Liberal Christian Bands?

[Ein]

I am out for the night, however I would like to know what (if any) liberal christian bands you know of and maybe post some lyrics personify thier beliefs.

My one and only would be Five Iron Frenzy (one of my favorite bands) from Colorado, breaking up after this summer's tour and thier last album Cheeses of Nazareth. edit: They actually restored my faith (somewhat) in the christian religion, b/c I have never heard such sane talk from a christian source up until then.

"Giants" from "All the Hype Money Can Buy"

When no one looks the clouds come rolling in,
And under darkened skies the buildings grow big teeth and eyes.
They breathe and walk through unending doors,
Eating restaurants, and barbershops, and hardware stores.
With catch phrases and jingles stealing,
Steal and concrete lies,
The corridors of Babylon are craning for the skies.


Who's behind the curtain anyway,
Who pulls the levers and tells the lies?
Giants roam the land today,
Gaining dominance with every stride.

Oh don't you cry for the mom and pops,
Nothing but dry eyes for integrity's demise.
Hulking machines grind as whistles blow,
Corporate Darwinism crushes everything below.
Advances in efficiency increasing productivity,
Are narrowing the margin for liberty.

This house is haunted by the ghost of Adam Smith,
The Wealth of Nations and the further death of innocence.
To rule the world, the desire of every man,
The earth is shaking,
There are giants in the land.

See the blood red sun is rising,
On the broken carnage from the darkest days.
Giants locked together arm and arm,
Pushing all the meek out of the way.

"Anthem" from Upbeats and Beatdowns

A nation stands with heart in hand
To sing their anthem proudly
Voices raised to sing their praise
Of their hollow country
All this talk of freedom
And some talk of liberty
From your plastic podium
You try and convince me
I can't fall anymore
For some silver-tongued song
Your freedom isn't free
So let me say what freedom means to
I can's see red, white, and blue waving in the air
I don't hear the bombs bursting and I don't even care
I'm sorry for my lack of faith
I'm not the greatest patriot
If this is all their is to freedom I don't want it
I can't fall anymore
For some silver-tongued song
Your freedom isn't free
So let me say what freedom means to
Pushing us a drug that you call freedom and democracy
Promise us that selfishness is the means for happiness
I burned that bridge so long ago that I can hardly see
Anything but solace in what freedom means to me
I can't fall anymore
For some silver-tongued song
Freedom isn't free
So let me say what freedom means to
It cannot mean to serve ourselves
That doesn't mean a thing
It doesn't mean to give the license
To seek ourselves in anything
That would be slavery to ourselves it isn't free
Jesus Christ, the only thing that freedom means to me.

edit: more

"The Old West" from "Upbeats and Beatdowns"

Some cowboys were a ridin', ridin'
on the range, The grass was
overgrazed there, and spoted like
some mange. The buffalo were
dead there, the trees they all were
through, and if they saw some
injuns, why they would kill them too.
West or bust, in God we trust
"Lets rape, lets kill, lets steal!"
We can almost justify, anything
we feel. I'm climbing up that
ladder, more brownie points for
me. I'll work my was to Jesus, just
you wait and see
Said one cowboy to another,"I
think it would be nice, if we could
take these injuns and convert them
all to Christ. See they are all
disgusting, and bringing me great
pain, and if they don't believe me,
we'll put a bullet in their brains!
I am always shoutin', when I go
outside, how people should repent
now, or they're going to die
My motives are all selfish, I'm a cannon brimmed with powder. If people don't believe me, I just
beat them and yell louder

"Beautiful America" from "Upbeats and Beatdowns"

The man on the television said I need to drink this,
and sleep with that, in order to be cool. And you know
that I would do almost anything, to be like that guy on
TV. I know that if I had just the right outfit and hairstyle
that could be me. Don't you know you can't be cool if you
dress dumb, I need to have that 'cause everybody's got one.
I think I'll start smoking, that would make me intellectual,
that's what I've always wanted to be. I need to lift weights,
That would make me more sexual, and that would be good for me.
In America it's wonderful, all you have to do is fake it.
Own anything you want, all you have to do is take it.
Live for today, don't think about tomorrow, have a good
time in AmericaGomorah.
What are you looking at, you better not make me mad.
I'll drive by your house and shoot your dog, and mom,
and dad. I don't need you or the Bible or anything to
to tell me what is the law. With a good enough lawyer
I can do anything in Beutiful America
I want to be in America, Okay for me in America
everything's free in America for a small fee in
America.

"The Day We Killed" from "Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo"

Into mass graves we've shoveled lives
A massive pipeline for the lies
A past so vast with genocide
And ignorance we hide behind
You say that we are done with this
Turn blind eyes and still dismiss
Chalk this up as something passed
And still create a lower caste

Lies

The way you live shows no remorse
For the day, the day we killed Crazy Horse
Innocence with glassy eyes
Kill the nation, steal their pride

On broken backs we build empires
Twisting spines for the steeple spires
How many people can you kill?
Look at your twenty dollar bill
Do you see the third world poverty
Inside the lines of your country?
And now to treaties we are loyal
But tear them up when we smell oil

Lies

The way you live shows no remorse
For the day, the day we killed Crazy Horse
Innocence with glassy eyes
Kill the nation, steal their pride

double edit: love this song

"One Girl Army"

Here lies the old myth,
breaking the mold with,
truth to take away the trickery.
Twenty centuries of progress,
suffer slowly as we regress,
losing headway to ourselves.
Behold the covers, the sisters, the mothers,
the daughters, and spouses, on the magazines.
Truth has been abused.
How could she fill those shoes?
Propaganda meant to fuel their schemes.

She is strong but never silent,
sure of where her truth/strength comes from.,
one day, one girl army will overcome.
Treading the current, issues at hand,
Shifting, we sway, from justice and then back again.
What we once broke, He has made right,
lifting her up, giving birth to Jesus Christ.

[Jalixm]

1. Lift to Experience

though theyre not explicitly political, theyre the only christian band i can stand. Immensely popular in liberal Austin. Their only album is Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads.

[greyl]

2. New Power Generation

-Prince and his bandmates iow. For the past few years he's been going through (I hope) a phase of Jehovah's Witness-ing. Of course he's always explored the struggle between body, soul, and mind but lately he's real heavy on the JW thing. I hope it passes and opens to a more inclusive/oceanic philosophy someday soon. The music is still great though. :)

Rainbow Children -from The Rainbow Children

With the accurate understanding of God and His law
they went about the work of building a new nation:

The Rainbow Children

Just like the sun, the Rainbow Children rise,
Flying upon the wings of the New Translation
See them fly, fly
The covenant will be kept this time
Just like the sun, the Rainbow Children rise

Rainbow children, it's time to rise!
Rainbow children, it's time to rise!

As prophesied, the Wise One and his woman were tempted by the Resistor
He, knowing full well the Wise One's love for God,
assimilated the woman first and only.
Quite naturally, chaos ensued and she and 5 others were banished from the rainbow forever

Just like the sun, the Rainbow Children rise
Flying upon the wings of the New Translation
See them fly, fly
The covenant will be kept this time
Just like the sun, the Rainbow Children rise

Just like the sun, the Rainbow Children rise
Flying upon the wings of the New Translation
See them fly, fly
The covenant will be kept this time
Just like the sun, the Rainbow Children rise

Who is your real father?
The everlasting one
The one who came from nothing
And yet from this one, everything comes

The one who commands your momma
With the simple phrase "I am"
And every time that she obeys
She gives birth to the Son of Man
Who is this?

Reproduction of the new breed leader/Stand up and organize!
Reproduction of the new breed leader/Stand up and organize!

The Agreement
With every birth, we keep it so/Never changing one piece of it
In fear of what would unfold/The scales would then become unbalanced
And thus would begin the fall/The sin of one would become
The sin of one and all
Rise, rise, rise
Rise, Rainbow Children, rise
Rise, Rainbow Children, rise

The Wise One who understood the law that was handed down from God long ago,
held fast in his belief that the Lord would bring him another one who loved him so

©2001 Controversy Music - ASCAP


edit: two more for good measure illustrating more of the liberal aspect

Animal Kingdom- from The Truth

I saw a friend of mine today
In an ad sayin' what would do my body good
I told him he was wastin' time, I say:
If God wanted milk in me,
the breast I suck would have a line around the hood

No member of the Animal Kingdom
Nurses past maturity
No member of the Animal Kingdom
Ever did a thing to me
S'why I don't eat red meat or white fish
Don't give me no blue cheese
We're all members of the Animal Kingdom
Leave your brothers and sisters in the sea

Who told us we should eat the swine?
You can bet your bottom money it damn sure wasn't no friend of mine
What about the clams on the shore?
Souls in progress, here come the fisherman -- Soul no more

No member of the Animal Kingdom
Nurses past maturity
No member of the Animal Kingdom
Ever did a damn thing to me
S'why I don't eat no red meat or white fish
Or funky funky blue cheese
We're all members of the Animal Kingdom
Leave your brothers and sisters in the sea


Welcome 2 The Dawn - from The Truth

When the things you know are right
Are far from what they seem
When the past becomes the future
And time becomes a dream
When the light of God
Is the only thing in life that will redeem
Welcome
Welcome 2 The Dawn

When the voice you hear commands you
To entertain the absurd
And when you do, the action unlocks the Apocalypse
All that you've heard of
When the day that lies before you
Seems the darkest, in a word
Welcome
Welcome 2 The Dawn

Every piece a puzzle
And every name a clue
(K-A-R-M-A) Every choice U make is Karma
(K-A-R-M-A) So be careful what you do

Welcome
Welcome 2 The Dawn

Thank you.

[Kamika]

3. Not sure you want this but officer negative

Officer negative is a hardcore christian punk band.. my absolute favorite christian band

Get the song JCHC

Jchc

living for Christ is what we do
that's the definition of our hardcore
we don't need drugs or booz
Christian punks we wont loose

Jesus Christ Hardcore

kick satan in the face
with our steel toe boots
we are in the army of God
with salvation as our roots

we all stand together
unified by Jesus Christ
defeating Satan spew
with the word of Jesus Christ

sick and tired of worldly views
sick and tired of satans abuse
sick and tired of compromise
sick and tired of all his lies






or SWP



Swp




Neo-nazis your all the same
being a bigot is your way of fame
saluting like Hitler and yelling zeikheil
God made us all, and now you defile

Nazis you ripped us off on how to dress
cause mommy wouldn't do it anymore
steal our music, riot at our shows
what's going on in your mind
nobody knows

S.W.P. dosnt mean supreme white power
S.W.P. means stupid white people

Beating people up cuz they are not white
shows how stupid you really are
this way of thinking has been around for centuries
and never has gone too far

Lay down your ignorance
put it at Jesus' feet
cast off your stupidity
realize your beat
ask God to forgive you
and change your mind
do it before, you run out of time





Or finally



Us and Them




sticking together
that's what we do
we are God's children
with nothing to loose
when you fall
help is there
nothing else can compare

politicians media
feeding us their lies
self profiting organizations
greed is in their eyes
gettiing us hooked
violence and rage
while they are recieving
their outrageous wage

evil kids today
what else will they say
when they program us
another way
will they program us
another day

turn on the t.v.
what do ya see
turn on the radio
what do you hear
kids in rebellion
going anarchy
LAPD in riot gear

parents not knowing
what to do
sending kids to shrinks
talking to doctor foo
telling him about their lives
trying to get inside
when all you have to do
is pray to the most high



anyway check them out :)

[umcwb]

4. If your looking for Christian hardcore,

Check out Norma Jean.



"I used to hate cell phones, but now I hate car accidents" off the album "Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child".

Run far away from what you have created.
You have created this drama.
Dancing around the truth.
My God rain down power.
My God rain down fire.
War.
With these diamonds you cut your throat.
Code red.
Cut throar victim.
The outside looks so good.
It is so simple and yet they don't find.
It is so simple and yet they don't mind.
They tradegy is the ignorance behing the clean casket.
On the outside they look so good.
They are walking to wall street in a straight jacket.

[Bossy Monkey]

5. I hear those U2 fellows are pretty good

[Khephra]

6. Does Chevelle count?

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