Black label society - Counterfeit God + lyrics

[TheOriginalAchilles]

This song is clearly about televangelists who think they are as holy as God.. even the pope thinks he's "Holy". I'm a Christian.. so is the Boss and he will be the first to tell you that. Metal is about the attitude and the music that expresses it best.. I WORSHIPED THE REPLAY BUTTON! am I going to hell for that? I think not.. Bleed Black motherfuckers! SDMF \m/

[ludovicus777]

WTF are you talking about?

Zakk Wylde openly declares as a Christian (i.e. look for interviews). I don't know what people told about this song. What I can see here is that LaVey says "worship me" and Zakk says "God, NO, God, NO!" meanwhile (= denying Satan)...

And what about "I've got Jesus running through my veins"?

[gandalf7531]

@ludovicus777 He probably read the Satanic Bible at some time. Hell, so have I. Big whoop. Just thought it was hella funny how he described this little hypothetical situation when his wife tossed it.

I believe Zakk's Christian. He's also VERY spiritually insightful to realize that these TV evangelists he's singing about (not LeVay and his dumb-ass Satanism) are defrauding people in the name of God.

Zakk's just super cool and I wish there were more folks like him (and Ozzy too!). Peace.

[InaGameComa]

I saw these guys in October of 2010. They were supposed to play a decent sized venue, but the show got moved to a fuckin club. They packed all their stadium gear into this club and just tore the place down. Never been to such a loud, kick ass concert.

[gandalf7531]

From the archives of Classic Rock Magazine. It's an interview of Zakk from April 2004. Read it, laughed my ass off!!

....for the past 15 minutes he’s been telling an hilarious story about his wife Barbaranne throwing his copy of Anton LaVey’s The Satanic Bible out of their apartment window: “Imagine if someone had been sitting there and wondering: ‘What am I gonna do with my life? Give me a sign,’”he grins playfully. “Then ‘Whump!’, this fucking book lands next to them on the grass!”

[MrJoedf]

I actually like this kind of music, and I'm Christian.

[ina1997n]

Metal isn't against religion.... it's a type of music that needs lyrics to match... This is the proof... Religious people who says metal's anti-religion really needs to take a good look in the mirror... it's just music you guys, not a conspiracy... sure the lyrics may be about "religion" and the devil sometimes, but that doesn't make it "wrong"... There's nothing wrong with listening to metal... Whether your religious or not!

[JTheGuitarPlayer]

I'm Christian and I admit, I had to research this tune a bit. \m/

[theclitmaster666]

this song is about 4 minutes and 20 seconds. Did someone say 4:20? Time to burn, now thats religion.

[HiFiVibe]

the lyrics are obviously about more than just televangelists. Although teles do stand out as some of the worst types of christans, considering they are lying scum out for profit. The lyrics would actually be fitting to a sermon at a regular church. In an Ironikal way. This is what we're saying but THIS is what we actually mean.

[loouuni]

DROP G ACTION !!!!!

[Lizard5571]

GREAT SONG!!,..SDMF/GIFD,..\m/ \m/,..HORNS HIGH!!,..BLEED BLACK!!,..EAT DA WEAK,..FUCK DA REST!!,..HAVE A BLACKEND NIGHT!,..

[freetotheworld1]

Oh my gosh this song is about a person Zakk Wylde saw claiming to be able to heal people and forgive sins and stuff and he said thats blasphemy and thats what this song is about. It's not anti-God, its pro-God. He's a christian for fuck's sake. Sheesh.

[garykeller15]

to me this song discribes the antichrist otherwise known as the dictator in chief Barack Obama and his liberal brainless sheep who believe during the national democrartic convention he was the messiah. This song discribes the phony crap obama and the liberals try to spew thru their evil unconstitutional agenda. with stuff like telling you all you need to know is exactly what this lying adminstration and liberals spew, It describes obama the hypocrite when he says he's chrisitan

[Alice1414]

Great song to fuck to

[wotdrummer02]

THIS IS NOT OF THE LORD JESUS NEVER SHOULD THIS MAKE THE LORD HAPPY DONT LET YOUR MINDS BE FOOLED BY THE EVIL

[undyingcunt]

@Skullpancakes..Who gives a fuck what religiong Zakk believes in? It is none of my business or yours I was responding to someone else,Thank you!

[SKullPancakes]

@undyingcunt i know u were responding , i was just sayin...

[MultiPinky111]

well ask jimmy swaggert or the two hookers he slept with then went on tv and begged the world for forgivness but yet gave ozzy shit < hence miracle man

[MultiPinky111]

well ask jimmy swaggert or the two hookers he slept with then went on tv and begged the world for forgivness

[TheAuthenticStinray]

What would happen if Fred Durst became a televangelist? Scary thought.

[standardindexjoe]

fags' music!

[Edwin5216]

tried to play this on bass, snapped 2 strings!!!

[rogmancometh]

This is Zakks Miracle Man.

[MultiPinky111]

@rogmancometh No rest for the wicked

[finebooty81]

My husband sings this to me while I'm on my knees.....

[rogmancometh]

@finebooty81 Merry me!!

[undyingcunt]

It says nnothing on wikipedia about him being irish catholic,I didn't see that

[SKullPancakes]

@undyingcunt you cant always believe wikipedia its always getting changed

[CWScott24]

Zakk's quote in the description pretty much ends the argument of what the songs about.

[tibic]

This is not about religion. It is about drogs. Just as simply as that.

[TheAuthenticStinray]

@tibic Drogs? ....drugs? Check the description, there's a quote from Zakk at the bottom.

[hypnodance]

@TheAuthenticStinray Personally, I go with the general interpretation that it's a bad idea to put your faith in anything.

[TheAuthenticStinray]

@hypnodance Hard not to, but not a bad idea.

[loverboyupland]

@tibic Drogs? Hahahaha!

[jettcenterfold]

@loverboyupland hahaha drogs.. maybe it's some sort of drug related frog

[SerpentsNightmare]

@tibic Actually, this song was written about a television evangelist who claimed to cure people. Zakk, being romean catholic, said "Man, Anton LaVey's got nothin on this dude. This shit is straight up SATANISM." So yeah, it is kind of about religion. If you listen to the lyrics, it's written kind of sarcastically from the evangelist's point of view.

[Mindfreakfan11]

@tibic are you retarded? haha. not only cant you spell you also dont know the meaning of the song. go read up on it nub. Its about televangilists and how they claim they can "touch god" or whatever

[rogmancometh]

@tibic Its about evangelist it has nothing to do with drug or drogs for that matter. Watch the real video.

[imrich5556]

this isnt a bash on christianity zakk is christian this is bashing televanglists

[matzchase]

I don't think a guitar can tune any lower.

[V3xify]

@matzchase Yeah I heard this is in Drop G tuning =P

[hxchunter]

First of all, this song isn't against religion. Zakk has said that it is about all those televangelists like Benny Hinn and the like who perform "miracle healings" and act like they are Holy. Second, I'm pretty sure Zakk believes in God anyway.

You don't have to be religious to like music guys. Just listen to whatever you like.

[SkullOfPain]

Gamfag real metal fans arn't religious period, now go suck my balls.

[DethReaper999]

@SkullOfPain Actually we are just not for god (hint:Satanism)

[CALJR8760]

Why are people arguing about the meaning when theres a quote from Zakk in the description?

[evilisbliss]

YEAH!! NEW ALBUM AUGUST 10TH! ORDER OF THE BLACK! BLS FTW!

[Azotronia]

Yet another amazing song by this amazing musician. I still wonder what Ozzy was smoking when he chose Guss G over Zakk. LMFAO!

[quezicotl]

This is about what man did to religion, not religion itself....

Fuckin' "Hear Say", it'll fuck anything up.

[MrTylerKoster]

Whats the best way to find mp3iifffy to download this mp3? Someone told me to google mp3iifffy.

[drjhulkster]

4 all that dont study the bible paul said n the last days pep"s would get rich off the name of Jesus Yes the Devil is real n there r so many Fake"s out there put your Trust N Jesus NOT A MAN MEN LIE follow your heart n not your head God will show u the truth N i am preacher but I jam 4 the Lamb n i love hard core Metal god gave music 2 us it tells storys n the truth n lie's u Decide!!! 1"st John 1' 9

[revoluketion]

@drjhulkster HERE HERE! i concur totally!

[TheKeeperOfTeh7Keys]

why does religion follow us EVERYWHERE?! I'm a christian myself, but come on people. Why can't the atheists leave the christians alone, and why cant the chrisians leave atheists and all other religions alone? The way i see it, just let everyone do their own thing! Atheists, if Christians want to "waste their time" on all this "superstitious shit" then let them. and Christians, if atheists want to not believe in God, and "burn in hell for eternity"...let them!!!

[syxxgunner]

@TheKeeperOfTeh7Keys Dude, you just said it all. Rock on !!!!

[HomicidalAxe]

\m/ period

[NavyxSEALxGuy]

great song and does any1 know if BLS is workin on a new album because now that Zakk isnt with Ozzy he can probably focus better on an album just wantin to know comment if so plz. R.I.P Dime \m/

[BLSNunsWithGunsLJA]

@NavyxSEALxGuy I did hear that BLS were writing a new album, i heard that they were going to call it "The Black Label Bible", lol that will rape, long time coming though. Mind you, shot to hell was godly, lead me to your door, concrete jungle, devils dime, hell is high, blacked out world, new religion, blood is thicker than water, GIVE YOURSELF TO ME!, nothings the same, faith is blind, sick of it all, the last goodbye, black mass reverands,oops!started namin the best ones and i said them all...

[TheFuturedevildog95]

love it. one of my fav fave bls songs. SDMF.

p.s. RIP brother Dime

[AlexioNerone]

ZAKK THE BEST 4 EVER

[blardosplats]

Master of the Metal cliche.

[pisswizzard]

absolutely :-) In a world of sobbing fringe-laden emo children and hardcore kids who think a lot of tattoos makes you 'core', equilibrium is restored by the Lord of the Riff. Metal is about leather, bikes, huge guitars and rolling over everything in your way....all hail ZW, the doomsday Jesus :-D

[KI113RZ11]

@ Pisswizzard - I take it your a Motórhead fan too then lol.

[DantepelleMetal666]

zakk's lyrics mostly are about critics, so... rather than banging, that obviously i do haha, this critic is great men.... all those religions that promises great things and after all... the only thing u get from them is slavery, hypocrisy, nothing but lies

[spazmicjosh]

His voice in this song just sounds so menacing i fuckin love it!!

[dreko42]

You closed minded simpletons! Get off your high horses and shut up! this song hasn't got a damn thing to do with religion!....ITS ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC!!!

[AIC69]

my religion is marijuana

[HWLWPP]

Shut up sluts and bang yo retarded heads.

[valerieash]

all this song is about is hypocrisy, just like miracle man from ozzy and zakk.

[dreko42]

What he said!

[rwdgc]

so heavy! so fucking heavy!

[BigdogWitBigdog]

who cares about religion. it's a fucking song people.

[AntiAssimilation]

Oh noes! It doesn't fit with my perception of divinity, it must be EVIL!! AH! Quick, let's condemn this song and it's singer, then they'll see the light! Let's turn youtube into a new way to spread the Word to the heathens! You disagreed with me! How dare you! BURN!

Please, please, please.... Let's just listen to the music and stop with the religious (or lack of) preaching. You don't need to justify yourself!

And thus ended his little rant.

[MultiPinky111]

i agree

[Jaymzbawnd]

How can this be blasphemous? Isn't one of the big themes in the bible about not worshipping false prophets, talismans and symbols? ..... or counterfeit gods?

ummmmm...... DUH!!!

[Zeke931]

If this were blasphemous, it wouldn't be named COUNTERFEIT God.

[xboxrox2010]

I feed off your unanswered fear

When visions of life's end appear

Hand over your will and then you'll see

Now get on your knees and worship me

[WORLDWaR358]

Zakk is Irish Catholic according to Wikipedia, and as the generally accepted rule of the internet, Wikipedia is never wrong. So why would he write a blasphemous song? Ask yourself that.

[ethrstub]

that would be a good point except its not blasphemous... its about televangelists claiming to heal blind people and whatnot

[WORLDWaR358]

Yea I wasn't saying it was blasphemous, I was arguing that it wasn't lol my b if my statement didn't come out the way I had it in my head :/

[ethrstub]

oh ok lol i wasnt trying to argue or anything was just throwing that out there

[ethrstub]

im sure i just read it wrong haha makes sense now that i look back at it

[milonkill]

That's awesome! I don't think it's blasphemous. To me he's singing this song about someone who worships a counterfeit God. Lol

I didn't know he is Irish Catholic!

[gamfreq]

Shit I'm religious and I have no problem with this song so just shut up and enjoy...or leave the real headbanging to some real metal-heads.

Being a metal-head is not a claim it's a right.

[Vladimast]

Fuck yea.

[Adventchild8]

Everyone just shut up and enjoy the song...

[metalliczombie]

Shut up about religion. You're a false prophet and god is a superstition. It's a fact.

[BryanGaudette]

All you religious fks: go forth and die, religion should be abolished. there ARE NO GODS, WHEN WILL MANKIND GET RID OF THESE CULTIST-MIND CONTROLLING PLAGUES KNOWN AS RELIGIONS... im a good person, and im an atheist, the choices i make, i make for my own, not because im afriad of being JUDGED AND CONDEMNED WHEN I DIE.

[nextgreatguitarist23]

zakk wylde is christian

[MephistoVI]

Theres nothing wrong with religion, its the zealots that need to chill out. Religion is fine, extremism is not.

[tippsmeister]

your all retarded, the songs actually talking about a televangelist that acts like he creates miracles, thus counterfeit god, because hes one of the richest cultist figures around.... if you dont believe in god listen to after forever by black sabbath or look up pascals wager and youll change your mind probs lol

[tippsmeister]

thats because your fucked, look up pascals wager and youll understand why your in no way logical

[Demiere7]

never, and that is completely idiotic. some people need religion in their lives to stay happy. some people need a moral code to follow to stay on track.

[WORLDWaR358]

Religion is an outlet in a sense...

[hellraisernav]

>:)

i deny the offer!

i stand tall till the end,free from any religion, so stop preaching me !

[Demiere7]

oh, a smiley face. charming. why do you have "hellraiser" in your name if you're so obviously so non religious? it seems to me that you're trying to communicate that you don't like being preached to about religion, so why have a religiously offensive name? i think it's cause you enjoy the attention.

[j0shred1]

Mabey that didn't come out how I wanted to. My point was that people who dont beleve in God, & have no hope of beleving, can make fun us all they want, but we will be happy when we die.

[BryanGaudette]

when u die u'll look back and wonder why the hell u put so much wasted time and effort into something that was only originally created for control and greed. fkn idiot.

[hellraisernav]

so why every religion says that we are the only way? aren't they all form the god you said? think again and don't be so drunk on what they want you to believe? the moslems are saying that the afterlife is theirs,the jewish,the christians every religion you see is saying the same thing and denying the other ones so tell me why?

[harveydents]

annonoomouys should blast this when they are protesting the scientoglogy douce bags

[Gonzarnr]

"Now get on your knees and worship me"

haha kills me. All religions are basicaly the same stuff... "would you plaease bend over a little bit"... "there you go"...

They fuck you up in life, so that you may have a pretty after-life that none's sure anyways.. sounds like a pretty crapy deal to me. If this world weren't so fucked up perhaps religion would be as ecual as fraud.

And those who are in deep quest of mystical belief and eternal devotion, get on your knees and worship me ;)

[embersmann6661]

go jesus!!!!!and zakk wylde!!!!!!!!!1

[j0shred1]

Thumbs up

[Ashbah]

you are now aware this song is about christian evangelists. wylde, unfortunately, is indeed christian

[j0shred1]

you'll know when you die. but just enjoy life while you have it...........BUT TO TAKE THE WORDS FROM WIERD AL "I'll be laughing my head off while you burning in hell"

[candidgrl65]

i honestly think that you shouldnt be saying stuff like that to people because i think you know nothing about religion especially since if you are a christian you are doing something bad with your religion because you are judging others and just to give you a fun fact i believe in the old jewish religion they believed that lucifer was still an angel but he tested you just to see if you would follow god and there was no hell. thats if i recall it all correctly.

[bxboy63]

book of Job brother

[urfaceismessed]

Unfortunately?

[itsahxclife]

if Wylde wasn't a Christian then there wouldnt be a huge cross at like half of his shows

[deamonhunter2015]

and him preaching about god at the other half

[diehard93]

do anybody know wich tuning the song is in ? on guitar ?

[DanishTasty]

C G C F A D (drop c)

[ProblemChild0899]

Zakk wylde is a fucking christain you retards

[dilbert103]

irish catholic, to be precise, so its not exactly like hes not devout or anythin

[firsttobedamned]

Zakk Wylde is all about the big man upstairs... why do you think he always points towards the heavens =)

[cannibalkid666]

whos gives just listen to the song

[fintonb1982]

DIME!

[WizzDogg]

your right its all storys made by man. Peace dude

[MrAquarium]

Stop ands think about it, If their was/is a God and Satan, then why is world so full of hate and death?

A true God would help the down, and heal the sick.

[choptop1218]

Not if the thoery is true how God created life and then backed down.

[jacksontrot]

the group of germans thought the same way, they were mainly alive between 1915 and 1946.

[choptop1218]

Long Before that bro. I mean I didn't know about the German part but that's a pretty old theory.

We kicked The Germans Ass!

[MetalMusicOfficial]

I fucking love this song.

BLS will help keep metal alive.

[xd1rtx]

whats funny is the duechebags that this song is speaking of say this is satan music,, what a bunch of crooked fucks,, if there is a just and loving god,, televangelists will be the first fuckers to fry

[revoluketion]

highly under rated piece of killer music.always loved this song..TELL 'EM ZAKK!

[henryluvsplaystation]

pic at 1:20... Fuck Yeah... is that bassist with the beard Robert Trujillo?

[oompaloompaman5]

No thats Jonh Deservio

[henryluvsplaystation]

oh ok thanks....

[xd1rtx]

idk, dude it looks like him, but i've never seen rob with a full beard so,, idk,, the earlier pics are def. him

[roarrscream]

I could Headbang to this 24/7. GENIOUS!

[ggyallinn]

FUCK YEAH!! amen to that!!!!

[OzzyGezzy]

fucking heavy riff. zakk wylde sings better than most singers XD