Story Behind The Song
After the re-election of George W Bush in 2004, there was a depressing sense that the religious right were taking over the country.
Song Description
This Anti-Religious-Right rock anthem is about how the fear used to promote the morality police's agenda can come dangerously close to turning our country into a theocracy.
| Song Length |
3:08 |
Genre |
Rock - General, Rock - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Outraged, Disturbed |
Subject |
Liberal, Progressive, Freedom |
| Similar Artists |
The Cranberries, No Doubt |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Hail Lyrics
Hail to the other guy / Unite a world you divided
Hail to the moral right / We needed you to define it
Throw the man with the beard in jail / They're all out for blood I'm certain / And every woman and child needs a man to decide, no she shouldn't decide on her own
You know better than I what's wrong with my life
You take me aside cuz I should reconsider...
Would anyone like to lose their freedom
So long as we're afraid of everyone, the holy ones
Will make their faith the State
Hail the land of the free and the brave
Just as long as you live as the bible says
Life is black and it's white and there's no room for gray
There's no room for doubt today
You're no better than I / You shudder through life
You take me aside cuz I should reconsider...