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New Religion

by Bill Madden

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1.
What Is Ours 04:25
La, la, la, la, la… La, la, la, la, la… We are voyagers Undeterred, unbowed Who’ve come to tear The status quo down When our voices gather And occupy as one We’ll not be denied by Bureaucrats or guns La, la, la, la, la… What is ours La, la, la, la, la… What is ours A righteous uprising For justice, not power Brings us together To claim what is ours Behold the unwavering Crowds who crash your gates These are the dreamers Insurgents of change La, la, la, la, la… What is ours La, la, la, la, la… What is ours We’re here to claim We’re here We’re here to claim What is ours What is ours What is ours What is ours La, la, la, la, la…
2.
Francesca 03:34
In her patterned Dishabille Of flowered flea Market dresses A naked limb An arm, a leg A breast, and yet her Face not in the frame Francesca The mystery begins Ghostly images Appear like Gossamer blurred Apparitions Velvet, fur Taffeta, tulle A shutter blinks You dissolve into yourself Francesca Your secret is hidden Life she said, is like Old coffee-cup sediment Almost thirty years And now I’m looking down From a similar window As you leapt To the littered street I wonder what release Was in your mind Francesca That cold That cold That cold January All she left Are negatives And silver gelatin All she left Are negatives And silver gelatin
3.
Nothing’s ever Very easy Nothing’s lucky Circumstance It’s all planned And perfected Futile kiddie panicky Emotion gets you nowhere Everyday you get A little more indifferent Every week A little less amused Your ego’s Easily bruised So when criticized a little bit You quit right in the middle O ye of little faith All lost in her head O ye of little faith Nothing’s left to say That ain’t been said In a complex world Of simplicities Paradox And linear thinking You try so hard To add the facts, but In your chemical depression You can only subtract O ye of little faith All lost in her head O ye of little faith Nothing’s left to say That ain’t been said O ye of little faith All lost in her head O ye of little faith Nothing’s left to say That ain’t been said
4.
New Religion 05:47
The white shirts Arrived today uninvited Without any shame They took everything I asked the man Are you happy now He said, it’s just a job Nothing personal Tell that to my child Tell it to my pregnant wife I’ve been sold out, now I don’t even own my own life Money, more money, more money, more Hail to the kings of malfeasance Money, more money, more money, more God is greed, meet the new religion New religion What land is this I stand upon I don’t recognize It anymore So very, very good For the few, I guess ‘Cuz it’s most certainly been Damned for all the rest How’d we ever get To this perilous place Together we have a chance Apart we’ll all surely fade Money, more money, more money, more Hail to the kings of malfeasance Money, more money, more money, more God is greed, meet the new religion Sooner than late, when The masses discover the lies For who is at fault, there will be No quarter, nowhere to hide Money, more money, more money, more Hail to the kings of malfeasance Money, more money, more money, more God is greed, meet the new religion New religion…
5.
Knocked out Unconscious Bloodied up Feeling nauseous Who’s gonna save us From ourselves Back and forth Ad nauseam What happened to Our perfect love Who’s gonna save us From ourselves Silence and Tears are cruel as The lingering Of your perfume Who’s gonna save us From ourselves Angels are real Bitches are too Angels are real But this feud is no illusion Perfection’s A bitter bliss I long to steal Your angry kisses Who’s gonna save us From ourselves One last slow Dance again This masquerade Is never ending Who’s gonna save us Who’s gonna save us Who’s gonna save us From ourselves
6.
Mother 03:04
Who’s tending the garden Who denies her malady Who enables this destruction From her gorgeous valleys To her pristine peaks Who sullies her dominion, where Are the keepers of Eden’s gate Time is waning for reparation The zero hour Was yesterday Mother Mother Once sacred and majestic Now desecrated by industry, when Does a money grab and gamble Go from a reckless bet To a guarantee Mother Mother…
7.
Easy 03:26
How sweet is life When opportunity Like forbidden fruit Hanging from a tree Teases and taunts Swaying in the breeze The fortunate find Ripe among the leaves Nobody said Nobody said Nobody said It was gonna be Easy Easy How brave is hope If all we have is faith How cruel is a dream When despair's a life awake I see the signs In disparate degrees Through vacuous eyes Staring back at me Nobody said Nobody said Nobody said It was gonna be Easy Nobody said it was gonna be Nobody said it was gonna be Nobody said it was gonna be Easy Easy
8.
I See Them 02:31
I see them Huddled in cardboard shelter Under the bridge With bags and shopping carts Circumstance Bad luck, fate or chance In an instant It can all come apart They’re not invisible Don’t be afraid To look into their eyes They’re not invisible We are all our brother’s keeper Though we often deny it I see them Curled up in fetal positions Some hold cups Shoeless in old socks Signs and sunken eyes Stare in our direction Yet, we pretend We don’t see them They’re not invisible Don’t be afraid To look into their eyes They’re not invisible We are all our brother’s keeper Though we often deny it I see them Aye-lie-lie-dee-dee-die-die I see them Aye-lie-lie-dee-dee-die-die I see them Aye-lie-lie-dee-dee-die-die I see them
9.
Long standing feuds Don’t fade easily At least in some Immovable minds Erstwhile friends I’m sure Had good reason But understand I too Had mine Faith, faith Faith, we all need Belief in something Often far too late We come to realize Our time’s only a brief Moment here Ephemeral, finite With no illusion Love, laugh and embrace All that’s dear Faith, faith Faith, we all need Belief in something Faith, faith Faith, we all need Belief in something We all need Belief in something We all need Belief in something Belief in something Belief in something
10.
Deluge 04:42
Waiting As Sandy teases Taunts of rain drops Swirl in the wind Cloud cover hidden Sky foreboding Suddenly opens And all goes black And in the darkness I remember it so well Deluge Deluge Faint apparitions Ghost-like dancers Fade and flicker Sparkle and crack And in the darkness I remember it so well Deluge Deluge It’s over Changed forever Lives and memories Swept away And in the darkness I remember it so well Deluge Deluge…

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released September 9, 2014

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