Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip- A letter from God to man

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So yeh, this is a bit different, it's not so much a song as a poem... with chords!

But I thought I'd give it a go anyway. Sorry I had to look at the screen for the words... there are a lot of them!
And here they are:


This is a letter, from God to man:
Hey there. How's it going?
Long time, no see.

I know I haven't been around much lately,
But it didn't seem like you wanted me to be.
The last time I sent down a message,
you nailed it to the cross, so i figure,
I'd just leave you to it.
And let you be your own boss.

But I've been keeping an eye on you, I have, and it's amazing how you've grown.
All your technological advances and the problems you've overthrown.
And all the beautiful art you've created with such grace and such finess
but I must admit there are a few things that, I'm afraid, have impressed me less.

So I'm writing to apologise for all the horrors committed in my name,
although it was never what I intended, I feel I should take my share of the blame.
A lot of good I tried to do was corrupted when orgnanised religion got into full swing,
what I thought were quite clear messages were taken to unusual extremes.

My teachings where taken out of context to meet the agendas of others,
interpretations were taken in many different ways and hidden meanings "discovered"
Religion became a tool for the weak to control the strong,
with all these new morals and ethics survival of the fittest was gone.
No longer could the biggest man simply take what ever he needed,
because damnation was the price if certain rules were not heeded.

Some of the deeds committed in my name just make me wonder where I went wrong,
back at the start when I "created" all of this, the foundations seemed so strong.
See all the elements were already here, long befor I began,
I just kind of put them all together, I didn't really think out a long term plan.
I made the sun an appropriate distance and laid the stars across the sky,
so you could navigate the globe or simply watch a sunrise.
I covered the earth with plants and fruits, some for sustenance and some for beauty,
and made the sun shine and clouds rain, so that maintenance wasn't your duty.
I tried to give each creature its own attributes but without making them enveloped,
I gave you all your own space to grow and, in your own way, space to develop.
I didn't know that such development would cause rifts and jealousy,
cause you to war against each other and leave marks on this planet indelibly.

You see, I wasn't the creator, I was more the curator of nature,
and I want to set things straight with homosexuals right now: I DON'T HATE YA!
I was a simple being that happend to be the first to yield such powers,
but I just laid the ground, it was you that built the towers.
It was you that invented bombs and the fear that comes with them,
and it was you that invented money, and the corrupt economic systems.
You invented terms like "Just wars" and terms like "Friendly Fire",
and it was you that didn't know when to stop digging deeper and when stop building higher.
It was you that exhausted the resources I carefully laid out on this earth,
and it was you that even saw these problems coming but accredited them little worth.
It was you that used my teachings for your own personal gain
and it was you that committed such tragedies, even if they were in my name.

So i apologise for any mistakes I made and for when my words were misconstrued,
but this apology is to mother nature BECAUSE I CREATED YOU!

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[downbytheharbour]

They showed the original of this song in my R.E class a year or two ago, and every few months or so when I'm thinking about religion I look up this song. I always forget what it is though, but I just remembered it suddenly then saw you made a video about this. I had no idea. Thank you, I do quite like this - even if I am an atheist ^_^

[MusicFromBlueSkies]

@downbytheharbour me too... I don't think it's really a religious song at all - he just uses God as a tool to comment on mankind. :)

[downbytheharbour]

@MusicFromBlueSkies I didn't really expect anyone (let alone the owner of the video) to reply to my comment so I didn't really take much care in what I was saying. I meant God and the relation to current events, rather than general religion - it was late what can I say. I wonder if he'll make a song about what's going on now in the UK, probably, I hope so. And, whoa you do stay up late. I'm trying not to sound dick-ish but I sometimes do sound... dick-ish? It's not intended :)

[MusicFromBlueSkies]

@downbytheharbour Hahaha, I didn't think you sounded dick-ish at all... I just meant I don't think being atheist makes it any more difficult to relate to this song.

There's plenty for him to write about atm, I'm looking forward to hearing what's next! :)

[downbytheharbour]

@MusicFromBlueSkies Good haha It has gotten to the point where my friends make me put Xs on texts to show - actually I have no idea why they made me do it, I think it's cause they can't tell whether I'm being sarcastic or actually being a dick. I'm usually never a dick, but i do like sarcasm. Yeah, I reckon this is a opportunity for artists like him to be recognised. At least one thing good might come out of the Tories.

[MusicFromBlueSkies]

@downbytheharbour one good thing has already come out of it - those vandalised Tory billboards were hilarious!

[JokerJamieTV]

never imagined someone covering this

i really love you

even though i said i hate you on onea your other vids

but thats coz,as i said on ANOTHER vid, your what i wanna be.

i daydream about making acoustic covers AND piano covers.

cunt :P

[JakesCakesAndSnakes]

Wow,, Talented.. :D

[EmiliaTsontilis]

Dave - i will ALWAYS get goosebumps with this. x