Theme Songs for Leaving the WTS

by blondie 47 Replies latest jw friends

  • Eric
    Eric

    Blondie,

    Also love this one, about getting up on our hind legs and questioning religion in general:

    God Shuffled His Feet - Crash Test Dummies

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    From the album "God Shuffled His Feet"

    Written by Brad Roberts

    Published by Polygram International Publishing, Inc. / Door Number Two Music (ASCAP) / Dummies Productions Inc. (SOCAN). All rights reserved.

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    After seven days

    He was quite tired, so god said:

    "Let there be a day

    Just for picnics, with wine and bread"

    He gathered up some people he had made

    Created blankets and laid back in the shade

    The people sipped their wine

    And what with God there, they asked him questions

    Like: do you have to eat

    Or get your hair cut in heaven?

    And if your eye got poked out in this life

    Would it be waiting up in heaven with your wife?

    God shuffled his feet and glanced around at them;

    The people cleared their throats and stared right back at him

    So he said: "Once there was a boy

    Who woke up with blue hair

    To him it was a joy

    Until he ran out into warm air -

    He thought of how his friends would come to see;

    And would they laugh, or had he got some strange disease?"

    God shuffled his feet and glanced around at them;

    The people cleared their throats and stared right back at him

    The people sat waiting

    Out on their blankets in the garden

    But God said nothing

    So someone asked him, "I beg your pardon:

    I'm not quite clear about what you just spoke -

    Was that a parable, or a very subtle joke?

    God shuffled his feet and glanced around at them;

    The people cleared their throats and stared right back at him

    God Shuffled His Feet - Crash Test Dummies

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    Eric, on my blanket in the shade.

  • Soledad
    Soledad

    thanx blondie I fixed it now

  • chachasmum
    chachasmum

    This is a James Taylor song changed a little by eisenstein and i:

    This song is dedicated to everyone who
    has been mistreated by the Org....

    Fire and Rain (Armageddon's come and gone again)

    One of these days I'm gonna let them know I'm gone
    The disfellowshipped plans they made put an end to you
    I walked out of the hall this morning and I wrote down this song
    I just can't remember who to send it to

    Chorus:
    Oh, I've seen armageddon come and go again
    I was promised a paradise that would never end
    I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
    but, I always thought that I'd see you again

    Won't you look down upon me Jesus
    You gotta help me make a STAND
    You just got to see me through another day
    My body's aching and my time is at hand
    I won't make it ANY OTHER WAY

    (Repeat Chorus):
    Oh, I've seen armageddon come and go again
    I've seen service days that I thought would never end
    I've seen elders that would never ever bend
    but, I always thought that I'd see you again

    Been spending my time on FREEMINDS
    My back turned towards the Society
    Lord knows when the cold wind blows
    it'll turn their heads around

    Well there were hours of time
    spent in the ministry lyin
    to talk about things to come
    To live forever and how paradise was lost and found

    (Repeat Chorus):I've seen armageddon come and go again
    I was promised a paradise that would never end
    I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
    but, I hope I NEVER see the BORG again!!!

    never see you
    never see you...
    there'll be some good things
    coming my way this time around

    James Taylor, chachasmum and eisenstein

  • JH
    JH

    I'd give it all up for you, yes I would...and I would have given it up for someone to love.

    They say that I'm crazy
    And it's probably true
    But I'm at my happiest
    Just when I'm with you
    There is a distance between us (between us...)
    So far that I can't reach
    The stage lights they shine so brightly
    But still I find no peace
    And I'm a long long way from you

    I'd give it all up just for you
    Just to have you near me
    I'd give it all up just for you
    You bring me up, you bring me down
    You turn me inside out
    And i'd give it all up just for you

    I've been hearing some stories
    Of couples so in love
    But they've spent so much time apart
    That they never seem to work
    And I'm a long long way from you

    Still I'd give it all up just for you
    Just to have you near me
    I'd give it all up just for you
    You bring me up, you bring me down
    You turn me inside out
    And i'd give it all up just for you

    I'd give it all up just for you
    Just to have you near me
    I'd give it all up just for you
    You bring me up, you bring me down
    You turn me inside out
    And i'd give it all up just for you

    [Repeat chorus x 3 and fade]

  • blondie
    blondie

    Great going guys. Feel free to adapt a song. It's amazing how many songs remind us of our choice to leave.

    Blondie

  • kat_newmas
    kat_newmas

    Metallica.... "Sanitarium" Although "King Nothing" brings them to mind.... "And the walls crash down! and you break your crown! and you point your finger but there's no one around... King Nothing"

    nuff said

  • Pureheart
    Pureheart

    Still I Rise You may write me down in history
    With your bitter, twisted lies,
    You may trod me in the very dirt
    But still, like dust, I'll rise.

    Does my sassiness upset you?
    Why are you beset with gloom?
    'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
    Pumping in my living room.

    Just like moons and suns,
    With the certainty of tides,
    Just like hopes springing high,
    Still I'll rise

    Did you want to see me broken?
    Bowed head and lowered eyes?
    Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
    Weakened by my soulful cries.

    Does my haughtiness offend you?
    Don't you take it awful hard
    'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
    Diggin' in my own back yard.

    You may shoot me with you words,
    You may cut me with your eyes,
    You may kill me with your hatefulness,
    But still, like air, I'll rise.

    Does my sexiness upset you?
    Does it come as a surprise
    That I dance like I've got diamonds
    At the metting of my thighs?

    Out of the huts of history's shame
    I rise
    Up from the past that's rooted in pain
    I rise
    I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
    Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

    Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
    I rise
    Into daybreak that's wondrously clear
    I rise
    Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
    I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
    I rise, I rise, I rise

  • Scully
    Scully

    Personal affirmations are so rare within the JWs that most of this particular song really hit home with me.

    Affirmation (Savage Garden)

    I believe the sun should never set upon an argument

    I believe we place our happiness in other people’s hands

    I believe that junk food tastes so good because it’s bad for you

    I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do

    I believe that beauty magazines promote low self-esteem

    I believe I’m loved when I’m completely by myself alone

    I believe in Karma, what you give is what you get returned

    I believe you can’t appreciate real love till you’ve been burned

    I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side

    I believe you don’t know what you’ve got until you say goodbye

    I believe you can’t control or choose your sexuality

    I believe that trust is more important than monogamy

    I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul

    I believe that family is worth more than money or gold

    I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair

    I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires

    I believe in Karma, what you give is what you get returned

    I believe you can’t appreciate real love till you’ve been burned

    I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side

    I believe you don’t know what you’ve got until you say goodbye

    I believe forgiveness is the key to your unhappiness

    I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed

    I believe that God does not endorse TV evangelists

    I believe in love surviving death into eternity

    I believe in Karma, what you give is what you get returned

    I believe you can’t appreciate real love till you’ve been burned

    I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side

    I believe you don’t know what you’ve got until you say goodbye

    Love, Scully

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