Blessed Be

By Velvet Hammer
Lyrics by Lynda Millard

Your interpretations seem so cold....
Fear a loving God,
I have been told so many times....
Thank God I can read between the lines.

In your hallowed halls I learned your word.
"It's the only way...."
My spirit heard this different song:
"It's all right, no one is wrong."

(Chorus)
But you're telling me I cannot learn,
and don't ask why the witches burned.
Somewhere down the line
The role of Mother became odd.

Some of what you have been taught....
You wouldn't believe how much I believe in.

Blessed Be.
Blessed....
Blessed Be.

You prefer to keep me in a box
With someone you call Satan.
Well, I don't have his mark.
If you don't believe I'm of the light, friend,
You're in the dark.

I will pray my prayers the way I please.
Don't try so hard to save me.
Just keep your beliefs,
And I'll keep mine
That is my religious right
Out there....

(Chorus)

Telling me I cannot learn,
And don't ask why the witches burned.
And surely, Pan's the devil.
Those with horns are not of God.
My God.

You're telling me that Goddess tales
Must all be lies, for God is male.
Somewhere down the line
The role of Mother became odd.
And you judge me just as hard
When I love and you don't love me....

But Blessed Be...
Anyway.

You're telling me I cannot learn,
And don't ask why the witches burned.
And surely, Pan's the devil.
Those with horns are not of God.
The role of Mother became odd.
Why do you judge me? 
You judge me just as hard!
While some of what you've been taught....
Oh, you wouldn't believe how much I believe in.
Blessed Be.
Blessed....
Blessed Be.
Blessed....
Blessed Be.


 Appropriate for inspiration on matters of religious conflict.

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