Story Behind The Song
This is written as a protest against those who take the various holy scriptures at face value and claim that they are the final and conclusive words of God and that they are to be taken quite literarily. They are in fact turning God into a has been writer who has stagnated and run out of ideas.
Song Description
There's a knock on your door and two stranger are telling you that they have the (only) key to heaven while you have a ticket to hell. Yeah, right.
| Song Length |
3:56 |
Genre |
Pop - Alternative, Country - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Diplomatic, Affable |
Subject |
Protest, Conformity |
| Similar Artists |
The Band, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
You knock on my door
There's always the two of you
Nicely dressed and very polite
Claiming to have a
message of joy for me
Want me to wake up and see the light
Godspeed my friend, always
Godspeed my friend
The land you see out there isn't Babylon
And to the kingdom of God
there are millions of ways
The coming of Christ is only a metaphor
We'll never live to see the end of days
Godspeed my friend, always
A string of prophesies
never materialized
Doesn't budge your solid faith
The facts before you are overwhelming
But to these facts you do not relate
Godspeed my friend, always
The book you cling to
was compiled by clergymen
Whose design is to keep you
under the wheel
And heresy is threatened with hellfire
And only the scriptures are real
Godspeed my friend, always
Godspeed my friend