dear god
2:34 pm - October 19, 2003
Dear God,
Hope you got the letter and
I pray you can make it better down here
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
but all the people that you made in your image
see them starving on their feet
'cause they don't get enough to eat
from God
I can't believe in you
Dear God,
Sorry to disturb you but
I feel that i should be heard loud and clear
we all need a big reduction in the amount of tears
and all the people that you made in your image
see them fighting in the street
'cause they can't make opinions meet
about God
I can't believe in you
Did you make disease and the diamond blue?
did you make mankind after we made you?
and the devil too?
Dear God,
Don't know if you noticed but
your name is on a lot of quotes in this book
us crazy humans wrote it you should take a look
and all the people that you made in your image
still believing that junk is true
well i know it ain't and so do you
Dear God,
I can't believe in
I don't believe in
I don't believe in heaven or hell
no saints, no sinners, no devil as well
no pearly gates, no thorny crown
you're always letting us humans down
the wars you bring the babes you drown
those lost at sea and never found
it's the same the whole world 'round
the hurt I see helps to compound
that Father, Son and Holy Ghost
is just somebody's unholy hoax
and if you're up there you'd perceive
that my heart's here upon my sleeve
if there's one thing I don't believe in
it's you
dear God
-- "Dear God", by Sarah McLachlan
That is one of those songs you can feel inside you, the music and the lyrics manipulating your emotions, pounding through your veins. It's blissful to be taken over like that. I find that much of her music is like that. I slip under and don't even realize it until the song is over and suddenly the world is back.
I'm excited for this Philadelphia trip on Tuesday. We're staying in Doylestown, this tiny little town that Pink and Justin Guarini (from American Idol) grew up in, where my cousin lives. It's so quaint! I'm getting warm fuzzies just thinking about it. If anyone wants a postcard/letter, e-mail me your home address at [email protected] and I will do my best to send one to whoever wants one! Also, if anyone wants to be really cool and write me a letter that I can read on the plane out there, that would be fun!