The Crew Have Killed Their Captain

David Bazan is a bit of a rock star – he used to be a big hit as a Christian singer, and now self-identifies as agnostic. His lyrics are painfully real. I particularly love this verse of his, from “In Stitches” –

photo from Chicago Reader

I might as well admit it
Like I’ve even got a choice
The crew have killed the captain
But they still can hear his voice
A shadow on the water
A whisper in the wind
On long walks my with daughter
Who is lately full of questions
About you
About you

and this –

Wait just a minute
You expect me to believe
That all this misbehaving
Grew from one enchanted tree?
And helpless to fight it
We should all be satisfied
With this magical explanation
For why the living die
And why it’s hard to be
Hard to be, hard to be
A decent human being?

“The curse of a godless man can sound more pleasant in God’s ears than the Hallelujah of the pious” – Martin Luther