Lyrics for Bad Religion as interpreted by punk_in_drublic99

Bad Religion Lyrics
see my body, it's nothing to get hung about.
I'm nobody except genetic runaround.
spiritual era's gone, it ain't comin' back.
bad religion, a cabal, that is all that's left.
hey Mr. Mind, stop wasting my time,
with your factory precision.
factory precision is your
bad religion, too good to take.
indecision, it's not too late.
nad religion, bad religion.
ay!
don't you know the place you live's a piece of shit?
don't you know blind faith in life will conquer it?
don't you know responsibility is ours?
I don't care a think about eternal fires.
listen this time, it's more than a rhyme,
it's your indecision.
your indecision is your
bad religion, too good to take.
indecision, it's not too late.
bad religion, too good to take.
indecision, it's not too late.
bad religion, bad religion,
bad religion.

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geekgirl9
04-09-2002

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this is the best song by bad religion

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hennessee101
06-03-2002

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He contrdicts himself in this song. He preachs that religon is bad and only blind faith. But his belief is a religon itself: one must not agree with religon.

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aebassist
07-08-2002

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A belief is not a religion. A religion is an organizes communal society based upon a system of beliefs (that's not out of a dictionary, it's straight from my head). A belief is simply a belief, for example, a person could believe in god but not be religious.

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kuffs
09-08-2002

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Very true, I think the song is saying that the way religion is now is bad and so is are lack of direction so dont get caught up in all the shit.

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StupidPunkRocker
10-14-2002

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aebassist,thank you for showing hennessee101 his error in logic, so i dont have to :)

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ryan_horstman
06-12-2003

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there's no definate "religion" so to say. everyone sees it differently so when you think about it its' all beleifs. if there was one religion it would be the right one because everyone sees everyone else as being wrong, so they are all just beleifs

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Sorrynametaken
05-06-2004

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Some of the lyrics in the song are incorrect. Here are the lyrics from the "How Could Hell be any Worse?" reissue booklet:

see my body, it's nothing to get hung about.
I'm nobody except genetic runaround.
spiritual era's gone, it ain't comin' back.
bad religion, a copout, that is all that's left.
hey Mr. Mime, stop wasting my time,
with your factory precision.
factory precision is your
bad religion, regugitate.
indecision, it's not too late.
nad religion, bad religion.
Fight!
don't you know the place you live's a piece of shit?
don't you know blind faith through won't conquer it?
don't you know responsibility is ours?
I don't care a think about eternal fires.
listen this time, it's more than a rhyme,
it's your indecision.
your indecision is your
bad religion, regurgitate.
indecision, it's not too late.
bad religion, too good to take.
indecision, it's not too late.
bad religion, bad religion,
bad religion.

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Securitron5k
06-19-2004

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Thats because there's more than one version of it. Hell, there's 3 different versions just on the 80-85 cd.

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Sorrynametaken
06-26-2004

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I don't think the words are different though. Besides, why would they change the words to give very different meanings? (Mr. Mime vs Mr. Mind/regurgitate vs too good to take)

Greg's voice wasn't to clear at the time so it is easy to mishear the words.

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juff
10-01-2004

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well in one version, it goes "It's more than a rhyme, it's your indecision", and in another, it goes "It's more than a rhyme, it's conjured up in lies".

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bassplayereadg
10-23-2004

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simple intro song. tells the bands name, wat they belive in, and get out of their way. ok, maybe that last line was stupid.

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modern man
03-25-2005

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Sorrynametaken is completely correct oh yeah and juff, they sing it the same, you're thinking of the second chorus, its changed intoconjured up in lies...
I'm kind of surprised Brett wrote their theme song while greg wrote most everytghing else. But yeah, it tells their meaning and such...

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Geckat
08-25-2006

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I don't like these theories, so I'm going to create my own. How about that religion no longer stands for what it was originally employed to do - lead us to better our personal lives and make the world a better place? Before laws could be enforced properly, religion stood in its place. There's no cops to shoot you if you kick down Mr. Brown's door, but God won't be very pleased with you when he catches up. Religion doesn't do that for many people now; it just gives them another excuse to feel superior to everyone else.

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AngDia
04-05-2007

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oh F*** yesss bad religion is playing tomorrow..

F***en DOWN.. but with Tiger Army? ..... I guess thats cool.

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acrimony
05-25-2008

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"But his belief is a religon itself: one must not agree with religon."

Oh, oh PLEASE spare me that "atheism is a religion!" bullshit

Graffin happens to be a Deist, too, which I find to be kind of a paranchronism in this day and age, but whatever.

And I agree with Geckat about the function of religion. There's many more anthropological uses for religion than enforcing the social contract, but yeah the Abrahamic table of commandments are definitely a good example of that.

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pinkfade
10-01-2008

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Graffin is not a Deist. It says so in Materialist of Process Of Beleife.

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pinkfade
03-05-2009

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Mr. Mime is the funniest figurative language of Religious expression Iv ever heard. hahahaha. I love it I fucking do.

spiritual era was before technology and materialism obscured our minds and intuitions. just only recently ended few generations ago. its gone for good; thats a fact until we are either extict or living in huttled clans in nuclear wastlands from the earths and humanitys destsruction. and even then maby not. hehe. stupid.

bad religion; the meaning of their term might be just indescision. just obscure; no truth to literal dogma just pure; their beliefe of religion being just an affliction on human kind coming from our
overdeveloped consciousness; in itself; is just a bad - religion. A really bad one in fact. compared to the "factory precision" of the preceding ones. hehe. classics never go out of style but..they do..they do..









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regenerator
08-18-2009

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A few of my thoughts and responses to what's been said already by you guys -
1)geekgirl9 - Have to adamantly disagree; imo, def one of the worst BR songs (hence I don't think they played it much after the very early 80's); originally written in the embryonic stage of the band before they really found their "voice" - most of their first EP ("Bad Religion") is pretty poor compared to their later stuff, although I do love "Sensory Overload"
2)hennessee101 - i agree mostly with the previous user responses taking issue with what you've said, but I do think in a way you are correct. Being a pure atheist is just as dogmatic as being very religious. However, this song and many others by the band are not making a definitive statement in support of atheism or any other system of belief, but rather showing their lack of support for religion in general, a very important distinction.
3) Are the lyrics really "NAD religion..." in the second chorus (both the "official" lyrics at the top and "Sorrynametaken" list that)? Is that what the reissue of "How Could..."says?! if so that is really funny and weird!
4) Geckat - Brilliant synopsis! I have heard many an eloquent argument espousing the perils of religion, but yours in one of the most well-stated I've ever come across.

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regenerator
08-18-2009

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oh yeah, one more thing (as if my first comment was long enough! heh) -

modern man - actually, Mr. Brett not only wrote his fair share of songs, he actually penned many of the most famous Bad Religion songs. His writing is distinct from Graffin's. While they share the same intellectual, hyper-articulate lyrical approach, Gurewitz's songs tend to have a greater emphasis on emotional depth, providing a more varied and compelling listening experience. One reason for this is that he writes melodies that are often more smooth and slower than the machine-gun speed at which Graffin normally delivers his self-penned material. This provides good contrast when sung over the super-fast music Bad Religion typically employs (good ex of what I'm talking about:"Better Off Dead").

Of course, this is all merely my opinion, so let me back it up with some facts. Here are some of the better known Gurewitz-penned songs; I think you'll be quite surprised by this list based on what you stated (he has sole songwriting credit on all these songs):

21st Century Digital Boy, Generator, I Want To Conquer The World, Infected, Generator, Stranger Than Fiction, Along The Way, Walk Away, and many others.

Some of my favorites other than these BR "standards" include the aforementioned Better Off Dead, Incomplete, In The Night, Doin' Time, Kerosene and Frogger


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DeeEl1
09-09-2009

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Contradiction scmhontradiction. "Everyone's a hypocrite" (Man With A Mission; Gurewitz). I don't think Gurewitz would mind anyone pointing out he'd contradicted himself in this way.

Pinkfade's heading in the right direction. Maybe there's a GOOD relgion. Gurewitz doesn't dismiss/denounce religion, just BAD religion, for example, Christianity: the Cross in their "Cross Buster" emblem, which, I don't think means, "No Christians Allowed."

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