[Child's voice:] Dear God, hope you got the letter and... I pray that you can make it better down here I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer But all the people that you made in your image See them starving on their feet Cause they don't get enough to eat from God, I can't believe in you [Lead singer:] Dear God, sorry to disturb you, but... I feel that I should be heard loud and clear We all need a big reduction in amount of tears And all the people that you made in your image See them fighting in the street Cause they can't make opinions meet about God I can't believe in you Did you make disease and the diamond blue? Did you make mankind after we made you? And the devil too? Dear God don't know if you've noticed but... Your name is on a lot of quotes in this book And us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look And all the people that you made in your image Still believing that junk is true Well I know it ain't, and so do you, dear God I can't believe in I don't believe in I won't believe in heaven and hell No saints, no sinners, no devil as well No pearly gates, no thorny crown You're always letting us humans down The wars you bring, the babes you drown Those lost at sea and never found And it's the same the whole world round The hurt I see helps to compound That Father, Son and Holy Ghost Is just somebody's unholy hoax And if you're up there you'd perceive That my heart's here upon my sleeve If there's one thing I don't believe in [Child's voice:] It's you Dear God

Commentary This may very well be the most eloquent song by any artist to have come out of the '80's. This is truly the type of song that when i hear how well written it is both makes me want to hang it up knowing i could never write anything this profound and at the same time inspires me to write something that will inspire and make someone feel things the way this song has made me and countless others grab on to it and say "This totally puts into perspective all the things i feel", The music is just as powerful as the lyrics and when one puts them together the effect is amazing. I've spent a lifetime trying to make sense of the world and as much as i struggle to see the good in life, i just can not bring myself to believe in a benevelant higher power. I see no evidence. Religion is like some inside joke that no one is letting me in on. Anytime when i've prayed, i find things in life get worse, not better. If i allowed myself to believe in God, i'd have to then accept that he has it out for me and finds delight in abusing me. Anything good that's ever happened in my life has always been a precursor to something worse...religion is like being trapped in a hole and screaming for help only to have God appear and give you a ladder that's covered in thorns and constantly on the verge of breaking and just when you've reached your way to the top and your hand is on the ledge about to pull yourself out, God tap dances on your hands in stiletto heels, kicks you back down the hole, breaks down the ladder, spits down on you and laughs his head off. How can one believe in something like that? Knowing one's life is under an insane curse and anything one does in doomed to failure and not even being able to find escape in death because if everything else you do goes wrong, any attempt at suicide would ultimately fail and would leave you left alive and suffering the physical and legal ramifications of having attempted it. I've very recently had an idea for a song i want to write that puts my religious (or lack thereof) feelings in perspective but didn't have anything with me to record some of the lyrics/ideas i had at the time but i do remember what i want it to say/be about...comparing God to the worst in man and how they both are evil and abusive and that God is no stranger to psychic murder and rape ... like the most vile members of society, he comes to you all trusting only wanting to use and hurt you and enjoy it all. I really need to take my time with it because it's the kind of song i really want to be perfect when i finish it (if it can be half as good as this song, i would be satisfied) and hopefully like this one, may help others share a cry over the shared disappointments of life and give them something to feel affirmed that they're not alone in trying to get through a nightmare of a world.

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