When the President Talks to God.

[nik0tine]

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This is a song by a young folk singer called Bright Eyes. When I saw this episode of Leno a while back I was thoroughly impressed.

Discuss this song.


"When The President Talks To God"

When the president talks to God
Are the conversations brief or long?
Does he ask to rape our women’s' rights
And send poor farm kids off to die?
Does God suggest an oil hike
When the president talks to God?

When the president talks to God
Are the consonants all hard or soft?
Is he resolute all down the line?
Is every issue black or white?
Does what God say ever change his mind
When the president talks to God?

When the president talks to God
Does he fake that drawl or merely nod?
Agree which convicts should be killed?
Where prisons should be built and filled?
Which voter fraud must be concealed
When the president talks to God?

When the president talks to God
I wonder which one plays the better cop
We should find some jobs. the ghetto's broke
No, they're lazy, George, I say we don't
Just give 'em more liquor stores and dirty coke
That's what God recommends

When the president talks to God
Do they drink near beer and go play golf
While they pick which countries to invade
Which Muslim souls still can be saved?
I guess god just calls a spade a spade
When the president talks to God

When the president talks to God
Does he ever think that maybe he's not?
That that voice is just inside his head
When he kneels next to the presidential bed
Does he ever smell his own bull
When the president talks to God?

I doubt it

I doubt it


Also, here are the lyrics.

[Shlup]

I've been a fan of Bright Eyes for a long time, but I thought that song was pretty stupid.

[nik0tine]

Oh yeah, you like Bush, huh?

[Shlup]

Not really, no. It's just a stupid whiney song.

[Cuchulainn]

Everything Bright Eyes does is whiney.

[Shlup]

True. I just hate it when bands get political.

[eestlinc]

I much prefer The Who's Won't Get Fooled Again

[nik0tine]

True. I just hate it when bands get political.

I never could understand that mindset... Aside from politics, there is very little meaningful things to sing about.

[Excelsior]

no kidding. im so tired of anti-bush songs. its like "ok, i get it, you dont like bush, now stfu and go write some good music." good god. i mean, seriously, hes been president for like, 5 years? well, hes gonna be in for another 3, and theres nothing you or I can do about it, so quit your bitching and get over it.

[nik0tine]

So what should people write about? Holding hands? Making out? Doing drugs? At least political songs have some sort of meaning to them.

[-N-]

Not bad - not my style of music, though. The lyrics are cool, though.

[Shlup]

I don't require songs to have meaning beyond just being a good song. If I want politics I'd prefer not to get my information from a song.

Besides the fact that the song just isn't good. The lyrics, for the message they're trying to convey, are pathetic.

[nik0tine]

Besides the fact that the song just isn't good. The lyrics, for the message they're trying to convey, are pathetic.

I completely disagree. I think the lyrics are quite powerful, and I think that they convey the desired message quite well.

It takes God, and mixes it with a Republican point of view. This, in turn, makes Bush out to be a hypocrit. It shows that there is a contradiction between the Christian faith and the Republican ideology.

Also, I must apologize. At the moment I am not doing a very good job at making sense, but bear with me, please.

[Shlup]

It's fine. I just think a few of the lines seem too... petty or something and discredit their complaints. It's just a song though; I'm not concerned.

[Rye]

I like how the song is written, until close to the end, never heard it though. I do like some bands that act political, but only very few can pull it off. Green Day - No. System of a Down - Yes. Their music is basically pointing out the wrongs of society, sometimes serious, sometimes funny. A Perfect Circle is pretty good at it too, but SoaD is the master of it, imo.