Cursive – Big Bang

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Before we ever saw straight, we were grasping at straws
A debate was born, picket lines were drawn
There was this big bang once, now we're learning to use our thumbs

We need a purpose in life, a survival guide
We need explanations for how we arrived
There was this big bang once, now we're standing on our own two feet
There was this big bang once, we've been sharpening up our teeth

They say there was this big bang once, but the clergyman doesn't agree, oh no
There was this big bang once, but it don't jive with Adam and Eve
Original sin, idyllic garden
Some talking snake giving apples away
What would that snake say if he could only see us today?
Ha ha ha!

There was this big bang once, we were left here to fill in the blanks
There was this big bang once, now we're aimlessly drifting in space
We're gonna need an explanation for rational thought
And what it meant and the weight of our hearts
In a world of entropy, why can't we just simply be?
And don't feed me lies, intelligent design

There was this big bang once, why are we raptured on our knees?
Ha!

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Lyrics submitted by remembermaine, edited by bobyhopkns

Track duration: 03:56

"Big Bang" as written by Tim Kasher, Matthew Ryan Maginn, Clint Frederick Schnase, Ted James Stevens

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

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    General Comment:Fun fact: the theory of the Big Bang was first "invented" by a priest.
    Flag sfo62on July 18, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Im glad someone is finally standing up to the freaking Christianity and saying what other people are thinking. Tim is freaking awesome. And Im going to see them next month for my second time , I know what you mean about people not knowing them!! Its ashame..
    Flag The RhymeSchemeon April 05, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:i saw cursive for the 2nd time lastnight. They kicked off with this song. it was amazing. its just a shame i was like the only person who knew who they were.
    Flag angina_callson March 06, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:this song rules
    Flag Shawnk00on February 28, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:"some talking snake giving apples away" possibly my favourite line of this song for some reason..the way that religion is unbelievable..hmm..
    xXx
    Flag No_One_Reallyon February 16, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:What does he mean by clergyman? (Like which church, Catholic, protestant, what?) Bc my pastor has a really cool theory that backs up the big bang (Not evolution) with the first chapter of Genesis.
    Flag gymnast3791on February 02, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:i think the laugh probably refers to the fact that the snake tempted adam and eve in the garden... and now our world is filled with sinners. just what the snake's intentions were. more of an ironic laugh. i guess. that's how i take it, anyway. :]
    Flag shakeitloveon January 01, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Does the laugh refers to fact that snakes are blind or to the fact that we were kicked out of the Garden of Eden?
    Flag iiiusionon December 29, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:This is one of the best church bashing songs EVER. I grew up in Utah, and not as a mormon, so I know what Tim's saying. The song, to me, at least is making the point no one has all the facts, so no one (the church) can give us the answer. That's kind of the first to lines too; "Before we ever saw straight," (before we every knew all the facts), "We were grasping at straws," (we were using what little we know to jump the gun on the answers.)
    Flag dagrimon December 01, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:the review in rolling stone says this song is about a relationship. it's darwinism forced down your throat! i love it
    Flag driftwoodxon September 28, 2006   Link

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