Heresy Lyrics
[Verse 1]
He sewed his eyes shut because he is afraid to see
He tries to tell me what I put inside of me
He's got the answers to ease my curiosity
He dreamed a god up and called it Christianity
[Chorus]
God is dead, and no one cares
If there is a hell, I'll see you there
[Verse 2]
He flexed his muscles to keep his flock of sheep in line
He made a virus that would kill off all the swine
His perfect kingdom of killing, suffering, and pain
Demands devotion, atrocities done in his name
[Chorus]
God is dead, and no one cares
If there is a hell, I'll see you there
Your god is dead, and no one cares
If there is a hell, I'll see you there
[Bridge]
Burning with your god in humility
Will you die for this?
Will you die for this?
Will you die for this?
Will you die for this?
He sewed his eyes shut because he is afraid to see
He tries to tell me what I put inside of me
He's got the answers to ease my curiosity
He dreamed a god up and called it Christianity
[Chorus]
God is dead, and no one cares
If there is a hell, I'll see you there
[Verse 2]
He flexed his muscles to keep his flock of sheep in line
He made a virus that would kill off all the swine
His perfect kingdom of killing, suffering, and pain
Demands devotion, atrocities done in his name
[Chorus]
God is dead, and no one cares
If there is a hell, I'll see you there
Your god is dead, and no one cares
If there is a hell, I'll see you there
[Bridge]
Burning with your god in humility
Will you die for this?
Will you die for this?
Will you die for this?
Will you die for this?
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In an interview with U. Magazine published April 1994, Reznor spoke about the meaning behind the lyrics of this song:
“I was trying to explore some of the paranoia I have as a sexually active person in the age of AIDS,” he says of “Heresy.” “I guess I feel cheated for not growing up in a more liberated era. At the same time, what gets me mad is the way the right wing has used the ‘convenience’ of this epidemic in helping to promote their own agenda.”
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- 2.Piggy
- 3.Heresy
- 5.Closer
- 6.Ruiner
- 7.The Becoming
- 10.A Warm Place
- 11.Eraser
- 12.Reptile
- 14.Hurt
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Recorded At
Le Pig, Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles, California
Release Date
March 8, 1994
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