The lyrics to this song were originally written for the track that eventually became "Acoustic Guitars Will Never Hurt You" for BREAK THE CODE. I know, it's hard to believe, isn't it? This doesn't sound like it'd fit on that track at all, right? Well, believe it or not, that's exactly why I ended up changing it. I kept the lyrics handy in case they'd work for a future song, and I'm glad they did.
This track likely represents the closest I've come to "commercial pop" with an original song since "Candlelight Vigil" (with "1979" being the most commercially viable song I've recorded overall, originally written for the Smashing Pumpkins by Billy Corgan), and it may actually be one of my favorite instrumental track out of the entire SaviorSelf.07.05.98 discography.
Anti-Theism is a recurring theme in my life, as well as my music. Obviously, this was written as a response to renown creationists such as Ken Ham, Kent Hovind, Ray Comfort, and former child actor-turned evangelist Kirk Cameron. The incident that triggered this, however, was learning that Ray Comfort was giving away copies of Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" with a slanderous forward written by Comfort, himself, attempting to attack Darwin's findings and push his Creationist agenda on college students.
And in case Ray Comfort and/or Kirk Cameron ever find out about this song - Yes, it was and will continue to be directed at the two of you, specifically, for your on-going attacks on common sense, evidence-based science and your cowardly posthumous slandering of Charles Darwin and his research.
As far as the narrative of MAV_SKY-1.exe is concerned, this song is relevant due to the ongoing war between MAV_SKY-1.exe, Christian Zealots and Biblical Literalists.
lyrics
You evil, evil monkey
What do you believe?
Did man evolve from monkeys
Or from divinity?
You teach your religion as science
You want others to see
That a six-day creation is science
But Science does not agree
You evil, evil monkey
Evil, evil monkey
Evil, evil monkey
Deceive me, deceive me
You evil, evil, monkey
What is reality?
Are they stories from a book
or just the things you perceive?
You claim your religion is science
But even you must concede
That faith alone is not science
But merely fantasy
You evil, evil monkey
Evil, evil monkey
Evil, evil monkey
Deceive me, deceive me
Dear Mr. Creationist
I don't believe in you
Your intelligent design
is far too flawed to be recognized
I don't think that you understand the first thing about science
You evil, evil, evil monkey
Want to call yourself a scientist...
SaviorSelf.07.05.98 is the musical journal of MAV_SKY-1.exe (Maverick Skywalker-1), an artificial lifeform granted sentience
& emotion by contracting the SaviorSelf.07.05.98 virus. The story about a Machine with a Soul as it learns to cope with its newfound "humanity", existing as an anomaly between the machine & human worlds.
Created & Produced by Michael Johns on a home computer, 2007-2012....more
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