Rage Against The Machine - Born Of A Broken Man

Lyrics

My fears hunt me down
Capturing my memories
The frontier of loss
They try to escape across the street where
Jesus stripped bare
And raped the spirit he was supposed to nurture
In the name of my
In the name of my

Born of a broken man
But not a broken man
Born of a broken man
Never a broken man

Like autumn leaves
His sense fell from him
An empty glass of himself
Shattered somewhere within
His thoughts like a hundred moths
Trapped in a lampshade
Somewhere within
Their wings banging and burning
On through endless nights
Forever awake he lies shaking and starving
Praying for someone to turn off the light

Born of a broken man
Never a broken man
Born of a broken man
But not a broken man

My fears hunt me down
Capturing my memories
The frontier of loss
They try to escape across the street where
Jesus stripped bare
And raped the spirit he was supposed to nurture
In the name of my
In the name of my

Born of a broken man
But not a broken man
Born of a broken man
Never a broken man

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[unyeleman]

i like this song but can someone please tell me if this song is like for or against jesus cause i cant tell

[0foofighter0]

The song is about Zach De La Rocha's father who was a political artist who suffered from a lot of stress - hence the title. Not sure whether it is pro/anti jesus though

[nzephier]

...*opening rif starts* FUCK YES!!!! *jumps out of chair an goes apeshit*

[FlufflyFrillyPonies]

God the riff is pure sex!!! :)

[LamAruaL]

KONY2012 start the revolution

[Jarbizu800]

@unyeleman I don't think it's against Jesus, I think it's against the people who claim to represent Jesus. They use his image to represent themselves, but rape children (Catholic priests...), rape the people's minds, rape the people's spirits... etc.

[bigpapenotdead]

One my favorite of RATM

[MrHugAZombie]

@unyeleman This isn't pro or anti jesus dude (not that it matters its a badass song anyways) its simply explaining through a semi-darker viewpoint of what jesus went through. its just explaining that jesus would need to let nature run its course on occassion, much like the Christian God.

[HaNSoNnDaDrummer]

@Thejadestorm2012 "You people" "You white people"

You have absolutely no clue what Zach is talking about, now keep your racism for yourself...

[Wint3rSo1di3r]

@unyeleman And just to further back up what i said “I don’t see [One Day as a Lion's first single Wild International] as an anti-religious song. I see it as the West has been using Christianity as a way to justify its actions when in reality, those figures, Christ and Muhammad, were rebels. These two religious figures have been co-opted to justify power, although they fought against the abuses of power and the expansion of empire.” — Zach de la Rocha, excerpted from this L.A. Times interview

[Wint3rSo1di3r]

@Guitar3034 Quote, “I don’t see [One Day as a Lion's first single Wild International] as an anti-religious song. I see it as the West has been using Christianity as a way to justify its actions when in reality, those figures, Christ and Muhammad, were rebels. These two religious figures have been co-opted to justify power, although they fought against the abuses of power and the expansion of empire.” — Zach de la Rocha, excerpted from this L.A. Times interview