Catholic Musician
This meme is a good start as an introduction to this song. I like to do cover tunes once in awhile, although I have done so very infrequently in the past several years. I was listening to some Tori Amos recently and ran across this gem that was never done as a studio release. She only plays it live and it lends itself quite well in that venue. I figured I’d give it a shot and came up with this video. Enjoy!
I got out a few video cameras today and shot a simple video for Unholy War. Lord willing, this song will be released on Catholic Metal‘s Praising Him Loudly: Volume IV. Here’s the video and the lyrics follow:
VERSE 1
See them proclaiming “wisdom” that has no end
Blindly justifying hatred of their fellow man
Over endless fighting and divisive lying
This means war!
CHORUS
History repeats itself, we must be insane
Treating each other as if it were all a game
Wrought by generations of unholy war
We hold the keys, but their pride seals the door
VERSE 2
Coldly, indoctrination settles in
Children sacrificed on the altar of sin
From the womb, they’re torn no chance to be born
This means war!
CHORUS
VERSE 3
Leaders spreading cancers through the government
Pursuing “social justice” with ill intent
With no hesitation, one world domination
This means war!
CHORUS
Just playing around in the kitchen with an alternate tuning. This is what songwriting is like… family is usually around and you pick up snippets of conversation. The alternate tuning is from Tobias Rauscher’s “Still Awake.”