• A true hymn – a reminder of how good this is

    http://youtu.be/1H3Y-sTfkrQ

    Frank Turner is an alternative folk musician who is fairly famous over here in the UK. If you want to read a cracking interview with him, I interviewed him about a year  ago on his politics and religion. Please check it out.

    This video below is great because it raises the hairs on the back of my neck to see the more than twelve thousand fans chanting “there is no God!”

    The lyrics:
    Brothers and sisters, have you heard the news?
    The storm has lifted and there’s nothing to lose,
    So swap your confirmation for your dancing shoes,
    Because there never was no God.
    Step out of the darkness and onto the streets,
    Forget about the fast, let’s have a carnival feast,
    Raise up your lowered head to hear the liberation beat,
    Because there never was no God.

    There is no God,
    So clap your hands together,
    There is no God,
    No heaven and no hell.
    There is no God,
    We’re all in this together,
    There is no God,
    So ring that victory bell.

    No cowering in the dark before these overbearing priests,
    Not waiting until we die until we restitute the meek,
    No blaming all our failings on imaginary beasts,
    Because there never was no God.
    No fighting over land your distant fathers told you of,
    Not spilling blood for those who have never spread a drop of blood,
    No finger pointing justified by fairies up above,
    Because there never was no God.

    There is no God,
    So clap your hands together,
    There is no God,
    No heaven and no hell.
    There is no God,
    We’re all in this together,
    There is no God,
    So ring that victory bell.

    And I know you’re scared of dieing man and I am too,
    But just pretending it’s not happening isn’t gonna see us through,
    So just accept that there’s an end game and we haven’t got much time,
    And then in the here and now we can try and do things right.
    Forget about the crazy things that people have believed,
    And think of wondrous things that normal people have achieved,
    ‘Cos I’ve known beauty in the stillness of cathedrals in the day,
    I sang Glory Hallelujah! Won’t you wash my sins away?
    But now I’m singing my refrain and this is what I say,
    I say there never was no God.

    There is no God,
    So clap your hands together,
    There is no God,
    No heaven and no hell.
    There is no God,
    We’re all in this together,
    There is no God,
    So ring that victory bell.

    There is no God,
    So clap your hands together,
    There is no God,
    No heaven and no hell.
    There is no God,
    We’re all in this together,
    There is no God,
    So ring that victory bell.

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    Article by: Jonathan MS Pearce