Bad Religion-The Answer

All Ages

Long ago in a dusty village,
Full of hunger, pain and strife,
A man came forth with a vision of truth,
And the way to a better life,
He was convinced he had the answer,
And he compelled people to follow along,
But the hunger never vanished,
And the man was banished,
And the village dried up and died,

At a time when wise men peered,
Through brass tubes toward the sky,
The heavens changed in predictable ways,
And one man was able to find,
That he had thought he found the answer,
And he was quick to write his revelation,
But as they were scrutinized
In his colleagues eyes,
He soon became a mockery,

Dont tell me about the answer,
cause then another one will come along soon,
I dont believe you have the answer,
Ive got ideas too,
But if youve got enough naivite,
And youve got conviction,
Then the answer is perfect for you

An urban sprawl sits choking on its discharge,
Overwhelmed by industry,
Inclined toward charity,
Everyones begging for an answer,
Without regard validity,
The searching never ends,
It goes on and on and on for eternity

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[Revyanden]

man greg told the future he is the new nostradamus o_0 doh!_!!!

[MaxCrooks]

I note a minor "argument" between science and religion below, but the song seems to say the firs t man was a prophet and the second was a scientist, and they were both wrong, and he seems to be saying to just believe your own answers, and if your naive enough to think you know for sure what happened , then be happy in your ignorance

[LongboardDUDEmanBRO]

by far my favorite song by bad religion

[oo7sk8punk]

@lolzomgz1337 agreed that it is endless, however it's only futile if you feel your conscientiousness is worthless

[BringYerOwnBomb]

@MaxCrooks But the second man, Galileo, was right; the heavens do change in predictable ways.

I think the point is that the first man, Jesus, was wrong, but people took it as truth and denied the people who were actually right. "The Answer" is religion, and the song states that religion appeals to the naive. I interpreted the people "begging for an answer without regards to validity" is people accepting religion because they need some kind of explanation for the unexplainable.

[MemoryOfTheRose]

most intelligent band in the world. i would want to meet greg any day. he has the bes voice it really speaks to you,

[sbcistheboss]

This is history AND the future all in one song. Amazing.

[tpiardi]

@MaxCrooks The scientist can be naive, not the science itself.

The principle of the science is to know it dont have all the answers.

[lolzomgz1337]

@oo7sk8punk Existence for the sake of existence is Futile and endless

[47littlemen]

@jcorlettbr well you are right

[jcorlettbr]

@47littlemen Its not messed up, its what happened all along the history, most in the middle east.

[lolzomgz1337]

@47littlemen You may or may not want to Google gurochan...

DOn't worry...I was trolled with that also. :S