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American "Christianity"

by The Picture Of Dorian Gray

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Give up your life as your own this is what you need to do. We're all so loving until you don't do what we say to. You will never be alone! Now change yourself to be accepted by the church Now change yourself to be accepted by the church You're save if we approved Who made you God? Who gave you the power? Who made you God? Who gave you the power? Who made you God? Who gave you the power? False teaching leading sheep astray There's a way to wake up! You have to do it their way! There's a way to wake up! You have to do it there way! They say, “Do as I say, not as I do!” (Taking back everything that I once knew) And now it's time I step out on my own and live the life I want and not just the one that I've been told
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Oh God! This world is such a mess, we've taken everything! It's like a drug, my actions make me sick I point out others flaws while sitting here on my throne of lies Judging me while cheating on your families While indulging in all the things you tell me not! Oh Lord, I am so ashamed, I've done everything to fail you! It's like a drug, my actions make me sick I point out others flaws while sitting here on my throne of lies Cheap thrills and temporary pleasures (pleasures) Leaving us empty and thirsting for more! Leaving us empty and thirsting for more! Now, now I know that what I'm doing has been all wrong Now, now I see, my throne of lies has been revealed to me! I've become what I hate the most! (I've become what I hate the most!) I've become what I hate the most! (I've become what I hate the most!) This is not who I want to be I have become This is not who I mean to be Who I swore I'd never be like I am just a backstabber You stupid hypocrite Look what you've made! You've lied about everything God is not a ploy to use for cheap thrills or temporary pleasures that leave use empty and thirsting for more you are the deceiver!
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Taking what doesn't belong to you Preaching in our face! Your faith is shallow Taking word switching them all around Shoving them down our throats Your faith is shallow I'm not giving up! Oh shallow believer! You have nothing left to stand on! Your words are lost! I now see you for who you really are! Preaching words aren't true in your heart! The church promised life but all I see is hypocrisy The church promised life but all I see is hypocrisy (This is heresy, to the hundredth degree) Yeah! Oh shallow believer! You have nothing left to stand on! Your words are lost! I now see you for who you really are! I know I don't want to be like this anymore! Take this what's left of me I know I don't feel Your presence Take what's left of me Take. What's. Left. Of. Me. In my heart! Taking what doesn't belong to you Preaching in our face! Your faith is shallow Taking word switching them all around Shoving them down our throats Your faith is shallow Oh shallow believer! You have nothing left to stand on! Your words are lost!
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The dream is always the same, I'm standing on a lofty shore, the wind blowing viciously behind me. I don't know how I got here, all I know is I'm waiting for something, I'm waiting for You to move. I listen to the gusts of wind to hear You voice, in the waves crashing against the shore line, but I hear nothing Suddenly in the calm quietness of my inner most thoughts I hear You say in that still small voice, “The Kingdom awaits”
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If He holds back the waters there is a drought If He lets them loose they devastate the land To Him belong the strength and victory The deceived and deceiver are His He leads councilors astray and makes fools of judges. He leads councilors astray and makes fools of judges. I refuse to have my horizons clouded by the atrocities you spew When wicked deceivers surround me their veils shall burn, your lies create a void taking everything leaving nothing, the last grain has fallen! This is the last time you cry wolf Your voice never will be heard again Watch those you've deceived turn ears to truth. The deceived no longer eat lies from your hand. He leads councilors astray and makes fools of judges. He leads councilors astray and makes fools of judges. We will not be broken! We will not be moved! We will not be broken! We will not be moved! We will not be broken! We will not be moved! We will not be broken! We will not be moved! We will not be broken! We will not be moved! We will not be broken! We will not be moved!
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You're so exasperated by what consumes you Pushing victims to the front lines of this war you wage. All you are, all you fear, will pass with time, will pass with time You're so exasperated by your self righteousness Pushing victims to the lines of a war you wage Take my life! There is no honor amongst thieves, no honor among us all We take what we want and leave nothing. Take this life make it yours! Take this life make it yours! There is no honor among the thieves, there is no honor among us all There is no honor among the thieves. We take want and leave nothing. My chains are gone.
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Every saint has a past every sinner has a future billowing sails on the mast these wounds shall be sutured we can be more than what you say In the shallows we wade, desperate to make our way. Raise your hands release the pain! Raise your hands release the pain! Let it go! the past can't define us Let it go! our life is what we create Let it go! If our past must define us should we wipe the slate there's a way to wake up free you from your sleep In the shallows we wade, desperate to make our way The deep we drift a way, an anchor with no chain. Every saint has a past, every sinner a future if we bend to the will of others, we lose ourselves in the mists LET IT GOOOOO I've found my way the wind it slower takes me astray Accept the fray, take on the burden of the day In shallow we wade desperate to make our own change Drift away, an anchor with not change I've found my way!
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My empathy for you is as empty as the hearts you lead astray. A “Faith” fellowship of money lovers and liars A thousand eyes tell a thousand lies while simplicity dies away and even a thousand times with a thousand lines can't express my dismay at the loyalty you have to material possessions. Storing up treasures on earth. You pervert the image of the Father using the name of God as a bill of goods, marketing salvation for a price. Faith is now a corporation fueled by greed. American Christianity at it's finest. You are wolves leading sheep astray Taking the clothes off their backs with no remorse Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing They will eat you a live Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing They will eat you a live You pervert the image of the Father using the name ofGod as a bill of goods, marketing salvation for a price. Faith is now a corporation fueled by greed American Christianity at it's finest. You legacy will be forgotten, withered and turned to dust. OOOHHHH!!!! You are (you are) wolves (wolves) My empathy for you is as empty as the hearts you lead astray.
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Was that which is good, bring death to me? Was it was sin, producing death in me? Was it sin? Was it sin? Was it sin? Was it sin? I don't understand my own actions I don't do the good I want, but do the thing I hate I don't understand my own actions I don't do the good I want, but do the thing I hate I don't do the good I want, but the evil is what I keep on doing I don't do the good I want, but the evil is what I keep on doing I don't want to be this man anymore I want to be set free Oh wretched man that I am who will free me from this body of death? Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now I'm found was blind but now I see. Now I see!

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released February 21, 2014

Written and Performed by The Picture Of Dorian Gray
Engineered, Mixed, and Produced by Brian McGurk at Lost Phoenix Recordings
Assistant Engineer: Bobby McGruther
Mastered by Bill Henderson at Azimuth Mastering
The Picture Of Dorian Gray is:
Bobby McGruther
Ian Tremaine
Stu Goodwin
John DeMassari
Chris Martin
Brian McGurk

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The Picture Of Dorian Gray was founded in fall 2010 by Bobby McGruther and has gone through many line up changes. They have released a Self-titled EP and a single both of which will be re released and re recorded. There debut full length album American Christianity drops February 21, 2014. ... more

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