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God

from Life: Now by Ben Hughes

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if God's my father, then I'm his bastard
I never met him, though he knew me
he just made me and left me.

I miss God my father when I was just dirt
he put breath into me and left me
like he never knew me.

but at least we're not alone
we're all bastards in this world
my father never taught me wrong from right
even I had to write his word
even I had to build his church.

Jesus tried to make up for his Father's absence
but how can I ever learn to trust again?
then he died, came back to life, flew up in to the sky
said there'd be a holy ghost in his place
well, I've never seen that ghost.

the apple fell right next to the tree
cause like his Father he left me
and now we're left here trying to survive
trying to make sense of life

who wrote the scriptures?
who built the cross?
who organized religion?
who's telling us we're all wrong?
who's laughing up there with all the answer?
who made the God we serve?

guess it was just us.

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from Life: Now, released August 26, 2015

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Ben Hughes New Jersey

"...channels musicians like Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes, and Sufjan Stevens, as on Hughes’ previous releases. But this record immediately calls to mind Pedro the Lion’s Control, with its deep-voiced chords and melodies, lyrical themes of corporate hell, and Hughes’ slurring voice. It could stand as a complimentary album to Control just as well as it stands on its own."

-Nick Tate, WXPN
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