know

You are god they cried

We didn't know

We didn't know

You are god they cried

The father

The son

Holy ghost too

All of them

Who live in you

We didn't know

We didn't know