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Something to Believe In
Scott Simpson
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- New Hymns Album Notes.docx · track 03 · supplied by Scott Simpson · writer: Scott Simpson
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Well I found something to believe in
Believed it with all my heart
I believed it in the light of day
I believed it in the dark
I believed it for so long you know
Everything else seemed wrong
Something to believe in
Something to believe in
[Verse 2]
I was certain that the world
Would be saved this way
If only I could show them all
What my good book had to say
They just wouldn't listen
They didn't know what they was missing
They needed something to believe in
Something to believe in
[Verse 3]
So I got my banners
I got all my guns
What I believed was important enough
We gotta make everyone believe it
They gotta believe it
They gotta believe it
They gotta believe it
[Verse 4]
I made a law to fix it
I made the opposite a crime
I made the cop require compliance
And levy every fine
I put the people in the jailhouse
Til the pokey was all packed
I gave the word to use deadly force
And sent the dogs to attack
[Verse 5]
But they were all so deaf and blind
Couldn't see that I was being kind
They couldn't believe it
Oh they wouldn't believe it
Source: New Hymns Album Notes.docx · track 03 · supplied by Scott Simpson
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Recording details (1)
New Hymns · Something to Believe In
Listen on Apple MusicNew Hymns album context
“Something to Believe In” traces the dangerous curve where devotion hardens into domination, ending in the quiet collapse of moral certainty.
New Hymns Album Notes.docx · track 03 · supplied by Scott Simpson