Coldplay/Aqualung-ish, with a lot of loops and beats and whatnot
if everyone would just listen to my music, i swear there'd be no more war. just try it. if the military conflicts in your life don't completely disappear in 3
i'm a berklee guy who writes/records pop/rock/alt songs. all instruments on this page were played/recorded by me unless otherwise noted
Story behind the song
KRT is about these horrible people led by a 5-point Calvinist preacher named Fred Phelps... they belong to a church in Kansas, and they seem to believe that, despite the recurring theme of "God=love" in the bible, God actually hates gay people, and also, interestingly enough, America and Sweden. They run three websites, "GodHatesFags.com", "GodHatesSweden.com", and, you guessed it, "GodHatesAmerica.com", and they tour the country doing things like picketting the funerals of gay soldiers who died in Iraq, carrying signs that say things like "Thank God for IED's" (IED's are explosive devices insurgents have used to kill soldiers over there) and "Your Son Is in Hell". Enjoy the song, and if you see Pastor Fred and his people, give them hell.
Lyrics
a merry band of men
the women home baking bread
travel the nation selling what god said
through the mouths of fallen men
but irony is just a tool
of devils, sodomites, and fools
so you pay attention only when it's born in range
of the buses you employ to spread good news
for all the lies you tell your children now
make sure you never tell them how
god is not on your side
so here's a glass to tragedy
toast to your favorite calamity
you'll all hold hands around the ruins of society
and curse everything that you can see
the message of love
is the art of demons
'cause when you sin
god gets even
the time for love is long since through
hell on earth overdue
schools and churches, picket lines
a funeral, break out the signs
for now you're stuck here and there's been no hail of fire
and in secret, you sulk wondering why
