Two Religions

Lament & Hope · Sep 12, 2022 · 2m

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WORDS, SWALES

MUSIC SAYBURN 'HORIZON'

There is a certain kind of religion,

An opium for the masses.

It,

Numbs,

Distracts

And anaesthetises us from the pain of the world,

Into a heavenly world of spiritualising irrelevance.

There is a certain kind of religion,

An opium for the masses,

It

Supports,

Benefits.

And acts as chaplain to the status quo,

Supporting the structures and systems that reap destruction.

There is another kind of religion,

A hope for the nations,

It,

Awakens,

Summons,

And calls us into the pain of the world.

Into a world of Christlike justice.

There is…