Newsflash Brainiac: Jesus was a Jew!

I've finished writing a new song for the first time in a while, and it's pretty different from anything I've done before. In theory it's the first fully piano based song I've written, but the amount of piano that will be incorporated when we've worked on it as a band remains to be seen. Either way it's a slower, more epic tune that's lyrically different from what Megan calls "the same old subjects"! It's about organised religion. It's about my journey from growing up in a religious family and going to church every week, to completely disassociating myself from all religion and being a firm believer that organised religion and it's outdated traditions are holding us back from progression. Religious means are clearly manipulated for political ends. The powers that be have used this trick for centuries, but by now we should really be seeing past it. Reading Richard Dawkins amongst other things has lead me to break my silence on a subject we all seem to keep too quiet about and tread too carefully around. Obviously everyone is entitled to their own spiritual beliefs, but these shouldn't be constrained within the boundaries of organised religion, which is really just a bunch of stories and rules written by men a long time ago. Spirituality should be a realm in itself, and the idea of there being an omnipotent being who demands us to follow certain man made rules, else we burn for all eternity for our "sins" is ludicrous. Anyway rant over, I'm happy that I've been able to put into words how I feel on the subject, and hopefully jolt a few people in to thinking about their views. The song probably won't make it on to the next CD anyway, because we've already got "Figment of the Imagination", another lyrically drug fuelled epic that's been in the pipeline for years. They're both CD enders, can't really have two of those on one EP! Working title: "Newsflash Brainiac: Jesus was a Jew!", though I think the comedy element of the Louis Theroux reference will pass most people by and possibly detract from the seriousness of the song, so we'll see if that sticks!