Don't be afraid, it's only business
The alien prophet sighed
The vulture and the magpie took
The cash box from its hook
The monkey in the corner
Wrote the figures in his book
Crazed the checkout lady's fingers
Flash across the till
And the captain posts the menu of the day
And in banks across the world
Christians, Moslems, Hindus, Jews
And every other race, creed, colour, tint or hue
Get down on their knees and pray
The raccoon and the groundhog neatly
Make up bags of change
But the monkey in the corner
Well he's slowly drifting out of range
Christ, it's freezing inside
The veteran cries
The hyenas break cover
And stream through the meadow
And the vet rolls in
To his bottle of gin
So he picks up a stone
That looks like a bone
And the bullets fly
And the rivers run dry
And the fat girls sigh
And the network anchor persons lie
And the soldier's alone
In the video zone
But the monkey's not watching
He's slipped out to the kitchen
To pile the dishes
And answer the phone
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the animals featured in What God Wants Parts I-III | Reviewer: Mr Otter | 8/4/2007
The animals chosen in the three parts of this song have significance.
The first 2 are the beetle and the springbok, both prominent in
Egyptian culture,writing and religion. Egyptian culture represents some of the
earliest recorded written records and some of the initial deep and
lasting impressions of religion in recorded history. That is why those
particular animals were chosen as the first to be introduced.
The next animals to appear are the jackass and hyena in tandem with the
alien joker. The braying jackass and (laughing) hyena fit perfectly
here. They are 2 animals associated with laughing-like behavior. It also represents how religion became distanced from its initial
intended purpose (mysticism) and was corrupted into the absurd (eg:
Galileo--finally pardoned in the mid-1970's for the crime of thinking
the Earth is NOT the center of the universe.Truth became secondary
centuries before and by dis-associating itself from truth, religion became,
in essence, a joke)
In part III, the music becomes more grim and serious and is perfect for
the appearance of the vulture and the magpie. Magpies are associated
with theft and death and of course vultures are known for consuming the
flesh of the dead. Opportunism is also a component in the reputations
of both birds. This is an excellent choice for the animals who 'take
the cash box from its hook', a representation of how religion has
evolved into more of a business than its original purpose, as pointed
out in the first line of part III, "Don't be afraid, it's only
business" as sighed by the alien in a somewhat ironic resigned concession to the truth. Its all about the money at this point. The morphing of
business and religion is illustrated well in the lines "And in banks
across the world Christians, Moslems, Hindus, Jews
And every other race, creed, colour, tint or hue
Get down on their knees and pray"
Where do they pray? BANKS
Who is praying? the first listed are the most dominant RELIGIOUS
groups with the list disintegrating into "every other race, creed,
colour, tint or hue". In other words-EVERYONE. Still, the initial
distinctions being drawn along religious lines as opposed to skin color,
socio-economic or geographical distinctions is significant.
The raccoon and the groundhog are the handlers of the money. The
raccoon with its mask like a bandit, then the groundhog implying
burying or stashing of the 'loot'.
Finally, the hyena appears. In view of the niche filled by hyenas in the ecosystem combined with the subtleties and nuances associated with them as far as peoples perceptions go, this is an excellent choice to 'break cover and stream through the meadow' as 'the fog rolls in' with the fog symbolic of confusion in the veteran.
I think Roger is the greatest lyric writer of our time and he shows an
uncanny if not disturbingly prophetic (the alien prophet?) grasp of the
world condition, brought into specific focus by the benefit of the passage of time since he wrote his words.
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The alien prophet sighed
The vulture and the magpie took
The cash box from its hook
The monkey in the corner
Wrote the figures in his book
Crazed the checkout lady's fingers
Flash across the till
And the captain posts the menu of the day
And in banks across the world
Christians, Moslems, Hindus, Jews
And every other race, creed, colour, tint or hue
Get down on their knees and pray
The raccoon and the groundhog neatly
Make up bags of change
But the monkey in the corner
Well he's slowly drifting out of range
Christ, it's freezing inside
The veteran cries
The hyenas break cover
And stream through the meadow
And the vet rolls in
To his bottle of gin
So he picks up a stone
That looks like a bone
And the bullets fly
And the rivers run dry
And the fat girls sigh
And the network anchor persons lie
And the soldier's alone
In the video zone
But the monkey's not watching
He's slipped out to the kitchen
To pile the dishes
And answer the phone
Please Click here to submit the Corrections of What God Wants, Part III Lyrics
Please Click Here to Print What God Wants, Part III Lyrics
Thanks to Dave Moebius for submitting What God Wants, Part III Lyrics.
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the animals featured in What God Wants Parts I-III | Reviewer: Mr Otter | 8/4/2007
The animals chosen in the three parts of this song have significance.
The first 2 are the beetle and the springbok, both prominent in
Egyptian culture,writing and religion. Egyptian culture represents some of the
earliest recorded written records and some of the initial deep and
lasting impressions of religion in recorded history. That is why those
particular animals were chosen as the first to be introduced.
The next animals to appear are the jackass and hyena in tandem with the
alien joker. The braying jackass and (laughing) hyena fit perfectly
here. They are 2 animals associated with laughing-like behavior. It also represents how religion became distanced from its initial
intended purpose (mysticism) and was corrupted into the absurd (eg:
Galileo--finally pardoned in the mid-1970's for the crime of thinking
the Earth is NOT the center of the universe.Truth became secondary
centuries before and by dis-associating itself from truth, religion became,
in essence, a joke)
In part III, the music becomes more grim and serious and is perfect for
the appearance of the vulture and the magpie. Magpies are associated
with theft and death and of course vultures are known for consuming the
flesh of the dead. Opportunism is also a component in the reputations
of both birds. This is an excellent choice for the animals who 'take
the cash box from its hook', a representation of how religion has
evolved into more of a business than its original purpose, as pointed
out in the first line of part III, "Don't be afraid, it's only
business" as sighed by the alien in a somewhat ironic resigned concession to the truth. Its all about the money at this point. The morphing of
business and religion is illustrated well in the lines "And in banks
across the world Christians, Moslems, Hindus, Jews
And every other race, creed, colour, tint or hue
Get down on their knees and pray"
Where do they pray? BANKS
Who is praying? the first listed are the most dominant RELIGIOUS
groups with the list disintegrating into "every other race, creed,
colour, tint or hue". In other words-EVERYONE. Still, the initial
distinctions being drawn along religious lines as opposed to skin color,
socio-economic or geographical distinctions is significant.
The raccoon and the groundhog are the handlers of the money. The
raccoon with its mask like a bandit, then the groundhog implying
burying or stashing of the 'loot'.
Finally, the hyena appears. In view of the niche filled by hyenas in the ecosystem combined with the subtleties and nuances associated with them as far as peoples perceptions go, this is an excellent choice to 'break cover and stream through the meadow' as 'the fog rolls in' with the fog symbolic of confusion in the veteran.
I think Roger is the greatest lyric writer of our time and he shows an
uncanny if not disturbingly prophetic (the alien prophet?) grasp of the
world condition, brought into specific focus by the benefit of the passage of time since he wrote his words.
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