Anti-abortion songs

StevenCressler wrote:

Sevenoneself wrote:Sevenoneself-Without a Voice

Anti-abortion and anti-euthanasia

Didn't realize you make music, that's cool. Gotta check it out.

Basement hobby. 

Billy Joel had Songs from the Attic; you could have Songs from the Basement!

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<<<<   um... the basement is mine...

SevenWonders wrote:Galactic Cowboys - If I Were A Killer

I doubted this, but you're right.  I didn't realize that's what this was about.

(lyrics translated by google)

Human values and their laws
Whoring herself to the golden calf
The man living inside a game
Where killing became normal

What matters is pleasure, money and power
Isn't life all we have?
Fetuses sucked and torn apart
Lives taken by reputation

Children fighting to survive
Children used in experiments
Children dying from cauterization
Children cut into several pieces

In Brazil, there are 4 million abortions per year
Abortion kills more than the Second World War
Abortion kills more than AIDS and cancer
Abortion is a crime against the human race

No! No! No! No!

Who gave man the right
Of deciding for someone who can't speak?
For Christ died for fetuses too
And existing is better than not existing

No abortion! No abortion! No abortion! No abortion!

StevenCressler wrote:

TZ75 wrote:Silent Scream by Slayer

Tom Araya is Catholic. He wrote the lyrics.

Wait, a Slayer song I can feel morally right to listen to? Thanks very much! I love Slayer musically, but I tend to avoid them for... Kind of obvious reasons. Glad to know this exists!

There is one F-bomb… but the rest is safe!

I’m surprised Kerry and Jeff went along with it. I guess the topic of embryonic death was dark enough to disguise Tom’s message. You can tell that it’s describing the topic like a cautionary tale type of way (at least that’s the feeling I get from it).

While still very dark… I think South of Heaven is noticeably less evil (overall) than Reign in Blood.

TZ75 wrote:

StevenCressler wrote:

TZ75 wrote:Silent Scream by Slayer

Tom Araya is Catholic. He wrote the lyrics.

Wait, a Slayer song I can feel morally right to listen to? Thanks very much! I love Slayer musically, but I tend to avoid them for... Kind of obvious reasons. Glad to know this exists!

There is one F-bomb… but the rest is safe!

I’m surprised Kerry and Jeff went along with it. I guess the topic of embryonic death was dark enough to disguise Tom’s message. You can tell that it’s describing the topic like a cautionary tale type of way (at least that’s the feeling I get from it).

While still very dark… I think South of Heaven is noticeably less evil (overall) than Reign in Blood.

Tbh, if someone drops an f-bomb singing about abortion... wouldn't do it myself, but it's a serious enough situation that I don't really care.

TZ75 wrote:

StevenCressler wrote:

TZ75 wrote:Silent Scream by Slayer

Tom Araya is Catholic. He wrote the lyrics.

Wait, a Slayer song I can feel morally right to listen to? Thanks very much! I love Slayer musically, but I tend to avoid them for... Kind of obvious reasons. Glad to know this exists!

I’m surprised Kerry and Jeff went along with it. I guess the topic of embryonic death was dark enough to disguise Tom’s message. You can tell that it’s describing the topic like a cautionary tale type of way (at least that’s the feeling I get from it).

Maybe "crucify the bastard son" also sounded anti-christian enough for Kerry, when in context it's actually different and far more layered and meaningful line than that.

I don’t expect Kerry to deal much in “layers” or “meaningfulness.” 

TZ75 wrote:

StevenCressler wrote:

TZ75 wrote:Silent Scream by Slayer

Tom Araya is Catholic. He wrote the lyrics.

Wait, a Slayer song I can feel morally right to listen to? Thanks very much! I love Slayer musically, but I tend to avoid them for... Kind of obvious reasons. Glad to know this exists!

There is one F-bomb… but the rest is safe!

I’m surprised Kerry and Jeff went along with it. I guess the topic of embryonic death was dark enough to disguise Tom’s message. You can tell that it’s describing the topic like a cautionary tale type of way (at least that’s the feeling I get from it).

While still very dark… I think South of Heaven is noticeably less evil (overall) than Reign in Blood.

The only song from them I had fully heard before was Raining Blood... Tom definitely sounds a lot younger

Tom started incorporating a slightly more melodic approach on South of Heaven.

Airola wrote:

TZ75 wrote:

StevenCressler wrote:

TZ75 wrote:Silent Scream by Slayer

Tom Araya is Catholic. He wrote the lyrics.

Wait, a Slayer song I can feel morally right to listen to? Thanks very much! I love Slayer musically, but I tend to avoid them for... Kind of obvious reasons. Glad to know this exists!

I’m surprised Kerry and Jeff went along with it. I guess the topic of embryonic death was dark enough to disguise Tom’s message. You can tell that it’s describing the topic like a cautionary tale type of way (at least that’s the feeling I get from it).

Maybe "crucify the bastard son" also sounded anti-christian enough for Kerry, when in context it's actually different and far more layered and meaningful line than that.

In context with the rest of the song, the section with “Crucify the Bastard Son” is out of place. It’s like someone came up with some lyrics and forced them into the song.

By chance, there was a movie made in 1984 called “The Silent Scream”.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silent_Scream

Maybe Tom got the idea from that. South of Heaven came out in 1988… four years later and plenty of time for the song to be influenced.

The Crucified also had a song called Silent Scream on one of their demos.

TZ75 wrote:The Crucified also had a song called Silent Scream on one of their demos.

That was in Constantine's list

TZ75 wrote:

Airola wrote:

TZ75 wrote:

StevenCressler wrote:

TZ75 wrote:Silent Scream by Slayer

Tom Araya is Catholic. He wrote the lyrics.

Wait, a Slayer song I can feel morally right to listen to? Thanks very much! I love Slayer musically, but I tend to avoid them for... Kind of obvious reasons. Glad to know this exists!

I’m surprised Kerry and Jeff went along with it. I guess the topic of embryonic death was dark enough to disguise Tom’s message. You can tell that it’s describing the topic like a cautionary tale type of way (at least that’s the feeling I get from it).

Maybe "crucify the bastard son" also sounded anti-christian enough for Kerry, when in context it's actually different and far more layered and meaningful line than that.

In context with the rest of the song, the section with “Crucify the Bastard Son” is out of place. It’s like someone came up with some lyrics and forced them into the song.

By chance, there was a movie made in 1984 called “The Silent Scream”.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silent_Scream

Maybe Tom got the idea from that. South of Heaven came out in 1988… four years later and plenty of time for the song to be influenced.

Yeah, I think Tom has confirmed the documentary was the inspiration for the song.

But how the "crucify" line or that section is out of place?


"Silent Scream
Bury the unwanted child.
Beaten and torn
Sacrifice the unborn."



"Silent Scream
Crucify the bastard son.
Beaten and torn
Sanctify lives of scorn."




It's the chorus of the song. 

Crucifying the bastard son has the "slayer" edge of sounding like it's a jab at Christ, but for me that line tells how people are sacrificing their children out of wedlock by abortion. You get an unwanted child and you want to sacrifice it to make your life easier.
"Cruficy the bastard son" pretty much says what the earlier chorus said with the lines "bury the unwanted child" and "sacrifice the unborn" in one sentence, but with slayerish edge to it.


"Sanctify lives of scorn" is pretty much a callback to an earlier line "guidance, it means nothing in a world of brutal time."
People are living lives of scorn (disdain and contempt for the unborn) and are acting as if that's good and holy and pure, they are sanctifying that kind of an attitude.


To me in the first chorus things are said directly and in the second chorus the same things are said more poetically (with a Slayer edge to the poetry).




The more I get into these lyrics the more I appreciate them.


It goes VERY political with the line "Pain, sufferaged toyed, life's little fragments destroyed."
Suffrage means the right to vote. People are "suffraging" (SUFFERaging) and toying with "life's little fragments", destroying them painfully. Basically voting for pain for fetuses.


Several details of this song are just heartbreaking. Calling abortion a persecution... Calling a fetus a "bearer of no name"... "Innocence withdrawn in fear" - it's really heavy and heartbreaking stuff Tom's done there.

Been meaning to make a thread like this cause i really care about prolife songs and have been looking for more. So thank you for making the thread.

A few notes that might matter to some.
P.o.d-abortion is murder- they said in an interview awhile back about the song "were not about that anymore" or not about that life anymore. It kinda turned me off to it tbh.
Underoath- burden in my hands. While modern day underoath is terrible and isnt christian, virtually everyone on this release is christian. The drummer isnt christian but still believes so jopefully the message is still valid. The rest are still belirvers

Maddierecords1 wrote:Been meaning to make a thread like this cause i really care about prolife songs and have been looking for more. So thank you for making the thread.

A few notes that might matter to some.
P.o.d-abortion is murder- they said in an interview awhile back about the song "were not about that anymore" or not about that life anymore. It kinda turned me off to it tbh.
Underoath- burden in my hands. While modern day underoath is terrible and isnt christian, virtually everyone on this release is christian. The drummer isnt christian but still believes so jopefully the message is still valid. The rest are still belirvers

You're welcome! I love songs like this becuase emotional songs with important messages are my favorite kind of songs lyrically.

Airola wrote:

TZ75 wrote:

Airola wrote:

TZ75 wrote:

StevenCressler wrote:

TZ75 wrote:Silent Scream by Slayer

Tom Araya is Catholic. He wrote the lyrics.

Wait, a Slayer song I can feel morally right to listen to? Thanks very much! I love Slayer musically, but I tend to avoid them for... Kind of obvious reasons. Glad to know this exists!

I’m surprised Kerry and Jeff went along with it. I guess the topic of embryonic death was dark enough to disguise Tom’s message. You can tell that it’s describing the topic like a cautionary tale type of way (at least that’s the feeling I get from it).

Maybe "crucify the bastard son" also sounded anti-christian enough for Kerry, when in context it's actually different and far more layered and meaningful line than that.

In context with the rest of the song, the section with “Crucify the Bastard Son” is out of place. It’s like someone came up with some lyrics and forced them into the song.

By chance, there was a movie made in 1984 called “The Silent Scream”.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silent_Scream

Maybe Tom got the idea from that. South of Heaven came out in 1988… four years later and plenty of time for the song to be influenced.

Yeah, I think Tom has confirmed the documentary was the inspiration for the song.

But how the "crucify" line or that section is out of place?


"Silent Scream
Bury the unwanted child.
Beaten and torn
Sacrifice the unborn."



"Silent Scream
Crucify the bastard son.
Beaten and torn
Sanctify lives of scorn."




It's the chorus of the song. 

Crucifying the bastard son has the "slayer" edge of sounding like it's a jab at Christ, but for me that line tells how people are sacrificing their children out of wedlock by abortion. You get an unwanted child and you want to sacrifice it to make your life easier.
"Cruficy the bastard son" pretty much says what the earlier chorus said with the lines "bury the unwanted child" and "sacrifice the unborn" in one sentence, but with slayerish edge to it.


"Sanctify lives of scorn" is pretty much a callback to an earlier line "guidance, it means nothing in a world of brutal time."
People are living lives of scorn (disdain and contempt for the unborn) and are acting as if that's good and holy and pure, they are sanctifying that kind of an attitude.


To me in the first chorus things are said directly and in the second chorus the same things are said more poetically (with a Slayer edge to the poetry).




The more I get into these lyrics the more I appreciate them.


It goes VERY political with the line "Pain, sufferaged toyed, life's little fragments destroyed."
Suffrage means the right to vote. People are "suffraging" (SUFFERaging) and toying with "life's little fragments", destroying them painfully. Basically voting for pain for fetuses.


Several details of this song are just heartbreaking. Calling abortion a persecution... Calling a fetus a "bearer of no name"... "Innocence withdrawn in fear" - it's really heavy and heartbreaking stuff Tom's done there.

Nice breakdown of the lyrics!

You’re right. When we hear the word “crucify”, we will automatically assume it’s about Christ. But in this case, it’s more of a play on words (insinuation).

I find KidzX - Abortion song really hard hitting.  It's quite simple, but powerful at the same time.


KidzX – Abortion

You’re carrying a child that you don’t want to keep alive
Will you drown it in a salty grave, or will you use a knife.
And how would you feel if the world rejected you this way?
You make the same decisions when you throw a baby’s life away.
 
Jesus made that life inside you.
He gave it the gift of breath.
Who gave you the future vision?
Who gave you the power of death?
 
Abortion is the craziest thing I’ve heard.
Murder is a much, much better word.
So, give me all your reasons for destroying what you don’t even own,
You can’t hear the screams of a baby when he’s dying slow.
 
Jesus made that life inside you.
He gave it the gift of breath.
Who gave you the future vision?
Who gave you the power of death?
 
You were thrown out on the street.
Cursing everyone you meet.
Well, they couldn’t give a damn.
Their religion is a sham.
And they’re just a bunch of flakes,
And they’re giving me the shakes.
Better watch it, little honey,
There’s a doctor on the money.
Killing babies in the belly.
It’s a human not a jelly.
It’s original sin,
And your mind’s in a spin.
What’s happening God? You cry and your pray.
Where was your faith, when you were out getting laid?
 
So, come on be a lady, keep that baby in the tummy,
‘cause abortion, well that’s murder, and I guess you think that’s funny.
Well, they’ve killed a hundred babies, whilst I wrote this bloody verse.
If you think that’s bad, when it’s gonna get worse.
 
‘cause then they kill the cripples and the mentally retarded, well,
I guess this never would have happened if the childrens rights were guarded, so,
Remember when you’re old and they say it’s your turn,
Remember you had a choice, but you let that baby get burned… to death.
 
You’re carrying a child that you don’t want to keep alive
Will you drown it in a salty grave, or will you use a knife.
And how would you feel if the world rejected you this way?
You make the same decisions when you throw a baby’s life away.
 
Jesus made that life inside you.
He gave it the gift of breath.
Who gave you the future vision?
Who gave you the power of death?

Gloriam Dei - 11,000
Theocracy - Currency in a Bankrupt World

Fundy wrote:I find KidzX - Abortion song really hard hitting.  It's quite simple, but powerful at the same time.


KidzX – Abortion

Tried to look this up on YouTube. I got a special informative message about abortion as a medical procedure at the top of the results, a pro-abortion video with children saying they should have rights to it, and an Lgbtq page called "queer kids stuff" explaining abortion to children. 

Good grief. Our society is sick.

As corrupt and decadent as Rome was when it fell.

Yep. The great nations crumble from the inside before they’re taken from the outside.

Temple of Blood wrote:

SevenWonders wrote:Galactic Cowboys - If I Were A Killer

I doubted this, but you're right.  I didn't realize that's what this was about.

Just going over the lyrics in my head...  I guess you could interpret it that way, but it's not all that specific.

I almost always think of it as being prescient of the OJ situation.  Where the courts would let off a murderer and he would get societies support.